The Breakfast Club

BLANK SCREEN:

Against Black, TITLE CARD:

"...and these children that you spit on,

as they try to change their worlds are

immune to your consultations. They're

quite aware of what they're going through...

- David Bowie"

The Blank Screen and Title Card SHATTER to reveal...

1. EXT. SHERMER HIGH SCHOOL - DAY

During Brian's monologue, we see various views of things

inside the school including Bender's locker.

BRIAN (VO)

Saturday...March 24, 1984. Shermer

High School, Shermer, Illinois.

60062. Dear Mr. Vernon...we accept

the fact that we had to sacrifice a

whole Saturday in detention for

whatever it was that we did wrong,

what we did was wrong. But we think

you're crazy to make us write this

essay telling you who we think we

are, what do you care? You see us

as you want to see us...in the

simplest terms and the most

convenient definitions. You see us

as a brain, an athelete, a basket

case, a princess and a criminal.

Correct? That's the way we saw each

other at seven o'clock this morning.

We were brainwashed...

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2. INT. CLAIRE'S CAR - DAY

We see CLAIRE and her FATHER sitting in their car in the

parking lot.

Claire is the prom queen and is clearly a snob.

CLAIRE:

I can't believe you can't get me

out of this...I mean it's so absurd

I have to be here on a Saturday!

It's not like I'm a defective or

anything...

CLAIRE'S FATHER

I'll make it up to you...Honey,

ditching class to go shopping

doesn't make you a defective. Have

a good day.

Claire rolls her eyes and gets out of the car and walks

up the school front steps

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3. INT. BRIAN'S CAR - DAY

We are in BRIAN's car. His MOTHER is there and so is

his little SISTER. He is sort of a nerd.

BRIAN'S MOTHER

Is this the first time or the last

time we do this?

BRIAN:

(upset)

Last...

BRIAN'S MOTHER

Well get in there and use the time

to your advantage...

BRIAN:

Mom, we're not supposed to study; we

just have to sit there and do

nothing.

BRIAN'S MOTHER

Well mister you figure out a way to

study.

BRIAN'S LITTLE SISTER

(annoyingly)

Yeah!

BRIAN'S MOTHER

Well go!

Brian gets out of the car and walks towards the school.

CUT TO:

4. INT. ANDREW'S CAR - DAY

We see ANDREW and his FATHER. Andrew is clearly a jock;

he’s wearing a letterman’s jacket with lots of patches on it.

ANDREW'S FATHER

Hey, I screwed around...guys screw

around, there's nothing wrong with

that. Except you got caught, Sport.

ANDREW:

Yeah, Mom already reemed me, alright?

ANDREW'S FATHER

(angry)

You wanna miss a match? You wanna

blow your ride? Now no school's

gonna give a scholarship to a

discipline case.

Andrew gets out of the car and walks into the school.

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5. EXT. SHERMER PARKING LOT - DAY

We see JOHN BENDER walking towards us. He is wearing

sunglasses. A car is coming towards him but he doesn't

stop walking.

The car slams on its breaks directly in front of him.

Bender gets out of the frame. Out of the car steps

ALLISON. She is dressed all in black. She steps

forward to look in the car's front window and the car

drives away.

CUT TO:

6. INT. LIBRARY - DAY

There are six tables in two rows of three.

Claire is sitting at the front table. Brian comes in

and sits at the table behind her.

Andrew comes in and points at the chair next to Claire

at the front table. She shrugs and he sits there.

In walks Bender, he touches everything on the checkout

desk and takes a few things in the process.

He walks over to where Brian is sitting and points to

the table on the opposite side of the Library. Brian

reluctantly gets up and moves.

Bender sits at the table where Brian was and puts his

feet up.

Allison walks in. She walks all the way around the

library and sits in the back corner table, just behind

Brian.

Andrew and Claire look at each other and snicker.

Brian looks at her in confusion and then turns away.

Enter RICHARD VERNON, a teacher. He holds a stack

of papers in his left hand. He addresses the group with

such disrespect it makes you wonder how he ever got the

job.

VERNON:

Well...well. Here we are! I want

to congradulate you for being on

time...

Claire raises her hand.

CLAIRE:

Excuse me, sir? I think there's

been a mistake. I know it's

detention, but...um...I don't think

I belong in here...

Vernon doesn't care. He just continues to talk.

VERNON:

It is now seven-oh-six. You have

exactly eight hours and fifty-four

minutes to think about why you're

here. To ponder the error of your

ways...

Bender spits into the air and catches the spit in his

mouth again.

Claire looks like she is going to gag.

VERNON:

...and you may not talk. You will

not move from these seats.

He glances up at Bender and points at him.

VERNON:

...and you...

Vernon pulls the chair out from under Bender's feet.

VERNON:

...will not sleep. Alright people,

we're gonna try something a little

different today. We are going to

write an essay--of no less than a

thousand words--describing to me

who you think you are.

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