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The Breakfast Club (1985)

R  97 min  -  Comedy | Drama   -  15 February 1985 (USA)
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Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

Director:

John Hughes

Writer:

John Hughes
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
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Molly Ringwald ...
Ally Sheedy ...
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Storyline

They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At 7 a.m., they had nothing to say, but by 4 p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. To the outside world they were simply the Jock, the Brain, the Criminal, the Princess and the Kook, but to each other, they would always be the Breakfast Club. Written by Anonymous  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

High School | Detention | Student | High School Student | Marijuana  | See more »

Taglines:

Five strangers with nothing in common, except each other. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

El club de los cinco See more »

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,107,599 (USA) (18 February 1985)

Gross:

$45,875,171 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Ally Sheedy suggested the David Bowie quote at the beginning of the film to John Hughes, who liked it and thus included it in the opening. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: In the end credits, one of the high schools used is listed as "Main North High School" when it was the already-defunct Maine North High School. See more »

Quotes

Brian Johnson: Chicks cannot hold their smoke, dat's what it is.
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Crazy Credits

Opens with the following which then explodes from the screen.
"And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds;
are immune to your consultations, they are quite aware of what they are
going through." -David Bowie See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #7.168" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"We Are Not Alone"
Karla DeVito
Produced by David Anderle & Steve Goldstein
Words & Music by Karla DeVito, Robby Benson & Steve Goldstein See more »