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Breakfast Club (1985)

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Breakfast Club
R
Comedy
Documentary

Release Date
February 15, 1985
Director
John Hughes
Runtime
97
Main Genre
Comedy
Studio
Universal Pictures
Writers
John Hughes
Tagline
They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.

Summary

When five high school students from different social groups are forced to spend a Saturday together in detention, they find themselves interacting with and understanding each other for the first time. A jock (Emilio Estevez), a stoner (Judd Nelson), a princess (Molly Ringwald), a basket case (Ally Sheedy), and a brain (Anthony Michael Hall) talk about everything from parental tension to sex to peer pressure to hurtful stereotypes while serving time. Ultimately, the five find that they may have more in common than they ever imagined and learn more about themselves as well as each other.

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