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Breakfast Club, The (1985)  link to Breakfast Club, The on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 350

poster Breakfast Club, The

IMDb Rating:
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7.9/10 (336129 votes)

Country: USA, 97 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Director(s): John Hughes

Storyline:
Beyond being in the same class at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois, Claire Standish, Andrew Clark, John Bender, Brian Johnson and Allison Reynolds have little in common, and with the exception of Claire and Andrew, do not associate with each other in school. In the simplest and in their own terms, Claire is a princess, Andrew an athlete, John a criminal, Brian a brain, and Allison a basket case. But one other thing they do have in common is a nine hour detention in the school library together on Saturday, March 24, 1984, under the direction of Mr. Vernon, supervising from his office across the hall. Each is required to write a minimum one thousand word essay during that time about who they think they are. At the beginning of those nine hours, each, if they were indeed planning on writing that essay, would probably write something close to what the world sees of them, and what they have been brainwashed into believing of themselves. But based on their adventures during that ...

Cast:

photo Emilio Estevez Emilio Estevez Andrew Clark
photo Paul Gleason Paul Gleason Richard Vernon
photo Anthony Michael Hall Anthony Michael Hall Brian Johnson
photo John Kapelos John Kapelos Carl
photo Judd Nelson Judd Nelson John Bender
photo Molly Ringwald Molly Ringwald Claire Standish
photo Ally Sheedy Ally Sheedy Allison Reynolds
photo Ron Dean Ron Dean Andy's Father
photo John Hughes John Hughes Brian's Father (uncredited)
photo Perry Crawford Perry Crawford Allison's Father

Medium: Original DVD,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1