A DEEPER LOOK INTO THE BREAKFAST CLUB The movie The Breakfast Club is a ninety seven minute teenage drama that was released in February of 1985. This movies major stars are Emilio Estevez as Andrew, Paul Gleason as Richard, Molly Ringwald as Claire, John Kapelos as Carl, Judd Nelson as John Bender, Anthony Michael Hall as Brian, and Ally Sheedy as Allison. The students are also known as “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess…and a criminal.” These characters take the viewer along an…
I recently watched The Breakfast Club written and directed by John Hughes, which stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The movie is a comedy-drama that takes place within a high school in Illinois and depicts the several different cliques of high school students through each individual character. In the beginning, the high school students reluctantly get dropped off by their parents on a Saturday to serve a detention together,…
The movie The Breakfast Club may be just a film to some but to sociologists it can be looked at from interesting perspectives. Three main ones stand out specifically: Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism, and Conflict Theory. Functionalism looks at the different parts of society and how they all depend on each other to make a society work. Next is Symbolic Interactionism, which focuses on how symbols and words shape people into who they are and how they depending on their interpretation on…
In 1961, the classic film Breakfast at Tiffany’s hit cinemas across the nation. Loosely based on the Truman Capote novel of the same name, Tiffany’s starred Audrey Hepburn in what was widely considered to be her defining role, the unorthodox, free-spirited socialite Holly Golightly. Bud Fraker was hired to document the film via photography, during which he snapped a film portrait of Hepburn as Golightly, in her chignon updo, trademark little black dress, with an overlong cigarette holder in hand…
The Breakfast Club Summary The Breakfast Club is about five different high school students in Saturday detention, and is supervised by a strict teacher (Richard Vernon).The movie covers issues from every social class and every angle of the social structure of high school giving it a variety of a sociological outlook. Each each student has a status in society: John Bender is a criminal, Claire Standish is a princess, Andrew Clark is a athlete, Brian Johnson is the brain, and Allison Reynolds is…
The theory of social penetration is one that is defined as, "That as a relationship develops, communication moves from relatively shallow, non intimate levels to deeper, more personal ones." the Breakfast Club is a film that assesses the theory of social penetration and demonstrates that with time and exertion the anxieties about sharing one's actual self and emotions can be overcome. The motion picture is about a gathering of secondary school understudies who need to come to Saturday…
“You see us as you want to see us… brain, athlete, basket-case, princess, and a criminal.” This is one of the first and last sentences of the movie The Breakfast Club directed by John Hughes, and it is the most powerful sentence of the entire movie. This is not a sentence about one of the students, it is a sentence about the principal. These words, written by a student during detention speaks volume about the entire dynamic of the school. The principal of Shermer High School is Mr. Richard…
Greatest Movie Movement The Breakfast club. The Breakfast club is a story of five teenagers who were sentenced to Saturday detention in school. Each of them having their own identity knew nothing about each other before this day. They all came from different social economical groups. We have the jock, wrestling star Andrew Clark, Claire Standish the most popular girl in school, Brian Johnson the brains, john bender the catalyst the group with his rebellious nature, and last but not least…
The Breakfast Club is that movie we watched about week ago. There was five different main characters in the film, three of which where guys, and two girls. The film took place in a high school, on a Saturday. Each of the characters did something that got them into trouble except one, the weird girl said she had nothing better to do and later she was the one how found out that she was a princes. So through-out the movie you get to know them and some of their characteristics. The character I…
Suburban School Films- The Breakfast Club Intro For my film analysis paper, I chose The Breakfast Club, which is a suburban school genre of film. This movie was filmed in 1984, and in theatres by 1985. This movie was directed, written, and produced by John Hughes, who is responsible for many 80’s movies, such as Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and 16 Candles. This movie is about five high school teenagers, from different social ranks, who stay at school to serve Saturday detention.…