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Author: Barron, Linda
PhysDes: Article
Subject: BREAKFAST CLUB, THE (US, John Hughes, 1985)

Call No: 78 BRE NEL
Author: Nelson, Elissa H.
Edition: 2019
Place: Oxon
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 2019
PhysDes: 128 pages : illustrated ; 23cm
Subject: BREAKFAST CLUB, THE (US, John Hughes, 1985)
Summary: The Breakfast Club is a quintessential teen film. This book analyzes how multiple factors coalesced to solidify the status of The Breakfast Club as one of the most emblematic films of the 1980s and one of the most definitive teen films of the genre. The film brings together genre-defining elements – the conflicts between generations and peer pressure, archetypical characters and breaking down stereotypes, the celebration and survival of adolescence, and the importance of this time in life on the coming-of-age process – and became a significant moment for John Hughes as an auteur and for teen films in the 1980s. More than just embodying these elements of the genre, filmmaker Hughes and the Brat Pack stars helped introduce and popularize multiple generic features that would come to be expected with the teen film formula. The content of the film combined with its context of production in the middle of a boom in teen filmmaking in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the marketing that focused on contemporary music, peer group dynamics, and oppositions between Generation X and baby boomers, merged with an enthusiastic reception by youth audiences. Its endurance speaks to the way the film’s level of importance as a critical, commercial, and influential film with tremendous impact has grown since its initial debut. -- publisher's web site
ISBN: 9781138681927
Contents: Introduction: The Breakfast Club and the Golden Age of the Teen Film -- Chapter 1: The Right Place at the Right Time: How the Market Was Primed for the Production of The Breakfast Club -- Chapter 2: Rules of the Genre: Creating Iconic Characters while Breaking Down Stereotypes -- Chapter 3: Teen Problems in the 1980s, and Generation X and Baby Boomers Just Don’t Get Along -- Chapter 4: The Synergistic Effects of the Marketing and the Music -- Chapter 5: The Lasting Legacy: Historical Reception, Contemporary Impact, and Hughes as Auteur

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Stills; Clippings; Press kit
Subject: BREAKFAST CLUB, THE (US, John Hughes, 1985)

Call No: 512.1 COX
Author: Cox, Peter, 1953; Goldsworthy, Fred
Place: Melbourne
Publisher: Oxford University Press
PubDate: 1995
PhysDes: vi, 202 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Subject: MACBETH (US/UK, Roman Polanski, 1971); TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (US, Robert Mulligan, 1962); MAN WITHOUT A FACE, THE (US, Mel Gibson, 1993); MASK (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1985); OUTSIDERS, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1983); PLAYING BEATIE BOW (AT, Donald Crombie, 1986); POWER OF ONE, THE (US, John G. Avildsen, 1992); PRINCESS BRIDE, THE (US, Rob Reiner, 1987); PROJECT X (US, Johnathan Kaplan, 1987); RADIO FLYER (US, Richard Donner, 1992); SILVER BRUMBY, THE (AT, John Tatoulis, 1993); STRICTLY BALLROOM (AT, Baz Luhrmann, 1992); BENNY AND JOON (US, Jeremiah S. Chechick, 1993); JURASSIC PARK (US, Steven Spielberg,, 1993); BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980); BREAKFAST CLUB, THE (US, John Hughes, 1985); CHOCOLATE WAR, THE (US, Keith Gordon, 1988); DANCES WITH WOLVES (US, Kevin Costner, 1990); DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD (UK/US, Gavin Millar, 1989); EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (US, Tim Burton, 1990); FLIRTING (AT, John Duigan, 1991); FREE WILLY (US, Simon Wincer, 1993); HAMLET (US, Franco Zeffirelli, 1990); INTO THE WEST (UK/US, Mike Newell, 1992); LADYHAWKE (US, Richard Donner, 1985); LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, A (US, Penny Marshall, 1992); LEAN ON ME (US, John G. Avildsen, 1989)
Notes: CIP confirmed; Includes index; For secondary school students; Bibliography
ISBN: 0195536452
LON: 11238278

Call No: 81 HUG HON
Author: Honeycutt, Kirk
Source: Peter Kemp
Place: New York
Publisher: Race Point Publishing
PubDate: [2015]
PhysDes: vii, 215 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm
Subject: HUGHES, JOHN (US); FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (US, John Hughes, 1986); PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (US, John Hughes, 1987); BREAKFAST CLUB, THE (US, John Hughes, 1985); PRETTY IN PINK (US, Howard Deutch, 1986); SIXTEEN CANDLES (US, John Hughes, 1984); WEIRD SCIENCE (US, John Hughes, 1985); HOME ALONE (US, Chris Columbus, 1990)
Summary: Hughes allegedly wrote Ferris Bueller's Day Off in four days, Planes, Trains and Automobiles in three days, The Breakfast Club in two days, and Vacation in a week. He never went to film school or studied cinema. And he spent most of his incredible career in the Midwest, far from the Hollywood Hills. John Hughes was indeed one of the most prolific and successful filmmakers in Hollywood history. He helped launch the careers of Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Macaulay Culkin, and Judd Nelson. He made John Candy a household name. In this first illustrated tribute to the legendary filmmaker, author Kirk Honeycutt offers a behind-the-scenes look at the genius that was John Hughes--from his humble beginnings in direct mail to his blockbuster success with classics like Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, and Home Alone. Honeycutt also explores the darker side of John Hughes: his extreme sensitivity, his stormy professional relationships, and the devastation Hughes experienced after the death of his closest friend, John Candy. This book features fresh interviews with Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Steve Martin, and Jon Cryer, and a foreword from Home Alone director Chris Columbus. "I stumbled into this business, I didn't train for it. I yelled "Action!" on my first two movies before the camera was turned on." - John HughesJohn Hughes wrote 46 movies, produced 23, and directed 8. He never went to film school, never spent time studying film and its history, but was unusually adept in three key areas °´4 writing, directing and producing.Classics like Mr. Mom; Sixteen Candles; The Breakfast Club; European Vacation; Weird Science; Pretty in Pink; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Planes, Trains, and Automobiles; Uncle Buck; Christmas Vacation; Home Alone; and Beethoven will forever live on in the history of film. Launching the careers of Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and James Spader, and working with greats like John Candy and Chevy Chase, John Hughes's influence can still be felt today.John Hughes: A Life in Film, by Kirk Honeycutt, former chief film critic at The Hollywood Reporter, is the first complete illustrated tribute to the legendary writer and director, and includes fresh interviews with Judd Nelson, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Columbus, Steve Martin, and more
Notes: Includes John Hughes filmography (page 201). Includes bibliographic references (pages 203-205) and index.Adult.
ISBN: 9781631060229
Donation: Peter Kemp

