Were they actually high in The Breakfast Club?

Judd Nelson Pretended To Be a Real High School Student
Judd's method acting went so far that he actually snuck into a real Chicago high school and made friends with the other students as Bender. He even bought them beer with what they thought was a fake ID, because he was 24 in real life.
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Did they actually smoke in The Breakfast Club?

The pot smoked in the film is actually oregano. Each actor took home a piece of the library's banister as a souvenir from filming.
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Was The Breakfast Club filmed in a real high school?

Filming took place at Maine North High School in Des Plaines, Illinois, which had been closed in May 1981. The same setting was used for interior scenes of Hughes's 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which featured exterior shots from nearby Glenbrook North High School.
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Was The Breakfast Club scripted?

During the filming of "The Breakfast Club," many scenes were improvised and some of the dialogue was ad-libbed (via Collider). Per Insider, one of the most well-known ad-libbed scenes was when the characters reveal why they're all in detention.
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Who is the stoner in The Breakfast Club?

Judd Nelson

Nelson, who played bad boy John Bender in "The Breakfast Club," has 118 acting credits to his name, according to IMDB.
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Is Shermer High school real?

Shermer was created as a fictional suburb of Chicago. The Des Plaines high school, a real-life Chicago suburban school was chosen as the perfect filming location. Though the majority of the story takes place in the library of Shermer High School, filming actually took place in the gymnasium of Maine North High School.
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How do the characters feel about each other in The Breakfast Club?

All of the characters face the fear of rejection from both their parents and their peers. This is part of the reason each character isolates him or herself to a specified "clique" or stereotype. The characters also fear that their friendships made within the Breakfast Club will not continue outside of detention.
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Is Brian's dad the janitor in Breakfast Club?

When Carl enters, he warmly greets Brian, who is obviously friendly and respectful to him. This motivates Bender to rudely and mockingly suggest to Brian that "his dad" (referring to Carl; we see Brian's actual dad at the end of the film) works at the school.
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What did Claire do for detention?

The popular girl at school, Claire Standish, was played by Molly Ringwald. Claire ended up in detention because she skipped class so she could go shopping.
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Is there a Confederate flag in The Breakfast Club?

Just noticed in the famous Emilio Estevez dancing scene from The Breakfast Club that there's some sort of confederate flag in the library.
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Did The Breakfast Club stay friends?

Do the characters stay friends? As the five students bond throughout detention, they wonder what will happen next. They come to the conclusion that their newfound friendships will most likely only last until detention ends. While there were constant rumors about a sequel to The Breakfast Club, it never happened.
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What is the main message of The Breakfast Club?

Unhinged and angry, Nelson is jarring, scary and brilliantly bitter. This scene also taps into what may be the defining theme of The Breakfast Club: parental failure. Contrary to what Bender imagines, Brian reveals that his parents put such intense academic pressure on him that he has considered suicide.
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What does Ally Sheedy put on her sandwich in The Breakfast Club?

We set out to recreate Sheedy's sandwich: white bread, wheat bread, butter, Pixy Stix (we chose grape), and a whole lot of Cap'n Crunch cereal.
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Was Judd Nelson almost fired from The Breakfast Club?

His spontaneous, risk-taking persona is part of what makes the film so memorable. Yet unfortunately, the “bad boy” vibe that Nelson mastered rubbed off behind the scenes as well, which almost caused the actor to get fired from the film. Keep reading to find out why Molly Ringwald almost got him fired.
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How old was the cast of The Breakfast Club during filming?

The ages of everyone in the principle cast at the time of filming are: Judd Nelson (25 years old), Molly Ringwald (16 years old; her 17th birthday was only three days after the film's release), Emilio Estevez (23 years old), Anthony Michael Hall (16 years old) and Ally Sheedy (23 years old).
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Why did Bender raise his fist?

Lastly, Bender gave that triumphant fist pump because he had at last built the personal connection that he so surreptitiously wanted and desperately needed, a relationship that he was originally convinced could never happen.
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What is ironic about Carl the janitor?

Bender's basically mocking Carl for being a janitor and predicting the same fate for Andrew. This is kind of ironic, given that Bender doesn't exactly have more social cache than a janitor.
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Why does Claire give Bender her earring?

He'd been mocking those earrings earlier; with this gesture she shows him she isn't as materialistic as he accused her of being. John said that "you got everything and I got shit"; by giving him her earring she negates that accusation. From the script: Bender: Don't you ever...
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Why was it called The Breakfast Club?

THE BREAKFAST CLUB was originally titled DETENTION, but John Hughes changed the name after he heard a friend's teenage son refer to his school's morning detention class as “The Breakfast Club.”
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How old is Allison Reynolds in The Breakfast Club?

In the movie the Breakfast Club, Allison Reynolds is regarded as a basket case, an 'emo' you could say. Allison is a 16-year-old girl, who is considered as a loner, she doesn't have any friends. She doesn't get along with her family her parents Mr. Reynolds and Mrs.
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Who picked up Brian at the end of The Breakfast Club?

Not much is said about him but he's married to Brian's mother, making him the husband and the uncle of Kendall. He was seen in one of the last scenes where Brian is getting picked up from him. Mr. Johnson is portrayed by the late producer/director of the The Breakfast Club John Hughes.
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What is Claire's stereotype in The Breakfast Club?

Each character assumes a stereotypical role in order of high school social ranking. The five different sub cultural school groups include: Brian Johnson – “the geek”, Andrew Clark – “the jock”, