Monday 22 February 2021

The Iconic Moment: The Breakfast Club (1985)

 





Soundtrack: Don't You (Forget About Me), by The Simple Minds.

Brian Johnson, closing narration: Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...
Andrew Clark: ...and an athlete...
Allison Reynolds: ...and a basket case...
Claire Standish: ...a princess...
John Bender: ...and a criminal...
Brian Johnson: Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.

Directed and Written by John Hughes.
Cinematography by Thomas Del Ruth.
Starring Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall.

The full Ace Black Movie Blog review of The Breakfast Club is here.