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The Breakfast Club: A Movie Trailer
Friesen, G. (Producer), & Hughes, J. (Director). (1985). The breakfast club [Motion picture]. United States: Universal Pictures.
Plot Summary
High school is a difficult time for most people. At Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois, where status and
connections mean everything, five very different students are forced to spend a Saturday together in detention. Each student represents a different social group. Andrew is the jock, Brian is the brain, Claire is the popular one, John Bender is the criminal and Allison is the outsider. They begin the day with established prejudices and annoyance at having to spend an entire day together. The principal, Mr. Vernon assigns an essay to each student asking them to explain who they think they are. As the students spend time together and discuss their family lives, secrets and dreams, they realize that there is more to each other than their cliques and social standing. They have similarities that run deeper then the surface.
High school is a difficult time for most people. At Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois, where status and
connections mean everything, five very different students are forced to spend a Saturday together in detention. Each student represents a different social group. Andrew is the jock, Brian is the brain, Claire is the popular one, John Bender is the criminal and Allison is the outsider. They begin the day with established prejudices and annoyance at having to spend an entire day together. The principal, Mr. Vernon assigns an essay to each student asking them to explain who they think they are. As the students spend time together and discuss their family lives, secrets and dreams, they realize that there is more to each other than their cliques and social standing. They have similarities that run deeper then the surface.Notes on Character, Setting, Director
The movie focuses on five different teenagers representing five different cliques within their high school. As they become friends, the students realize that they all share similar pressures, mostly stemming from their parents. Andrew is an athlete/jock. He feels pressure from him father to be the best at all times. Claire is the most popular girl in school who is the target of John Bender’s insults. She believes that her divorced parents use her to get back at each other. Brian is the brain and he feels pressure from his family to do well academically. It is revealed that he is suicidal. Allison is the outsider, she thinks about running away from home to get attention. John Bender is the criminal/punk. He is an instigator and insults the other students and it is revealed that he is physically abused by his father. Thier principal, Mr. Vernon represents authority and by extension all adults in the student’s lives. The movie is set in Illinois at a high school. This high school is representative of any high school. It has a gym, a library, lockers and classrooms. John Hughes is well known as the writer and director of classic films about teenagers in the 1980s. Most of his films are set in the Chicago area
The movie focuses on five different teenagers representing five different cliques within their high school. As they become friends, the students realize that they all share similar pressures, mostly stemming from their parents. Andrew is an athlete/jock. He feels pressure from him father to be the best at all times. Claire is the most popular girl in school who is the target of John Bender’s insults. She believes that her divorced parents use her to get back at each other. Brian is the brain and he feels pressure from his family to do well academically. It is revealed that he is suicidal. Allison is the outsider, she thinks about running away from home to get attention. John Bender is the criminal/punk. He is an instigator and insults the other students and it is revealed that he is physically abused by his father. Thier principal, Mr. Vernon represents authority and by extension all adults in the student’s lives. The movie is set in Illinois at a high school. This high school is representative of any high school. It has a gym, a library, lockers and classrooms. John Hughes is well known as the writer and director of classic films about teenagers in the 1980s. Most of his films are set in the Chicago area
Intended Audience
Although this movie was produced and is set in the 1980s, the theme about teenagers coming to terms with their differences and similarities to each other, are timeless. Each student realizes that although status was important to them, they are all the same with similar pressures from family, school and friends. This movie would be appealing to teenagers today.
Although this movie was produced and is set in the 1980s, the theme about teenagers coming to terms with their differences and similarities to each other, are timeless. Each student realizes that although status was important to them, they are all the same with similar pressures from family, school and friends. This movie would be appealing to teenagers today.
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