The Breakfast Club (Flashback Edition) DVD

Drama - general DVD - John Hughes wrote and directed this quintessential 1980s high school drama featuring the hottest young stars of the decade. Trapped in a day-long Saturday detention in a prison-like school library are Claire, the princess (Molly Ringwald); Andrew, the jock (Emilio Estevez); John, the criminal (Judd Nelson); Brian, the brain (Anthony Michael Hall); and Allison, the basket case (Ally Sheedy). These five strangers begin the day with nothing in common, each bound to his/her place in the high school caste system. Yet the students bond together when faced with the villainous principal (Paul Gleason), and they realize that they have more in common than they may think, including a contempt for adult society. "When you grow up, your heart dies," Allison proclaims in one of the film's many scenes of soul-searching, and, judging from the adults depicted in the film, the teen audience may very well agree. Released in a decade overflowing with derivative teen films, The Breakfast Club has developed a

When five high school students from different social groups are forced to spend a Saturday together in detention they find themselves interacting with and understanding each other for the first time. A jock Emilio Estevez a criminal Judd Nelson a princess Molly Ringwald a basket case Ally Sheedy and a brain Anthony Michael Hall talk about everything from parental tension to sex to peer pressure to hurtful stereotypes while serving time. Ultimately the five find that they may have more in common than they ever imagined and learn more about themselves as well as each other. The only question is Will they remember what they've learned after they leave detention? Director and writer John Hughes along with the stellar Brat Pack cast makes this a memorable moving film filled with believable dialogue intelligent humor and a sufficient dose of high school hijinx. Its timeless appeal makes this film a teen classic along with Hughes's other teen films from the 1980s: SIXTEEN CANDLES and FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF. A grea

Drama - general DVD - John Hughes wrote and directed this quintessential 1980s high school drama featuring the hottest young stars of the decade. Trapped in a day-long Saturday detention in a prison-like school library are Claire, the princess (Molly Ringwald); Andrew, the jock (Emilio Estevez); John, the criminal (Judd Nelson); Brian, the brain (Anthony Michael Hall); and Allison, the basket case (Ally Sheedy). These five strangers begin the day with nothing in common, each bound to his/her place in the high school caste system. Yet the students bond together when faced with the villainous principal (Paul Gleason), and they realize that they have more in common than they may think, including a contempt for adult society. "When you grow up, your heart dies," Allison proclaims in one of the film's many scenes of soul-searching, and, judging from the adults depicted in the film, the teen audience may very well agree. Released in a decade overflowing with derivative teen films, The Breakfast Club has developed a

When five high school students from different social groups are forced to spend a Saturday together in detention they find themselves interacting with and understanding each other for the first time. A jock Emilio Estevez a criminal Judd Nelson a princess Molly Ringwald a basket case Ally Sheedy and a brain Anthony Michael Hall talk about everything from parental tension to sex to peer pressure to hurtful stereotypes while serving time. Ultimately the five find that they may have more in common than they ever imagined and learn more about themselves as well as each other. The only question is Will they remember what they've learned after they leave detention? Director and writer John Hughes along with the stellar Brat Pack cast makes this a memorable moving film filled with believable dialogue intelligent humor and a sufficient dose of high school hijinx. Its timeless appeal makes this film a teen classic along with Hughes's other teen films from the 1980s: SIXTEEN CANDLES and FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF. A grea