The Breakfast Club [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: John Hughes John Hughes

Overview

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 an almost cult-like status.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/02/2018
UPC:	0715515207010
Original Release:	1985
Rating:	R
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	1,430

Special Features

4K Digital Restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Alternate 5.1 Surround DTS-HD Master Audio Soundtrack; Audio Commentary from 2008 featuring actors Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson; New interviews with actors Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy; New video essay featuring Director John Hughes's Production Notes, read by Nelson; Documentary from 2008 featuring Interviews with Cast and Crew; Fifty minutes of never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes; Rare promotional and archival interviews; Excerpts from a 1985 American Film Institute seminar with Hughes; 1999 radio interview with Hughes; Segment from a 1985 episode of NBC's Today featuring the film's cast; Audio Interview with Ringwald from a 2014 episode of This American Life; Trailer; Plus: An essay by author and critic David Kamp

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Emilio Estevez	Actor
Molly Ringwald	Actor
Paul Gleason	Actor
Anthony Michael Hall	Actor,Actor
Ally Sheedy	Actor
John Kapelos	Actor
Judd Nelson	Actor
Perry Crawford	Actor
Mary Christian	Actor
Ron Dean	Actor
Tim Gamble	Actor
Fran Gargano	Actor
Jackie Burch	Actor
Maureen McGovern	Actor
Keith Forsey	Composer
Gary Chang	Composer

Technical Credits

John Hughes

John Hughes	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Ned Tanen	Producer
Gil Friesen	Executive Producer
Andrew Meyer	Executive Producer
Bill Schirmer	Special Effects
Charles L. Campbell	Sound Effects
Michelle Manning	Producer
Greg Agalsoff	Sound Effects
James R. Alexander	Sound Effects
Larry Carow	Sound Effects
Richard Franklin	Sound Effects
Dale Pollock	Producer
Jackie Burch	Casting
Jim Alexander	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The best of director John Hughes' many teen-angst films of the 1980s, this perceptive, absorbing comedy-drama basically puts five different teenage archetypes in a classroom for Saturday detention and lets them interact. Judd Nelson is most memorable as a bully who reveals his abusive home life, but the entire ensemble cast is terrific. Adults may be somewhat distraught by the amount of venom directed their way, and the idea that one day in detention could unite such disparate types stretches credibility, but the result is a sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious, surprisingly moving film.

All Movie Guide - Robert Firsching