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The Breakfast Club
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
1985 · Directed by John Hughes · 98 min · Comedy · Drama · 18 frames
Tagline
They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.
Crew
- Written by: John Hughes
- Cinematography: Thomas Del Ruth
- Edited by: Dede Allen
- Music: Keith Forsey
- Production design: John W. Corso
- Produced by: John Hughes, Ned Tanen
Cast
- Emilio Estevez as Andrew Clark
- Judd Nelson as John Bender
- Molly Ringwald as Claire Standish
- Anthony Michael Hall as Brian Johnson
- Ally Sheedy as Allison Reynolds
- Paul Gleason as Richard Vernon
- John Kapelos as Carl
- Perry Crawford as Allison's Father
- Mary Christian as Brian's Sister
- Ron Dean as Andy's Father
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, A&M Films, Channel Productions
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box office: $51,530,442
- Themes: high school, coming of age, teen angst, detention, teen comedy, teenage rebellion, stereotype, 1980s, teenager, hilarious
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