The Breakfast Club
1985 film directed by John Hughes
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Summary
The Breakfast Club is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,935 views/month, #667 of 94,065).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: John Hughes[3]
- Screenwriter: John Hughes[4]
- Composer: Keith Forsey[5]
- Genre: teen film[6], comedy drama[7], coming-of-age film[8], drama film[9]
- Cast member: Emilio Estevez[10], Molly Ringwald[11], Ally Sheedy[12], Anthony Michael Hall[13], Judd Nelson[14], Paul Gleason[15], John Kapelos[16], John Hughes[17]
- Producer: John Hughes[18], Ned Tanen[19], Michelle Manning[20]
- Production company: Universal Pictures[21]
- Director of photography: Thomas Del Ruth[22]
- Part of: National Film Registry[23]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
- Commons category: The Breakfast Club[25]
- Soundtrack release: Don't You (Forget About Me) / A Brass Band in Africa[26], The Breakfast Club – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[27]
- Distribution format: video on demand[28]
- Review score: 7.8/10[29], 89%[30], 66/100[31]
- Color: color[32]
- Country of origin: United States[33]
- Publication date: February 15, 1985[34], July 5, 1985[35], 1985[36]
- Distributed by: Universal Pictures[37], Netflix[38]
- Narrative location: Chicago[39], Shermer High School[40]
- Film editor: Dede Allen[41]
- Title: The Breakfast Club[42]
- FSK film rating: FSK 12[43]
- Duration: 93 minutes[44], 95 minutes[45]
- Capital cost: 1,000,000 US dollars[46]
- Box office: 51,500,000 US dollars[47]
Why It Matters
The Breakfast Club has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]