![]() Andrew admits that his father emotionally abuses him to get him to succeed in wrestling, leaving Andrew feeling unable to think for himself he was sent to detention for taping another student's buttocks together, hoping to win his father's approval. Claire's popularity subjects her to intense peer pressure, and her parents use her to get back at each other during arguments John's father is physically and verbally abusive Allison is a compulsive liar with neglectful parents and dreams of running away from home. Gradually, they open up and reveal their secrets and their poor relationships with their parents. The students pass the time by talking, arguing, listening to music, and smoking marijuana. The others help John hide and cover for him when Vernon comes to investigate the noise created by John's escape. Vernon locks John in a storage closet as punishment and also threatens to beat John by telling him how "tough" he is, but he escapes and returns to the library by crawling through the ceiling panels. At one point, the five sneak out of the library to retrieve John's marijuana stash John allows himself to be apprehended by Vernon in order to give the others time to return to the library undetected. They all eventually feel sorry for him after seeing how he deals with abusive adults like Vernon, who gives John eight weekends' worth of additional detention. John ignores the rules and spends most of his time bullying or harassing Claire, Brian, and Andrew. He assigns them a thousand-word essay, in which each must describe "who you think you are." He leaves, returning only occasionally to check on and reprimand them. ![]() They gather in the school library, where Vice Principal Richard Vernon instructs them to not talk, move from their seats, or sleep until they are released at 4:00 p.m. In voiceover, the five are described respectively as "a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal". for an all-day detention: nerdy Brian Johnson, varsity wrestler Andrew Clark, introverted outcast Allison Reynolds, popular snob Claire Standish, and rebellious delinquent John Bender. On Saturday, March 24, 1984, five students at Shermer High School report at 7:00 a.m. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2015, the film was digitally remastered and was re-screened in 430 theaters in celebration of its 30th anniversary. ![]() The media subsequently referred to the film's five main actors as members of a group called the " Brat Pack". It grossed $51.5 million against a $1 million budget, and earned acclaim from critics, who consider it to be one of Hughes's most memorable and recognizable works. ![]() The Breakfast Club premiered in Los Angeles on February 7, 1985, and was theatrically released by Universal Pictures on February 15, 1985. It tells the story of five teenagers from different high school cliques who serve a Saturday detention overseen by their authoritarian vice-principal. It stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. ![]()
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