World Famous Comics: The Breakfast Club (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]
The Breakfast Club (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall Directed By: John Hughes Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: HD DVD Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Number of Items: 1 Release Date: December 26, 2006 Running Time: 97 minutes Theatrical Release Date: February 15, 1985
Description: The Breakfast Club, an iconic portrait of 1980s American high school life, is now available in an all-new digitally remastered Flashback Edition with never-before-seen bonus features! When Saturday detention started, they were simply the Jock, the Princess, the Brain, the Criminal and the Basket Case, but by that afternoon they had become closer than any of them could have imagined. Featuring an all-star ’80s cast including Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy, this warm-hearted coming-of-age comedy from writer/director John Hughes (Sixteen Candles, Weird Science) helped define an entire generation!
Amazon.com essential video: John Hughes's popular 1985 teen drama finds a diverse group of high school students--a jock (Emilio Estevez), a metalhead (Judd Nelson), a weirdo (Ally Sheedy), a princess (Molly Ringwald), and a nerd (Anthony Michael Hall)--sharing a Saturday in detention at their high school for one minor infraction or another. Over the course of a day, they talk through the social barriers that ordinarily keep them apart, and new alliances are born, though not without a lot of pain first. Hughes (Sixteen Candles), who wrote and directed, is heavy on dialogue but he also thoughtfully refreshes the look of the film every few minutes with different settings and original viewpoints on action. The movie deals with such fundamentals as the human tendency toward bias and hurting the weak, and because the characters are caught somewhere between childhood and adulthood, it's easy to get emotionally involved in hope for their redemption. Preteen and teenage kids love this film, incidentally. The DVD release includes production notes, cast and crew bios, widescreen presentation, Dolby sound, closed captioning, optional French and Spanish soundtracks, and optional Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh
Amazon.com: John Hughes's popular 1985 teen drama finds a diverse group of high school students--a jock (Emilio Estevez), a metalhead (Judd Nelson), a weirdo (Ally Sheedy), a princess (Molly Ringwald), and a nerd (Anthony Michael Hall)--sharing a Saturday in detention at their high school for one minor infraction or another. Over the course of a day, they talk through the social barriers that ordinarily keep them apart, and new alliances are born, though not without a lot of pain first. Hughes (Sixteen Candles), who wrote and directed, is heavy on dialogue but he also thoughtfully refreshes the look of the film every few minutes with different settings and original viewpoints on action. The movie deals with such fundamentals as the human tendency toward bias and hurting the weak, and because the characters are caught somewhere between childhood and adulthood, it's easy to get emotionally involved in hope for their redemption. Preteen and teenage kids love this film, incidentally. The DVD release includes production notes, cast and crew bios, widescreen presentation, Dolby sound, closed captioning, optional French and Spanish soundtracks, and optional Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh
Another stroll down 80's memory lane. The Breakfast Club was the kind of movie I loved as a teenager. I went back and watched it and absolutely hated it. Whine, whine, whine. Does anyone in this move do anything but whine? Like any kids would act like this in detention. Kids have their stupid clicks and I can't imagine a group of kids coming together for a group therapy session like they do in this movie. It's 80's memories, yes. So, if you've never seen it, go rent it. I can't stand to watch a bunch of kids crying about how unfair their lives are. You want unfair? Go visit some of the victims of Hurricane Katrina or the Tsunami victims. That's unfair, not kids crying because mommy and daddy won't buy them that new Vett. Fun if you're a teen. For adults, you'll wonder why the parents don't cuff em upside the head.
1 star for the edition five for the feature Yeah, I know I'll receive flak for this, but I just don't care. This double-dipping has got to stop. FOR YEARS we've been asking for an s.e. of this film. And this isn't good enough. As the other reviewer says, this doesn't SEEM to have the "deleted scenes" released on TV (usually used to replace racier or more violent scenes on a TV broadcast, see the 4 disc edition of Superman (1977) as an example of re-cutting these scenes into a movie). Why waste your money when they'll just trot out another edition in a few years?
Psst ... new Flashback Edition due out on September 16th 2008, will finally have special features, details here A new release of The Breakfast Club is coming out in September with an audio commentary by Judd Nelson and Anthony Michael Hall, a couple features called "Sincerely Yours" and "Most Convenient Definitions: The Origins of the Brat Pack," and the theatrical trailer. These will be the first real special features to have been included with The Breakfast Club on DVD. It's known that there are deleted scenes (some have been shown on TV), but there was no mention of any in the announcement for the new DVD.
The Breakfast Club is considered by many the quintessential high school movie, which is quite a comment on high school, as almost the entire film takes place in detention. Five students, each representing a type but fleshed out into real characters as the film develops, are stuck together on a Saturday in detention. In terms they use themselves, there's a "criminal" (Judd Nelson), a "princess" (Molly Ringwald), a "jock" (Emilio Estevez), a "brain" (Anthony Michael Hall), and a "basket case" (Ally Sheedy). Effectively portrayed tension between the five builds to explosive levels before they finally discover how much they have in common. There is a lot of sharp humor, some hijinks, a lot of emotional release in the last third. The acting is very good. Nelson is especially good as the main catalyst for the tension, projecting a powerful personality and sharp mind turned in against self and back out at others.
I loved this movie in the '80s. I still like it and admire it now, though its formula seems a little more prominent to me than it used to. By today's standards it may seem to pull its punches when it comes to the reasons kids have to be unhappy and in trouble, but it strikes a fair balance between entertaining teen comedy and realism. It's also a fine time capsule from the '80s.
The new DVD will be 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen with English Dolby Digital 5.1 and English DTS 5.1. No indication has been given that this will be any different from the older DVDs.
New Flashback Editions of two other John Hughes classics, Sixteen Candles and Weird Science, are slated to come out on the same day as this one. Each will include a feature about the film. Weird Science will also have the Weird Science TV series pilot episode and the theatrical trailer. Apparently only this one gets an audio commentary. No Blu-ray announcements yet.
Amazon has a page to pre-order here.
Definitely Rackworthy! Best John Hughes movie ever! A bunch of teenagers get hurdled into detention together at school on a saturday. They collide with each other's differences, they share, they get closer, and they never forget. Easily in my top 5. (more...)
Breakfast Club DVD I've always loved this movie, a must see for anyone who was in high school in the 80's, and the lessons still hold true today.
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