“Get Ready to Feast On the Breakfast Club ons Again in Cinemas. In Honor of Its 40th Anniversary, Universal Pictures Will Rerelease Writer-Director John Hughes’ GROUNDBREKING COMING-OF-AGE FILM IN CINEMAS Nationwide on Sept. 7 And Again On Sept. 10. The Film, Set at A Suburban Chicago High School, Stars Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
In Honor of Its 40th Anniversary, Universal Pictures Will Rerelease Writer-Director John Hughes’ GROUNDBREKING COMING-OF-AGE FILM IN CINEMAS Nationwide on Sept. 7 And Again On Sept. 10. The Film, Set at A Suburban Chicago High School, Stars Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall As Five Teenagers From Vastly Life-Altering Saturday in Denation.
FIRST OPENING IN THEATERS ON FEB. 15, 1985, The Breakfast Club Became A Box Office Hit and Cultural Sensation After Striking A Generational Chord with Its Portrayal of Identity and the Desire to Be Seen (Read Thr‘S Original Review Here). It Also Helped Launch The Careers of Its Young Ensemble Cast, As Well As The Brat Pack Era.
Hughes Encouroaged HIS Breakfast Club Actors to Improvise and Contribute their Own Insights, Resulting in the Film Being Celebrated for Centering on Character, Conversation and Vulneraciness, Versus Spectacle. Over The Course of Their Day Together, Claire the Princess (Ringwald), Andrew The Jeck (Estevez), Brian The Brain (Hall), Allison the Basket Case (Sheedy) PUBLIC FACADES AND REVEAL THEIR PRIVATE STRUGGLES.
“The Breakfast Club is One of the Great Films About Identity, Alienation Dand Connection, “Says Jim Orr, Universal Pictures’ Audiences of All Ages. We’re Honored to Bring It Back to Theaters So that A New Generation Can Experience Its Power On the Big Screen. ”
Annie Leibovitz Shot the Iconic Poster Shot for ‘The Breakfast Club.’ CourTesy of Everett Collection
The Legacy of The Breakfast Club Extends Far Beyond the Screen. ITS NOW-NOW-POSTER WAS SHOT by Celebrated Portrait Photographer Annie Leibovitz, While Itme Song, Simple Minds’ “DON’TH The Film’s Dialogue Entered the Lexicon, and Remains Widly Quoted and Referenced Fourr Decdes Later.
In april of this year, the Film’s Five Stars United Publicly for the FIRST TIME SINCE OF THE FILME 1985 RELEASE WHEN Taking Part in A 40th Anniversary Conversation at the C2E2 Convention in Chicago.
“I Feel Really Very Emocial and MOVED TO HAVE US ALL TOGETCHER,“ RINGWALD TOLD the Crowd, Noting That While the Rest of the Group Had Previously Reunted, Itm Was The Firm. “We don’ve to use the Cardboard Cutout Anymore Because Here. I Feel Really Moved that We’re All Together.”
Estevez joked that he had also skipped all of his real-life High School Reunions, But Appaaring at the Event “Was Something Finally and Felt I Need to Forn. Chicago WHERE WE MADE THE FILM. And that Broke My Heart. And that just made Sense, SO HERE I AM. ”
Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Emilio estevez and anthony Michael Hall at the C2E2 Event on April 12. James Coletta for C2E2/Reedpop
Breakfast Club Was The Second Feature Hughes Wrote and Directed in Quick Order After 1984 Sixteen CandlesAnother Teen Pic from Universal Starring Ringwald (Hall Co-Starred). Hughes wold remains one of the most prolific and influential filmmakers of the 1980s and 1990s; his body of work included Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Pretty in pink an Home Alone.
The 30th Anniversary Celebration of The Breakfast Club Included A Remasted Edition That Played In More 400 Theaters Across North America Following ITS Premiere at South by Southwest. A Year Later, The Library of Congress Selected IT for Preservation in the National Film Registry, Citing ITS Cultural, Historical and Aesthetic Signification.
Hughes, Who Died in 2009, Produced The Breakfast Club Alongside Ned Tannt.
Advance Tickets Go On Sale Aug. 16 For the 40th Anniversary Rerelease.
Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection