Breakfast Club movie tidbits

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Trivia for

The Breakfast Club (1985)

Emilio Estevez was originally going to play Bender, but Hughes couldn't find someone to play Andrew Clark so Emilio agreed to play Clark.

 

Molly Ringwald really wanted to play Allison but Ally Sheedy had already been promised the part.

 

Anthony Michael Hall's mother and younger sister play his character Brian's mother and sister in the movie.

 

The library in which this movie takes place was actually constructed in the gymnasium of Maine North High School specifically for the film. The school closed down in 1982, two years before filming began. The building had been used for park district purposes and the Chicago Blitz before the Illinois state police bought it, turning it into a police station, which it still is to this day.

 

Director John Hughes insisted that the entire cast and crew eat their meals on location in the Maine North High School cafeteria.

 

The joke that Bender tells but never finishes (while crawling through the ceiling) actually has no punchline. According to Judd Nelson, he ad-libbed the line. Originally, he was supposed to tell a joke that would end when he came back into the library and said, "Forgot my pencil", but no one could come up with a joke for that punchline.

 

The guidance counselor's desk has a name plaque which says "R. Hashimoto". Richard Hashimoto was the production supervisor.

 

A prom queen election poster contains the name of Michelle Manning, who co-produced the film.

 

The license plate on Brian's father's car is EMC 2.

 

Director John Hughes actually attended Glenbrook North High School, one of the schools where the movie was filmed.

 

The film's title comes from the nickname invented by students and staff for detention at the school attended by the son of one of John Hughes' friends. Thus, those who were sent to detention were designated members of "The Breakfast Club". "The Breakfast Club" was also the title of American radio's longest running network entertainment show, broadcast from Chicago, 1933 to 1968.

 

Director Cameo: [John Hughes] Brian's father, who picks him up at the end of the film.

 

In the beginning of the movie you see different shots of the school hallways and classrooms, you can see what the flare gun did to Brian's locker. Also there is a picture of a former Shermer High School student "Man of the Year". The guy in the picture is the janitor Carl Reed.

 

Most teenage movies that John Hughes has written are also take place in Shermer Illinois and involve a Shermer High School. Weird Science (1985), written by Hughes and also starring Anthony Michael Hall, also takes place in Shermer.

 

Claire's 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.

 

Nicolas Cage was originally considered for the role of John Bender but the production couldn't afford his salary at the time. John Cusack was originally cast as John Bender, but John Hughes decided to replace him with Judd Nelson before shooting began.

 

Director John Hughes said that the cast rehearsed the entire movie as if it was a play a few times before filming began. After the film was a hit, Hughes was asked to write the script as a play so high schoolers could perform it.

 

John Hughes wrote the screenplay to this movie in just two days (4 and 5 July 1982).

 

Rick Moranis was originally cast as the janitor; he left due to creative differences and was replaced by John Kapelos.

 

One subplot that was filmed but deleted showed Principal Vernon watching some women faculty members using the school swimming pool.

 

More deleted scenes:

Allison imagines what the other students are really like.

Carl the janitor predicts where the Breakfast Club will be in 20 years.

When Allison says, "I can write with my toes," she actually does so.

 

The scene in which all characters sit in a circle on the floor in the library and tell stories about why they were in detention was not scripted. John Hughes told them all to ad-lib.

 

Other proposed titles were "The Lunch Bunch" and "Library Revolution".

 

Deleted scene: There was a scene filmed that was originally part of the chase sequence, when the five are running away from the principal. Vernon is taking a drink of water from the fountain, and the five kids have to sneak past him in the hallway, just outside his range of vision. Four of them dash past, but Allison (Sheedy) walks past slowly, turns and looks at him, and stands there, as if daring him to turn and see her. Claire (Ringwald) whispers to the others "she's so cool" before Allison joins them and the chase continues. This scene was cut from the theatrical release and the VHS, but was re-cut back into the TV version as a time-filler due to the entire pot-smoking sequence being cut in the TV edit.

 

John Hughes is a big Beatles fan. Principal Richard Vernon is named after the actor who played alongside The Beatles in A Hard Days Night - he's the uptight, bowler-hatted city gent in the train compartment.

 

The dandruff that Allison shakes onto her penciled drawing for snow was achieved by sprinkling Parmesan cheese.

 

Judd Nelson made up many of the terms used in the movie, including 'Neo-Maxi Zoomdweebie'.

 

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.

 

The original running time of The Breakfast Club (1985) was about two and a half hours. Thinking the film would not be a hit, Universal Pictures trimmed the running time down to the modern 97 minute version. The studio then destroyed the negatives of the deleted scenes. John Hughes said in a "Premiere" magazine article that he has the only complete copy.

 

It was originally suggested that there would be several sequels to The Breakfast Club (1985), occurring every ten years, in which "The Breakfast Club" would get back together.

 

The theme song, "Don't You (Forget About Me)", was written for the film by Keith Forsey. It was a number one hit for Simple Minds, and both Billy Idol and Bryan Ferry turned down offers to record it first (although in 2001, Billy Idol recorded Don't You (Forget About Me) as a bonus track for his Greatest Hits album). The song was also turned down by Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders who then suggested they offer it to the band fronted by her husband at the time, Simple Minds.

 

Trivia items below here contain information that may give away important plot points. You may not want to read any further if you've not already seen this title.

 

The following are the reasons each character is in detention on Saturday:

Bender: pulls a false fire alarm

Brian: flare gun goes off in his locker

Andy (Andrew): tapes a guy's butt cheeks together with athletic tape

Claire: ditches class to go shopping

Allison: didn't do anything, she didn't have anything better to do on a Saturday

[Giants Fan 85]

You shutcha mouth! How can you say ... I go about things the wrong way?

[Giants Fan 85]

I am the son, and the heir .......

 

I am the son and heir, of, nothing in particular.

[dcOne 2]

I'm thinking of trying out for a scholarship.

[Giants Fan 85]

I'm thinking of trying out for a scholarship.

 

There's a club if you'd like to go ... you could meet somebody,

That really loves you

So you go and you and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own,

And you go home, and you cry and you want to die.

 

You say it's gonna happen now,

Well when exactly do you mean?

See, I've already waited too long ... and all my hope is gone.

[wiffleball 4,788]

"...so, it's a social club. Demented and Sad, but Social...."

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"You mess with the bull, you get the horns"

 

 

"Could you describe the ruckus sir?"

 

 

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Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?

The world is an imperfect place sir. Screws fall out all the time.

[texasmouth 1]

One of my favorite movies.

 

Nice thread.