This has been #breakfastclubday. Much of the research on this legendary and unforgettable movie was for my 2016 book BRAT PACK AMERICA: A LOVE LETTER TO 80s TEEN MOVIES available here.
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See you soon. Don't you forget (about me)
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#DYK? THE BREAKFAST CLUB was shot in sequence. The last shot was the last day.
John Hughes, at the end of a tough shoot and fighting horribly with the studio, once the crew said "we got it." was clearly angry, sad and heartbroken. He said nothing and drove away.
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#DYK? Thought the assignment was to write a 1000 word essay during dentention explaining who you are, the final letter of THE BREAKFAST CLUB was exactly 96 words.
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In the 41 years since THE BREAKFAST CLUB, the tributes and homages, introducing the movie to a new generation have been many. A few here in honor of #breakfastclubday.
My favorite, the finale of PITCH PERFECT which is (of course) "Don't You Forget About Me"
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In the 41 years since THE BREAKFAST CLUB, the tributes and homages, introducing the movie to a new generation have been many. A few here in honor of #breakfastclubday.
3. The Goldbergs do "The Breakfast Club"
In the 41 years since THE BREAKFAST CLUB, the tributes and homages, introducing the movie to a new generation have been many. A few here in honor of #breakfastclubday.
2. Family Guy, where THE BREAKFAST CLUB are breakfast cereal mascots.
In the 41 years since THE BREAKFAST CLUB, the tributes and homages, introducing the movie to a new generation have been many. A few here in honor of #breakfastclubday.
I. Glee's version of "Don't You Forget about Me"
No review of THE BREAKFAST CLUB is complete, especially on #breakfastclubday without Molly Ringwald's 2018 modern classic of an essay for the New Yorker "What About The Breakfast Club? Revisiting the Movies of My Youth in the Age of #metoo"
In honor of #breakfastclubday, a quick rundown of the best Improvised moments from the legendary teen movie classic
4. The insult "Neo Maxi Zoom Dweebie" was made up by Judd Nelson. It was not in the original screenplay
Happy Breakfast Club Day! On this day in 1984, 5 students met in detention as strangers and left as friends. Which character did you identified with?
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In honor of #breakfastclubday, a quick rundown of the best Improvised moments from the legendary teen movie classic
3. The last 30 min of the movie were largely improvised. John Hughes gave the actors broad outlines of where the scenes should go. The emotion you see here is not in the script.
In honor of #breakfastclubday, a quick rundown of the best Improvised moments from the legendary teen movie classic
2. "What do you need a Fake ID for? So I can vote"
was a response dreamed up by Anthony Michael Hall in the moment...
In honor of #breakfastclubday, a quick rundown of the best Improvised moments from the legendary teen movie classic
I. "Chicks can't hold they smoke. That's what it is"
is a line from a Richard Pryor comedy that both Anthony Michael Hall and writer/director John Hughes loved.
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Even the worst days end, and sometimes even better than we ever could have hoped. Happy #BreakfastClubDay to those who celebrate.
#DYK? The legendary dance scene in THE BREAKFAST CLUB was only supposed to be Molly Ringwalddancing. Ringwald was shy about not being a great dancer so the whole cast decided to make it a group scene. Collectively, they agreed Ally Sheedy was the best dancer of the group.
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#DYK? The "library" in THE BREAKFAST CLUB was actually a transformed gymnasium. The books were on loan from the Chicago Public Library and were brought via van to the set (In Chicago's north suburbs)
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#DYK? The Breakfast Club was filmed at Maine North High School at 9511 Harrison St in the N Chicago suburb of Des Plaines. The high school had been closed down three years before and the "library" in the movie was actually the gym. The cast used the former locker rooms to dress.
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HAPPY BREAKFAST CLUB DAY!
The Breakfast Club (1985) Steelbook (locker magents edition)
On this day in 1985...
A brain…
An athlete…
a basketcase...
a princess…
and a criminal...
All got detention
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#DYK? The role of John Bender in THE BREAKFAST CLUB (Judd Nelson) was originally going to be played by John Cusack. Director John Hughes ultimately decided John Cusack presented onscreen inherently as too nice to play the movie's bully. #breakfastclubday
#DYK? The ages of The Breakfast Club at the time of filming were
Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall (16), Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez (20), Judd Nelson (24). Often, scenes containing Ringwald and Hall had to be shot w/ doubles as the two had to be in school during the day
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#DYK? Director Stanley Kubrick was a big fan of THE BREAKFAST CLUB and offered the lead in FULL METAL JACKET to Anthony Michael Hall. Hall turned him down and the part went to Matthew Modine instead.
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#DYK? The title song of THE BREAKFAST CLUB, "Don't you Forget About Me" contains a third verse that is only lead singer Jim Kerr saying "la la la"
This is because Kerr forgot the words to the third verse, improvised the "la las" and everybody liked it. So it stayed.
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In 2010, Molly Ringwald, Matthew Broderick, John Cryer, McCauley Culkin, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall paid tribute to John Hughes in a special segment at the Oscars.
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#DYK? John Hughes wrote THE BREAKFAST CLUB over one 4th of July weekend in 1983 and based the story on a high school in the North Suburbs of Chicago that had an all day Saturday detention.
The movie's original title was simply DETENTION
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THE BREAKFAST CLUB was the 2nd movie dir. and the 6th written by the late John Hughes. Hughes directed 8 movies & wrote 34 in his lifetime. Born in Michigan in love with the north suburbs of Chicago where most of his movies took place, Hughes died of a heart attack in 2009.
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#DYK? The quote from David Bowie's 1971 song "Changes" that opens the movie was suggested to writer/director John Hughes by cast member Ally Sheedy.
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"Saturday, March 24, 1984"
We know this will be an exceptional day one that signifies a moment before everything changes ( right after spring break; graduation coming fast) and that the movie will concern itself with issues of time.
Me on THE BREAKFAST CLUB and time in 2015
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#DYK? The Breakfast Club happens on "Saturday, March 24, 1984" and the date was an inside joke. Filming for the movie began the third week of March and "Saturday, March 24" was the closest Saturday.
The Breakfast Club opens by mentioning the date of its birthday.
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