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How brilliant was the Breakfast Club screenplay?
Posted on 10/5/22 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 10/5/22 at 8:51 pm
quote:
BRIAN
It's like me, you know, with my
grades...like, when I, when I
step outside myself kinda, and
when I, when I look in at myself
you know? And I see me and I don't
like what I see, I really don't.
CLAIRE
What's wrong with you? Why don't
you like yourself?
BRIAN
'Cause I'm stupid...'cause I'm failing
shop. See we had this assignment,
to make this ceramic elephant, and
um...and we had eight weeks to do
it and we're s'posed ta, and it was
like a lamp, and when you pull the
trunk the light was s'posed to go
on...my light didn't go on, I got a
F on it. Never got a F in my life...
When I signed up, you know, for the
course I mean. I thought I was
playing it real smart, you know.
'Cause I thought, I'll take shop,
it'll be such an easy way to
maintain my grade point average...
BENDER
Why'd you think it'd be easy?
BRIAN
Have you seen some of the dopes that
take shop?
BENDER
I take shop...you must be a frickin'
idiot!
BRIAN
I'm a frickin' idiot because I can't
make a lamp?
BENDER
No, you're a genius because you
can't make a lamp...
BRIAN
What do you know about Trigonometry?
BENDER
I could care less about
Trigonometry...
BRIAN
Bender, did you know without
Trigonometry there'd be no
engineering?
BENDER
Without lamps, there'd be no light!
5
Posted on 10/5/22 at 8:52 pm to shutterspeed
quote:
10. INT. LIBRARY - DAY
Brian looks up. Bender is messing with the door to the
library.
BRIAN
Bender, that's, that's school
property there...you know, it doesn't
belong to us. It's something not to
be toyed with.
The door slams shut. Bender runs back to his seat.
ANDREW
That's very funny, come on, fix it!
BRIAN
You should really fix that!
BENDER
Am I a genius?
ANDREW
No, you're an a-hole!
BENDER
What a funny guy!
ANDREW
Fix the door Bender!
BENDER
Everyone just shhh!
CUT TO:
11. INT. HALLWAY - DAY
We see Vernon walking back to his office. He stops and
listens to them through the closed door.
BENDER (OS)
I've been here before, I know what
I'm doing!
ANDREW (OS)
No! Fix the door, get up there and
fix it!
BENDER (OS)
(screams)
Shut up!
CUT TO:
12. INT. LIBRARY - DAY
We see Brian as we hear Vernon in the hall.
VERNON (OS)
God damnit!
He opens the door and storms in.
VERNON
Why is that door closed?
For a few seconds no one says anything, they just stare
at Vernon.
VERNON
Why is that door closed?
BENDER
How're we s'posed to know? We're
not s'posed to move, right?
Vernon turns to Claire.
VERNON
Why?
CLAIRE
We were just sitting here, like we
were s'posed to...
Vernon looks around and looks at Bender.
VERNON
Who closed that door?
BENDER
I think a screw fell out of it...
ANDREW
It just closed, sir...
Vernon looks at Allison in the back.
VERNON
Who?
Allison lets out a squeak and slams her face onto the
table, hiding in her jacket hood.
BENDER
She doesn't talk, sir...
VERNON
(to Bender)
Give me that screw...
BENDER
I don't have it...
VERNON
You want me to yank you outta that
seat and shake it out of you?
BENDER
I don't have it...screws fall out
all of the time, the world's an
imperfect place...
VERNON
Give it to me, Bender...
CLAIRE
Excuse me, sir, why would anybody
want to steal a screw?
VERNON
(to Claire)
Watch it, young lady...
Vernon goes over to the door. He tries to hold it open
by putting a folding chair in front of it.
BENDER
The door's way too heavy, sir.
The door slams shut despite the chair.
VERNON (OS)
God damnit!
They laugh.
Vernon opens the door again. He comes back in.
VERNON
(pointing)
Andrew Clark...get up here. Come on,
front and center, let's go.
Andrew gets up and walks over to Vernon.
BENDER
Hey, how come Andrew gets to get up?
If he gets up, we'll all get up,
it'll be anarchy!
Vernon and Andrew are now attempting to move the steel
magazine rack in front of the door.
VERNON
Okay, now, watch the magazines!
BENDER
It's out of my hands...
They get it into the doorway and it blocks the entire
door.
