Breakfast Club [HD] DVD

The Breakfast Club
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. ~ Dylan Wilcox, All Movie Guide

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

Crew Jackie Burch - Casting Dorain Grusman - Choreography Michelle Manning - Co-producer Chris Zamiara - Costume Designer Marilyn Vance - Costume Designer John Hughes - Director James M. Miller - Editor Dede Allen - Editor Gil Friesen - Executive Producer Andrew Meyer - Executive Producer Keith Forsey - Composer (Music Score) Gary Chang - Composer (Music Score) Ron Walters - Makeup John W. Corso - Production Designer Thomas del Ruth - Cinematographer Ned Tanen - Producer Dale Pollock - Producer John Hughes - Producer Jennifer Polito - Set Designer Bill Schirmer - Special Effects James R. Alexander - Sound/Sound Designer John Hughes - Screenwriter Simple Minds - Featured Music

The Breakfast Club
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. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DTS: Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1) Additional Features: Theatrical Trailer DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 97 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1, Side B -- The Breakfast Club [DVD] 1. Main Titles [2:04] 2. A Saturday in Detention [3:43] 3. Who Do You Think You Are? [9:36] 4. Monkey Business [5:40] 5. Passing the Time [1:51] 6. Parents [7:17] 7. The Custodial Artist [1:23] 8. Personal Business [5:25] 9. Lunchtime [6:15] 10. Being Bad Feels Pretty Good [6:39] 11. A Man of Respect [1:44] 12. A Ruckus [3:57] 13. Blazing Up [2:17] 14. Highly Sensitive Areas [8:32] 15. Group Therapy [19:36] 16. We Are Not Alone [5:59] 17. Sincerely Yours, The Breakfast Club [2:44] 18. End Titles [2:05]