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The Breakfast Club Welcome to The Guys Review, where we review media, products and experiences. **READ APPLE REVIEWS/Fan Mail** Mention Twitter DM group - like pinned tweet Read emails The Breakfast Club Written and Directed by: John Hughes Starring: Emilio Estevez Paul Gleason Anthony Michael Hall Judd Nelson Molly Ringwald Ally Sheedy Released February 15th, 1985 Budget: $1M ($2.5M 2021) Box Office: $51.5M ($130M 2021) worldwide Ratings: IMDb 7.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes 89% Metacritic 66% Google Users 93% John Hughes has had two movies selected to be preserved in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." First was " Ferris Bueller's Day Off" in 2014, and The Breakfast Club was selected in 2016. First time you saw the movie? Plot: The opening credits ends with a quote from David Bowie: "...and these children that you spit on, as they try to change their worlds, are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through..." A voice over complaining about Saturday school: Shermer High School, Saturday March 24th, 1984. Cars are dropping off the students. Claire complains she has to do saturday school, Brian promises it's the last time, Andrews father tells him he'll loose his scholarship , Allison is dropped off without word and Bender walks in. In the library, they all settle in. Principal Vernon addresses the students, telling them what he expects from their time. Bender starts harassing the other students... Telling Claire, 'you couldn't ignore me if you tried.' They discuss the difference between social clubs and academic clubs... Like math and physics club. They discuss the complexities of wrestling, and rolling on the ground with sweaty men... Sounds familiar. Bender sabotages the library door so that it'll close. Vernon aggressively questions them as to why the door is closed...and they all agree that it just closed. After trying to rig the door ope
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