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The Breakfast Club (1985)
By: ChipRawks Date: September 19, 2011, 1:37 pm
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[CENTER]The Breakfast Club (1985)
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I can't say enough good things about The Breakfast Club, other
than that this movie, right now, sits at the top of my Favorite
Movie Of All Time list. Where to begin with this one? First off,
this is John Hughes crown jewel in a treasure chest full of
diamonds. The script is hands down one of the best ever with
regards to fully realized characters with so much back-story,
that we already "know" all the main characters: The Brain, The
Jock, The Princess, The Basket-Case and The Criminal. I would be
remiss if I didn't include The Principal and The Janitor in this
group as well when listing the stereotypes that they each end up
owning.
The amazing thing about these characters, is that even though
they are all different from one another, they all have a common
bond, which leads us, the viewer, to find something we can
relate to in each one. It's really hard to pick out a favorite
actor / actress or performance here, because this is the
definition of a true ensemble. The whole is greater than the sum
of it's parts applies here.
The original cut of the movie clocked in at 2 1/2 hours long,
which John Hughes has the only completed copy on VHS. The
whereabouts of this copy is currently unknown, which obviously
has a ton of deleted scenes. One of the deleted scenes can be
found in the trailer referring to the "Allison-hugging-herself"
scene. I hope that one day it will be found and released as part
of a huge Special Edition DVD.
Apart from the great dialogue (i.e. monologues), characters and
set pieces within TBC, the biggest thing for me here is that the
movie itself made me want to become a writer of short stories,
screenplays, characters, scenes and skits. And whenever I feel
like my writing is becoming stagnant or just out and out writers
block, I always come back to TBC for inspiration. Just because I
watch this one at least 2-3 times a year doesn't mean I always
have writers block either, so shut up with any wise-cracks.
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/> I just get immense pleasure from watching this one every time
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This is a Buy for sure. Duh!!
I'm sure I will add more about my thoughts on TBC over time as
they come to me. Right now, it's just the tip of the iceberg.
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Re: The Breakfast Club (1985)
By: ChipRawks Date: September 19, 2011, 1:39 pm
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HTML http://www.ifc.com/news/2010/08/kevin-smith-breakfast-club.php]The<br
/>Breakfast Club's Newest Member: Kevin Smith[/URL]
[URL=
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Film
Society of Lincoln Center [/URL]
I reeeeeeeeeeeally hope that the Q&A with the original cast from
The Breakfast Club will end up online somewhere so that I can
watch. It is set for Monday September 19- 20, 2011.
That's TODAY!!!
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Re: The Breakfast Club (1985)
By: Mac Date: September 19, 2011, 3:22 pm
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I completely get your perspective on getting inspiration. I
firmly believe I write better today because I get myself
involved in well written pieces. It rub’s off on you if you let
it. It is an art form and when you immerse yourself in it, you
begin to ‘get’ structure, pace, and the various other aspects of
good story telling. John Hughs was exceptional of taking those
thoughts and writing and encapsulating it all into a solid film.
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Re: The Breakfast Club (1985)
By: ChipRawks Date: September 19, 2011, 3:32 pm
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I kind of have the itch to watch it again today. But I won't.
Got other movies in the Que to watch first. I'm going to run
through most of John Hughes stuff in order this week.
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Re: The Breakfast Club (1985)
By: ChipRawks Date: September 20, 2011, 12:50 pm
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[CENTER]Kevin Smith Introduces The Cast Of The Breakfast Club
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The Cast On The Red Carpet / Interviews
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Special Event Highlites
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This was pretty good and funny. Sucks that Emilio backed out
from doing this.
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/>:::sigh::: The clips above took place yesterday (September 19,
2011). Not sure what is happening today at the Event. Will post
more when the new stuff comes up. I hope that they will put up
the full, unedited Q&A Session with the cast today or the next
couple of days as I want to see it all.
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Re: The Breakfast Club (1985)
By: Mac Date: September 20, 2011, 12:59 pm
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I had such a crush on Ally Sheedy for a little while. Not
necessarily for Breakfast Club, though the emerging from a
cocoon into a beautiful swan scene made my heart
pitter-patter... It was more for WarGames, Oxford Blues and
Short Circuit.
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Re: The Breakfast Club (1985)
By: ChipRawks Date: September 20, 2011, 1:07 pm
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Yeah, my crush for Ally also happened because of WarGames. I had
already seen her in Bad Boys (the Sean Penn movie). But she was
hardly in it to really take notice. But once WarGames came out,
as in the words of The Geek, "Very hot! Very hot!"
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A little off topic here but still related, if you have never
seen Anthony Michael Hall's TV series The Dead Zone, there are a
couple of separate episodes in which Ally Sheedy and John
Kapelos guest star. The series is phenomenal and Ally's
performance was a winner. Fantastic is more like it.
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Re: The Breakfast Club (1985)
By: Mac Date: September 20, 2011, 1:17 pm
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There is sooooooo much I haven't seen. Dead Zone is one of
those. I heard good word about it.
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Re: The Breakfast Club (1985)
By: ChipRawks Date: September 20, 2011, 1:41 pm
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[CENTER]The Breakfast Club 25th Anniversary Reunion (ABC News)
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Give me more of this good stuff!
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Re: The Breakfast Club (1985)
By: Mac Date: September 20, 2011, 2:10 pm
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Where's Emilio????????
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