Director: John Hughes
Cast:
John Bender: Judd Nelson
Andrew Clark: Emilio Estevez
Allison Reynolds: Ally Sheedy
Claire Standish: Molly Ringwald
Brian Johnson: Anthony Michael Hall
Carl the janitor: John Kapelos
Principal Vernon: Paul Gleason
The Breakfast Club is about 5 high school students (a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal) who spend a Saturday together in detention.
24. The knife Bender sticks in the chair is Judd Nelson's own knife. He carries it for protection.
25. At the beginning of the film the camera shows the pictures of the boys of the year. One of the boys is named Carl. Carl is now the janitor of the school!
26. Hughes made the cast and crew eat in the cafeteria.
27. Brian's mother and sister in the movie are Anthony Michael Hall's real life mother and sister.
28. Judd Nelson made up the terms "Neo-maxi" and "Zoomdweebie".
29. The guidance counselor's has a name tag with that name R. Hashimoto. Richard Hashimoto is the movie's production supervisor.
30. It was suggested that every ten years there would be a sequel to The Breakfast Club. It didn't happen.
31. The guitar riff Bender hums is Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love".
32. Director cameo: John Hughes plays Brian's dad. You see him when he picks Brian up from school.
33. The "weed" they smoke in the movie was oregano.
34. Brian's mother's license plate is E MC2.
35. Hughes almost fired Judd Nelson because of his negative attitude toward Molly Ringwald off camera. It was Paul Gleason who convinced him that he was just trying to keep in character.
36. Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were dating in real life during the movie.
37. Emilio Estevez was the first choice to play John Bender. There was no one to play Andrew Clark, so Estevez had to play that part instead.
38. Molly Ringwald auditioned for the role of Allison, but Hughes gave her the role of Claire. Ally Sheedy said that "I'm glad you didn't [get it] because I could've never played your part."
39. It's rumored that Ally Sheedy used Parmesan cheese for the dandruff scene.
40. Hughes had Claire's wardrobe purchased from Ralph Lauren because normal clothes weren't sophisticated enough for her.
41. The dance scene at the end of the movie was originally written only for Ringwald.
42. The scene where Bender looks up Claire's skirt was not Ringwald. She didn't want to do that.
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