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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
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Format:DVD
"The Breakfast Club" is the brat pack movie that I venture to guess will be long remembered as a watershed moment in American cinema - at least where teen comedy is concerned. The plot (for those not already familiar with it) revolves around 5 teenagers from various walks of life, forced to sit together through one Saturday afternoon detension session. A hilarious, well-crafted and often poignant film about the fundemental truths that make us all human, John Hughes "The Breakfast Club" is perhaps the single greatest exploration of the angst and confusion that plagued us all during the high school years.
UNIVERSAL's remastering efforts on this DVD provide some angst of their own. Despite being anamorphically enhanced for 16X9 displays, this newly minted DVD offers nothing in the way of video improvement over the previously issued DVD. Colors are dated, unrealistic, often unbalanced with some bleeding and smearing. Fine detail is minimal, even in well lit scenes. Contrast, shadow and black levels are all extremely weak. Age related artifacts, including chips, scratches and spice jump cuts are all evident. There is a considerable amount of film grain present throughout for a wholly unsatisfying visual presentation. The audio - remixed to 5.1 in both Dolby and DTS exhibits a dated characteristic with muffled dialogue and practically no spacial separation, except in the music tracks.
EXTRAS: A Theatrical trailer that is badly worn.
BOTTOM LINE: "The Breakfast Club" is a brilliant movie. However, the lack of extras (a documentary would have been nice)and the really low brow treatment of the transfer lead me to say this disc really isn't worth the money.
UNIVERSAL's remastering efforts on this DVD provide some angst of their own. Despite being anamorphically enhanced for 16X9 displays, this newly minted DVD offers nothing in the way of video improvement over the previously issued DVD. Colors are dated, unrealistic, often unbalanced with some bleeding and smearing. Fine detail is minimal, even in well lit scenes. Contrast, shadow and black levels are all extremely weak. Age related artifacts, including chips, scratches and spice jump cuts are all evident. There is a considerable amount of film grain present throughout for a wholly unsatisfying visual presentation. The audio - remixed to 5.1 in both Dolby and DTS exhibits a dated characteristic with muffled dialogue and practically no spacial separation, except in the music tracks.
EXTRAS: A Theatrical trailer that is badly worn.
BOTTOM LINE: "The Breakfast Club" is a brilliant movie. However, the lack of extras (a documentary would have been nice)and the really low brow treatment of the transfer lead me to say this disc really isn't worth the money.
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This movie was great to watch with my family. They could share in a movie that had an impact on me when i was younger. Everything promised was delivered. Thanks.
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My teenage daughter loved this movie, even though it's a different generation completely. The issues the teens face are the same issues teens face today. An oldie, but a goodie.
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I would always see this movie on TV when I was younger but never watched it. I definitely should have. Every youth should see this at one point! A great 80's movie!
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Confinement has always created a great pretext for the development of dramatic richness and depth. Trapped in detention, our group of 5 nominal teens (Ringwald actually was 16 when... Read more
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