The Breakfast Club Page #5

Synopsis: 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 nine
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): John Hughes
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
1985
97 min
20,832 Views


Bender mockingly registers pain in his face.

BENDER:

It's a free country...

CLAIRE:

(to Andrew)

He's just doing it to get a rise out

of you! Just ignore him...

BENDER:

(to Claire)

Sweets...you couldn't ignore me if

you tried!

Claire rolls her eyes.

BENDER:

So...so!

(to Andrew and Claire)

Are you guys like boyfriend/girl-

friend?

(a beat)

Steady dates?

(another beat)

Lo--vers?

(another beat)

Come on Sporto, level with me. Do

you slip her the hot...beef...

injection?

Claire and Andrew turn to face Bender, both furious.

CLAIRE:

(screams)

Go to hell!

ANDREW:

(screams)

Enough!

CUT TO:

7. INT. VERNON'S OFFICE - DAY

We see Vernon in his office.

VERNON:

(yells)

Hey! What's going on in there?

(to himself)

Smug little pricks!

CUT TO:

8. INT. LIBRARY - DAY

They all look at each other. Andrew turns away from

Bender.

ANDREW:

(to himself)

Scumbag!

Bender stands up and walks over to the railing. He sits

on it.

BENDER:

What do you say we close that door.

We can't have any kind of party

with Vernon checking us out every

few seconds.

BRIAN:

Well, you know the door's s'posed to

stay open...

BENDER:

So what?

ANDREW:

So why don't you just shut up!

There's four other people in here

you know...

BENDER:

God, you can count. See! I knew

you had to be smart to be a...a

wrestler.

ANDREW:

Who the hell are you to judge

anybody anyway?

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John Hughes

An American filmmaker. Beginning as an author of humorous essays and stories for National Lampoon, he went on to write, produce and sometimes direct some of the most successful live-action comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s. Most of Hughes's work is set in the Chicago metropolitan area. He is best known for his coming-of-age teen comedy films which often combined magic realism with honest depictions of suburban teenage life. more…

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