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Award(s):2005
MTV Movie Award Silver Bucket of Excellence Award
Shared with:
Judd Nelson
Ally Sheedy
Anthony Michael Hall
A The Breakfast Club (1985) reunion. |
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Claire Standish is the princess of the group, she is in detention for skipping class to go to the mall. She is used to being sheltered by her group of friends and doting parents who only pamper her in order to spite each other, a fact of which she is painfully aware of. Claire is caught between her parents who seem to use her to get back at each other.
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| Age/Occupation:
Teenager,Highschooler | Personality Type:
Typical snobby rich prom queen | Resides:
Shermer, Illinois | Taglines:
- They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.
- Five strangers with nothing in common, except each other.
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| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Claire Standish: I hate it. I hate having to go along with everything my friends say.
Claire Standish: Why didn't you want me to know that you are a virgin?
Brian Johnson: Because it's my business - my personal business.
John Bender: Well, Brian, it doesn't sound like you're doing any business.
Claire Standish: What's your name?
John Bender: What's yours?
Claire Standish: Claire.
John Bender: Claire?
Claire Standish: Claire. It's a family name.
John Bender: Oh, it's a fat girl's name.
Claire Standish: Oh, thank you.
John Bender: You're welcome.
Claire Standish: I'm not fat.
John Bender: Well not at present, but I can see you really pushing maximum density. See I'm not sure if you know this, but there are two kinds of fat people: there's fat people that were born to be fat, and there's fat people that were once thin but became fat... so when you look at 'em you can sorta see that thin person inside. You see, you're gonna get married, you're gonna squeeze out a few puppies and then, uh...
[Claire is doing Allison's make-up]
Claire: You know, you look a lot better without all that black shit under your eyes.
Allison: Hey, I like all that black shit. Why are you being so nice to me?
Claire: Because you're letting me.
Brian Johnson: 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 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.
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- Molly Ringwald really wanted to play Allison but Ally Sheedy had already been promised the part.
- John Hughes played Brian's (Anthony Michael Hall) dad at the end. You can see him waiting in the car.
- In 2006, The Breakfast Club was ranked at #1 for Entertaiment Weekly's 50 Best High School Movies.
- John Hughes wrote the screenplay to this movie in just two days (4 and 5 July 1982).
- Claire's (Molly Ringwald) entire ensemble was purchased specially for the character from a Ralph Lauren store, the only one in Chicago at the time. Hughes had rejected the original costume on the grounds that it wasn't sophisticated enough.
- John Hughes almost fired Judd Nelson because of his negative attitude towards Molly Ringwald off camera. Paul Gleason convinced Hughes that Nelson was a great actor and was merely trying to stay in character.
- At the time of shooting, Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were the only Breakfast Club members of high school age, both being 16. Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy both were 22, and Judd Nelson was 25.
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Character Name:
Samantha Baker
Appears In:
Sixteen Candles
Dates:
1984
Awards:
Young Artist Award
Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama
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| Character Back Story:
On the eve of her sister's wedding, suburban teenager Samantha suffers silently as her family forgets her birthday. Even worse, some dork keeps propositioning her with sophomoric innuendo when she really craves romantic attention from high-school hunk Jake.
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| Age/Occupation:
16/Highschooler
| Personality Type:
Shy/Self Conscious
| Taglines:
- It's the time of your life that may last a lifetime.
- When you're just sixteen anything can happen!
- This is Samantha Baker and today is her 16th birthday. The problem is, nobody remembers.
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| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Samantha: I can't believe I gave my panties to a geek.
Samantha: God, I hope whoever got that note doesn't know it was me who wrote it. I'd shit twice and die.
Samantha: Donger's here for five hours, and he's got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I'm like a disease.
Samantha: I loathe the bus. There has to be a more dignified mode of transportation.
Samantha: It's really human of you to listen to all my bullshit.
Samantha: I can't believe this. They f*cking forgot my birthday.
Samantha: You know everyone in this family has gone total outer limits.
The Geek: This information cannot leave this room. Ok? It would devastate my reputation as a dude.
Samantha: No problem.
The Geek: I've never bagged a babe. I'm not a stud.
The Geek: How's it going?
Samantha: How's what going?
The Geek: You know - things, life, whatnot.
Samantha: Life is not whatnot, and it's none of your business.
The Geek: So, what's your story? I mean, you got a guy, or...?
Samantha: Yes, three big ones, and they lust wimp blood so quit bugging me or I'll sic them all over your weenie ass.
The Geek: Just answer me one question.
Samantha: Yes, you're a total fag.
The Geek: Ha ha ha. That's not the question.
Samantha: Thanks for getting my undies back.