Call No: 451-053.6(73) SHA
Author: Shary, Timothy
Source: US/UK
Place: London ; New York
Publisher: Wallflower Press
PubDate: copyright 2005
PhysDes: 125 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Series: Short Cuts ; 28
Subject: TEEN FILM; TEEN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; HISTORY OF CINEMA. USA; BREAKFAST CLUB, THE (US, John Hughes, 1985); REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (US, Nicholas Ray, 1955); CARRIE (US, Brian De Palma, 1976); HEATHERS (US, Michael Lehmann, 1989)
Summary: "Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen is a detailed look at the depiction of teens on film, of the influence they have had in and on cinema and the different impact they have had throughout film's history. Timothy Shary looks at the development of the teen movie from the earliest days of cinema - the rebellion, the romance, the sex and the horror - up to the modern-day portrayal of ever-changing youth. Films studied include Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Splendor in the Grass (1961), Carrie (1976), The Breakfast Club (1985), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and American Pie (1999)."--BOOK BACK COVER
Notes: "A Wallflower paperback"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-118) and index
ISBN: 9781904764496
Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- 1 The teen film in its infancy, 1895-1948 -- 2 The teen film matures, 1949-1967 -- 3 Youth film rebels, 1968-1979 -- 4 Teen cinema is reborn in abundance, 1978-1995 -- 5 The teen film takes on a new century, 1994-2004 -- conclusion -- notes -- bibliography -- index --

Call No: 451-053.6 GOR
Author: Gora, Susannah
Edition: First Paperback edition
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
PubDate: 2010
PhysDes: xiv, 367 pages ; 25 cm
Subject: TEEN FILM; TEEN FILMS; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; CRITICISM; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1980's; HUGHES, JOHN (US); SIXTEEN CANDLES (US, John Hughes, 1984); BREAKFAST CLUB, THE (US, John Hughes, 1985); PRETTY IN PINK (US, Howard Deutch, 1986); FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (US, John Hughes, 1986); SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (US, Howard Deutch, 1987); SAY ANYTHING (US, Cameron Crowe, 1989); ST. ELMO'S FIRE (US, Joel Schumacher, 1985)
Summary: " From Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and St. Elmo's Fire to Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Say Anything, the films of the Brat Pack have influenced an entire generation who still want to believe life always turns out like an eighties movie. You Couldn't ignore Me If You Tried takes us back to that golden age of youth cinema, telling for the first time the complete story behind how these films were made. Through original and revealing interviews with scores of key players like Molly Ringwald, Matthew Broderick, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Andrew McCarthy, Rob Lowe, John Cusack, Cameron Crowe, and Ally Sheedy, author Susannah Gora has crafted a sweeping tribute to a body of films that stirred an entire generation and a gripping account of the people who brought these films to life." -- BOOK BACK COVER
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9780307716606
Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- Nothing compares to Hughes: teen cinema and the man who would change it forever -- Eternal flame: Sixteen Candles lights up the screen -- Breakfast of champions: The Breakfast Club": "breaks the rules, bares their souls," and revolutionizes the teen film genre -- Not just for Breakfast anymore: inside the heat of St. Elmo's Fire -- Becoming "The Brat Pack": a magazine writer coins the term that permanently labels young Hollywood -- Sitting Pretty: Ringwald and Hughes reteam for Pretty in Pink, a rose-tinted look at teenage love -- We got the beat: behind the music of the Brat Pack films -- I love Ferris in the springtime: Ferris Bueller crafts the perfect day off before graduating from high school, and John Hughes graduates from directing teen films -- Teens in Wonderland: the drama behind Some Kind of Wonderful -- The end of the innocence: the Brat Pack makes the tough transition to adulthood, while John Hughes's power in Hollywood grows -- -- Anything, and everything: in the last of the great eighties youth films, Cameron Crowe and John Cusack Say Anything about the passion of young love -- Pack to the future: the eighties become the nineties, John Hughes becomes the creator of one of the highest-grossing comedies of all time, and the Brat Pack actors become the people they are today -- Life moves pretty fast: John Hughes's final years -- Don't you forget about me: how the Brat Pack and their films changed a generation -- When the light gets into your heart -- notes -- index --