BENDER
That's very clever sir, but what if
there's a fire? I think violating
fire codes and endangering the
lives of children would be unwise
at this juncture in your career, sir.
Vernon thinks about it. He turns to Andrew.
VERNON
Alright, what are you doing with
this? Get this outta here for God's
sake! What's the matter with you?
Come on!
BRIAN
You know the school comes equipped
with fire exits at either end of the
library.
Brian points at them and Bender glares at him.
BENDER
(to Brian)
Show Dick some respect!
Andrew and Vernon come back into the main section of
the library.
VERNON
(to Andrew)
Let's go...go! Get back into your
seat.
Andrew sits.
VERNON
(to Andrew)
I expected a little more from a
varsity letterman!
(to Bender)
You're not fooling anybody, Bender!
The next screw that falls out is
gonna be you!
Vernon turns to leave.
BENDER
(under his breath)
Eat my shorts...
Vernon spins in his tracks and faces Bender again.
Posted on 10/5/22 at 8:54 pm to shutterspeed
Great movie also shows that cliques don’t really change much from generation to generation also the goths always look the exact same regardless of what decade it is 
Posted on 10/5/22 at 8:56 pm to shutterspeed
I’m not sure if you’re being serious, but if you’re trying to be sarcastic because you don’t think the dialogue holds up, you are……..
Posted on 10/5/22 at 9:11 pm to Tiger Voodoo
For serious.
Posted on 10/6/22 at 12:10 am to dawgfan24348
quote:Eh. This movie plays relentlessly on the 80s trope that the jocks picked on the nerds (like Lucas). IRL, jocks fricked with each other and didn't even know who the nerds were.
Great movie also shows that cliques don’t really change much from generation to generation
Posted on 10/6/22 at 12:26 am to dawgfan24348
quote:
Great movie
Posted on 10/6/22 at 12:31 am to shutterspeed
I mean this movie was actually ahead of its time. They fricking showed it in schools to "understand" peer pressure and stereotypes.
Great thing about John Hughes is he wrote how teenagers think. And he didn't need Vampires to convey that angst.
This post was edited on 10/6/22 at 12:33 am
Posted on 10/6/22 at 11:35 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:
Great thing about John Hughes was
FIFY. Huge loss of talent when he passed.
Posted on 10/6/22 at 11:37 am to Big Scrub TX
quote:
This movie plays relentlessly on the 80s trope that the jocks picked on the nerds (like Lucas). IRL,
strange take.
Posted on 10/6/22 at 12:08 pm to tigerinthebueche
quote:I love the movie, but it's a lazy trope.
trange take.
I re-watched it recently and was struck by how not-that-in-the-wrong the principal seemed to my adult self.
Posted on 10/6/22 at 12:20 pm to shutterspeed
One of my favorite movies ever. Top 10 for sure.
Posted on 10/6/22 at 12:31 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:
I re-watched it recently and was struck by how not-that-in-the-wrong the principal seemed to my adult self.
The Ferris Bueller principal too.
Posted on 10/6/22 at 12:48 pm to dawgfan24348
quote:
don’t really change much from generation to generation
No they just have more ammunition.....
One would say that social media makes bullying much worse.
Hell I think it's at least better to see what people are saying vs what they would be whispering if social media weren't a thing.
Posted on 10/6/22 at 1:00 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:
I re-watched it recently and was struck by how not-that-in-the-wrong the principal seemed to my adult self.
It's funny watching older movies now as an adult. I love The Breakfast Club, and while it still resonates today, at times I'll be like "Dude, just LISTEN for a minute and sit the frick down and do your assignment, and we can all go home."
Posted on 10/6/22 at 1:20 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:Wonder Years is same thing. The Dad is the center of the show.
It's funny watching older movies now as an adult. I love The Breakfast Club, and while it still resonates today, at times I'll be like "Dude, just LISTEN for a minute and sit the frick down and do your assignment, and we can all go home."
Posted on 10/6/22 at 1:21 pm to shutterspeed
It's my favorite John Hughes movie by far. So goddamn funny. So quotable.
Posted on 10/6/22 at 4:20 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
Yep, I use that line from time to time
Posted on 10/6/22 at 5:14 pm to shutterspeed
Wasn't there a racial /triggering warning for that movie because of that one line crack about dating a black guy?
Posted on 10/6/22 at 5:40 pm to whatiknowsofar
The scene where Andrew beaks all the glass was always so random right up there with the random arse parade during the middle the day on a Tuesday
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