'The Breakfast Club': 5 Facts About the John Hughes Classic to Celebrate Its 35th Anniversary
One of America's most beloved movies is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. Here are five facts you did not know about the John Hughes 1985 classic, The Breakfast Club.
The two ladies of "The Breakfast Club" recently reunited for an NYC dinner.
Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald were both in the 1985 movie "The Breakfast Club," which was directed, produced and written by the late John Hughes. Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall and Emilio Estevez played the other three members of the group – five students from different high school cliques who spent their Saturday in detention with Assistant Principal Richard Vernon, played by Paul Gleason.
Ringwald posted a picture of her reunion with Sheedy on Instagram.
Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald played Allison Reynolds and Claire Standish in the 1985 movie. (Universal Pictures/Getty Images)
"Early Christmas present-dinner with my psychic sister Ally," Ringwald captioned the photo.
The picture was of the two sharing an embrace at Cafe Luxembourg in New York City.
The mini "Breakfast Club" reunion comes nearly 38 years after the movie's release.
"The Breakfast Club" is about five students from different high school cliques who bond when they all find themselves in Saturday detention. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Sheedy played Allison Reynolds, who was known as the "Basket Case." In the film, her character showed up to detention simply because she "didn't have anything better to do" that day.
Ringwald played Claire Standish, the popular girl who wound up in detention for skipping school to go shopping.
Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy recently got together for dinner in New York City. (SGranitz/WireImage)
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The other members of "The Breakfast Club" were Brian Johnson, played by Hall, the brain; John Bender, played by Nelson, the criminal; and Andrew Clark, played by Estevez, the athlete.
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