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Two film fans mark 40 years of The Breakfast Club by asking what those five kids would be doing today.
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In this episode
- A fresh look at why The Breakfast Club still holds up four decades later
- An honest take on the film's ending and what it gets wrong
- Fan speculation on where each character would land in a sequel
- A bonus look at fellow 1985 film Witness and why it deserves more credit
About this episode
This episode is serving Brat (Pack)! Movie expert and longtime friend Jackie Renne returns to go back to high school with Mark and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic "rite of passage" film The Breakfast Club from writer, director, and producer John Hughes. Detention never looked this fun or this dramatic! Mark and Jackie had study hall together 20 years ago, but never had detention together, although Jackie explains how she talked her way out of a Saturday like a pro! Plus, they talk about the movie's silly ending (girls, you can do better!) and imagine where the brain, athlete, basket case, princess, and criminal would end up if we ever got a sequel. Plus, fellow 1985 movie Witness gets some love!
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About Release Date Rewind
Movie nerd, filmmaker, and anniversary celebrator Mark J. Parker brings a friend on each episode to discuss movies (and sometimes TV shows) that are hitting milestone anniversaries of release that month. Think 20th anniversary, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th, you get it!
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