
THE BREAKFAST CLUB – Sunday Matinee
March 9 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Unauthorized Director’s Cut Adaptation Featuring Extended and Deleted Scenes
The action takes place on Saturday March 24, 1984, at Shermer High School in fictional Shermer, Illinois. Assigned to detention for various reasons that are revealed during the course of the film, each of the students represents a common teenage archetype: a jock, Andrew Clark; a brain, Brian Johnson; a beauty, Claire Standish; a rebel, John Bender; and a recluse, Allison Reynolds. During their nine-hour stint in detention—overseen by authoritarian Assistant Principal Vernon—they are instructed to sit quietly and write a 1,000-word essay on the subject of “who you think you are.” The students are initially hostile and antagonistic toward each other but begin to develop a sense of solidarity, particularly after Bender takes a stand against Vernon’s bullying. The group eventually opens up to each other—sharing personal stories, dancing, surreptitiously roaming the school, and revealing vulnerabilities. In the process, they discover that they have more in common than they initially thought. By the end of detention, the five have formed unlikely friendships, and they leave with changed attitudes and perspectives.