Jake: Thanks for coming over.
Samantha: Thanks for coming to get me.
Jake: Happy Birthday, Samantha. Make a wish.
Samantha: It already came true. |
- Molly Ringwald almost lost the part of "Samantha" to Ally Sheedy.
- The movie's line "Can I borrow your underpants for ten minutes?" was voted as the #86 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
- When Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall first met, they did not get along at all. Director John Hughes took them shopping at a music store and they discovered they had similar musical tastes and eventually got along.
- John Hughes actually has a very small cameo appearance in Sixteen Candles. When Samantha realizes her sister left her veil in the church she goes back to get it. As she is gong back in, the last guy out of the church is John Hughes. He turns to look at her and you get a clear shot of his face for less than 2 seconds.
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| Character Name:
Andie Walsh
Appears In:
Pretty in Pink
Date:
1986
Awards: |
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| Andie Walsh is a poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks with an obsession for all things pink. She lives with her unemployed father, Jack. Her mother left them years ago. Most of the time Andie works in a record store called "Trax" for her eccentric friend Iona, a 30 something mother-figure to Andie. She attends high school where a lot of the kids are 'richies'. She has befriended a good hearted geek named Duckie Dale. Andie eventually develops a crush on a wealthy kid named Blane McDonough. When Andie and Blane try to get together, they encounter resistance from their respective social circles. |
| Age/Occupation:
Teen/Record Store
| Signature Look:
The Color Pink | Resides:
Chicago | Taglines:
- He's crazy about her. She's crazy about him. He's just crazy.
- He's good. She's good. He's just Duckie.
- Blane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Ducky's pretty crazy.
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| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Andie: I just want them to know that they didn't break me.
Andie: If somebody doesn't believe in me, I can't believe in them.
Andie: You know, it's so insane that someone you've never met, never talked to can be your enemy.
Andie: May I admire you?
Duckie: If you wish!
Andie: I don't know what I'm doing!
Iona: Wishful make-upping!
Duckie: Well, that's very nice. I'm glad. Well here's... here's the point, Andie. I'm not particularly concerned with whether or not you like me, because I live to like you and... and I can't like you anymore. So... so when you're feeling real low and... and dirty, and your heart is splattered all over hell, don't look to me to pump you back up 'cause... 'cause... 'cause maybe for the first time in your life I WON'T BE THERE!
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- Pretty in Pink is Molly Ringwald's favorite among her own films.
- Anthony Michael Hall turned down the role of Duckie.
- Simon is played by Dweezil Zappa and there is a sign inside the Trax music store that says "Dweezil" is the Pick of the Week. He was also Molly Ringwald's boyfriend at the time.
- The film was a critical and commercial success. The film earned $6,065,870 in the US during its opening weekend and earned $40,471,663 om the US during its theatrical run. The film was the 22nd highest-grossing film in 1986.
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Watch the Pretty in Pink Movie Trailer |
 For Keeps? |
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Character Name:
Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
Appears In:
For Keeps?
Date:
1988
Awards:
Paris Film Festival
Award for Best Actress
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| Character BackStory:
| Young, ambitious high school student Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz have a hitch thrown into their plans to attend college and pursue professional careers when they discover that Darcy is pregnant. Deciding against abortion or adoption, the couple decides to carry the child to term and to try to raise it themselves; however they are unprepared for the myriad of decisions and responsibilities that they are forced to deal with. |
Age/Occupation:
17-18 years old
Highschool Student, Mother, Waitress | Resides:
Kenosha, Wisconsin | Signature Look:
Long Red Hair, then cut short | Taglines:
- From Backpacks to Strollers
- They have their plans. They have each other. And a little something they weren't expecting.
- It's about sticking around no matter what.
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| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | Darcy: I'm pregnant. Can you pass the turnips?
Darcy: How could you name our baby Theodosia?
Stan: We needed a name for a the birth certificate, I asked you what you wanted!
Darcy: It sounds like a greek fishing boat, or a crater on the moon or something!
Stan: Oh no, my wife is not gonna get a job!
Darcy: Oh great Stan, you sound just like Fred Flintstone.
[in the labor room]
Stan: Do the pattern breathing, come on.
Darcy: Screw the pattern breathing, I want a painkiller! |
- This movie is noted for being Ringwald's final "teen" movie, and is cited as one of her most mature performances, particularly in a scene where Darcy is suffering from post partum depression after the birth of her child.
- This movie marks the film debut of Pauly Shore, who appears in a small role as a friend of Stan.
- The film is set in Kenosha, Wisconsin and was partially filmed there. Primary location work took place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- The film earned a disappointing $14.7 million and met with generally negative reviews.
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