The Breakfast Club Page #10

Synopsis: Beyond being in the same class at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois, Claire Standish, Andrew Clark, John Bender, Brian Johnson and Allison Reynolds have little in common, and with the exception of Claire and Andrew, do not associate with each other in school. In the simplest and in their own terms, Claire is a princess, Andrew an athlete, John a criminal, Brian a brain, and Allison a basket case. But one other thing they do have in common is a nine hour detention in the school library together on Saturday, March 24, 1984, under the direction of Mr. Vernon, supervising from his office across the hall. Each is required to write a minimum one thousand word essay during that time about who they think they are. At the beginning of those nine hours, each, if they were indeed planning on writing that essay, would probably write something close to what the world sees of them, and what they have been brainwashed into believing of themselves. But based on their adventures during that nine
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): John Hughes
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
1985
97 min
21,092 Views


Bender begins to walk away.

BENDER:

See I don't think that I need to

sit here with you f***in' d*ldos anymore!

Bender walks over to a map table and throws all the

maps on the floor. He climbs up on top of the table and

then up to the second floor balcony.

CLAIRE:

(to Andrew)

You shouldn't have said that!

ANDREW:

How would I know, I mean he lies

about everything anyway!

CUT TO:

19. INT. VERNON'S OFFICE - DAY

Vernon puts an orange in his mouth and then attempts to

pour coffee out of his thermos. The top comes off and

the coffee goes all over his desk.

VERNON:

Oh, sh*t!

CUT TO:

20. INT. HALLWAY - DAY

Vernon walks into the hallway, talking to himself.

VERNON:

Coffee...looks like they scrape it

off the bottom of the Mississippi

river. Everything's polluted,

everything's polluted...the coffee.

Bender comes out of the library doors followed

bye veryone else.

Bender and Claire are walking next to each other.

Brian and Andrew are walking next to each other and at the

end of the line, Allison is following.

CLAIRE:

(to Bender)

How do you know where Vernon went?

BENDER:

I don't...

CLAIRE:

Well then, how do you know when he'll

be back?

BENDER:

I don't...being bad feels pretty

good, huh?

BRIAN:

(to Andrew)

What's the point in going to Bender's

locker?

ANDREW:

Beats me...

BRIAN:

This is so stupid...Why do you think,

why are we risking getting caught?

ANDREW:

I dunno...

BRIAN:

So then what are we doing?

ANDREW:

You ask me one more question and I'm

beating the sh*t out of you!

BRIAN:

Sorry...

Bender opens his locker.

ANDREW:

Slob!

BENDER:

My maid's on vacation.

Bender pulls out a bag of marijuana.

BRIAN:

Drugs...

ANDREW:

Screw that Bender...put it back!

Bender walks away.

BRIAN:

Drugs...the boy had marijuana.

Claire walks after Bender.

BRIAN:

That was marijuana!

ANDREW:

Shut up!

Andrew follows the other two. Brian looks at Allison

who is standing there with her mouth open.

BRIAN:

Do you approve of this?

Brian turns and leaves. Allison steals the lock off of

Bender's locker.

We see the crowd walking down the hall.

BENDER:

We'll cross through the lab, and

then we'll double back.

ANDREW:

You better be right, if Vernon cuts

us off it's your fault, a**hole!

BRIAN:

(to Claire)

What'd he say? Where're we going?

They see Vernon down one of the halls. We have various

sequences of them running around and seeing Vernon

until they stop.

BENDER:

Wait! Wait, hold it! Hold it! We

have to go through the cafeteria!

ANDREW:

No, the activities hall.

BENDER:

Hey man, you don't know what you're

talking about!

ANDREW:

No you don't know what you're

talking about!

Allison squeaks.

ANDREW:

Now we're through listening to you,

we're going this way.

They all go Andrew's way and run into a hall closed by

an iron gate.

ANDREW:

Sh*t!

BENDER:

Great idea Jagoff!

ANDREW:

F*** you!

CLAIRE:

(to Andrew)

F*** you! Why didn't you listen to

John?

BRIAN:

We're dead!

BENDER:

No, just me!

BRIAN:

What do you mean?

BENDER:

Get back to the library, keep your

unit on this!

Bender puts his bag of marijuana into Brian's

underwear.

Bender runs away singing loudly. “I wanna be an

airborne ranger...”

We see Vernon hear Bender.

The rest of them run.

VERNON:

That son of a b*tch!

We see Vernon looking for Bender until he finds him in

the gym.

Bender is going up for a basket.

BENDER:

Three...two...one!

He dunks the ball. Vernon enters.

VERNON:

Bender! Bender! Bender! What is

this? What are you doing here, what

is this?

BENDER:

Oh, hi!

VERNON:

Out! That's it Bender! Out, it's

over!

BENDER:

Don't you wanna hear my excuse?

VERNON:

Out!

BENDER:

I'm thinking of trying out for a

scholarship.

VERNON:

Gimmie the ball, Bender.

Bender fakes the ball at Vernon. He then sets the ball

down and rolls it at Vernon who kicks it back at him.

They leave.

CUT TO:

21. INT. LIBRARY - DAY

The rest of the kids are all sitting back in their

seats when Bender and Vernon enter. Vernon pushes Bender.

VERNON:

Get your stuff, let's go!

(to everyone)

Mr. Wiseguy here has taken it upon

himself to go to the gymnasium. I'm

sorry to inform you, you're going to

be without his services for the rest

of the day.

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John Hughes

An American filmmaker. Beginning as an author of humorous essays and stories for National Lampoon, he went on to write, produce and sometimes direct some of the most successful live-action comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s. Most of Hughes's work is set in the Chicago metropolitan area. He is best known for his coming-of-age teen comedy films which often combined magic realism with honest depictions of suburban teenage life. more…

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