The Breakfast Club |  | Director: John Hughes
Actors: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  338 reviews
Sales Rank: 320
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 61102410
UPC: 025195018647
EAN: 0025195018647
ASIN: B001AEF6BI
Theatrical Release Date: 1985
Release Date: September 16, 2008
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/16/2008 Run time: 97 minutes Rating: R
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John Hughes's popular 1985 teen drama finds a diverse group of high school students--a jock (Emilio Estevez), a metalhead (Judd Nelson), a weirdo (Ally Sheedy), a princess (Molly Ringwald), and a nerd (Anthony Michael Hall)--sharing a Saturday in detention at their high school for one minor infraction or another. Over the course of a day, they talk through the social barriers that ordinarily keep them apart, and new alliances are born, though not without a lot of pain first. Hughes (Sixteen Candles), who wrote and directed, is heavy on dialogue but he also thoughtfully refreshes the look of the film every few minutes with different settings and original viewpoints on action. The movie deals with such fundamentals as the human tendency toward bias and hurting the weak, and because the characters are caught somewhere between childhood and adulthood, it's easy to get emotionally involved in hope for their redemption. Preteen and teenage kids love this film, incidentally. --Tom Keogh
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 Perfect Christmas February 6, 2010
S. Cooley
It's always a great gift when it works for the buyer as well as the recipient, great product/shipping, everything perfect.
All Time Classic! January 7, 2010
C.C. ("Farm Country")
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All time classic 80's film! This is actually my favorite movie of all times! It is a welcome addition to my video library. There hasn't been anything to compare to the 80's "brat pack" since then. This movie showed exactly how it was being a teenager in the 80's was like. The movie encompasses the stereotypes of the jock, prep, nerd, psycho, and druggie and their interactions with each other, which was exactly how it was broke down in every high school in the country in those days. If you don't have it, I strongly suggest you get it.
 As good as I'd remembered it! December 31, 2009
M. Tarr (Albany, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't think I'd seen this film since around the time it was released about 25 years ago, first @ the theater, & then once more on VHS. I remembered it being a good film, but I'd forgotten just how good, & very powerfully emotional. I was prompted to see it again after a recent retrospective on people we'd lost this year, including film director & writer John Hughes. I don't think I can remember anyone else who made films which spoke both to & about teenagers & young people this honestly & directly.
One of the greatest movies... December 21, 2009
M (I wait behind the wall, gnawing away at your reality)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
...not just of the 80's, but of... ever. For some this might be an exaggeration, but having seen many movies, I feel confident in my assessment. I never get tired of this movie, even having seen this several times already and buying my own copy. All of the actors are great, and for a movie that was fairly low-budget and quickly-produced (I hear it took less than two months start to finish), it's easily better than many movies with a huge budget and huger special effects. The actors did a great job of embracing their roles. It's just one of these movies that was made to last - now that's quality.
 Thought is was great when I was 16, but now.... December 5, 2009
M. Sady (Krakow, Poland)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Watching it again recently for the first time in years and years, I realized that this film firmly belongs on the "Should Have Left a Good Memory Alone" list. I guess it helps if you are as full of teenage angst as everyone in this film is or if you still believe that everyone fits neatly into geek-jock-freak etc. categories. I'll take Ferris Bueller, Planes Trains & Automobiles or Sixteen candles anytime but The Breakfast Club just doesn't do it for me anymore.
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