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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
Actors: Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
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Year:
1985
97 min
20,797 Views

CLAIRE:

(to herself)

I can't believe this is really

happening to me...

Bender stops "singing" abruptly.

BENDER:

Oh, sh*t! What're we s'posed to do

if we hafta take a piss?

CLAIRE:

(disgusted)

Please...

BENDER:

If you gotta go...

We hear Bender unzip his fly.

BENDER:

You gotta go!

Everyone is now looking at Bender.

CLAIRE:

(disgusted)

Oh my God!

ANDREW:

Hey, yer not urinating in here man!

BENDER:

Don't talk! Don't talk! It makes

it crawl back up!

ANDREW:

You whip it out and you're dead

before the first drop hits the

floor!

Bender gasps mockingly.

BENDER:

You're pretty sexy when you get

angry...grrr!

He turns to Brian.

BENDER:

Hey, homeboy...

Brian points at himself with his pen.

BENDER:

...why don't you go close that door.

We'll get the prom queen--

impregnated!

Claire turns and glares at him.

ANDREW:

Hey!

Bender ignores him.

ANDREW:

Hey!

BENDER:

What?

ANDREW:

If I lose my temper, you're totalled

man!

BENDER:

Totally?

ANDREW:

Totally!

CLAIRE:

(to Bender)

Why don't you just shut up! Nobody

here is interested!

ANDREW:

Really!

(to Claire about Bender)

Buttface!

BENDER:

Well hey Sporto! What'd you do to

get in here? Forget to wash your

jock?

BRIAN:

(nervous)

Uh, excuse me, fellas? I think we

should just write our papers...

ANDREW:

(to Bender)

Look, just because you live in here

doesn't give you the right to be a

pain in the ass...so knock it off!

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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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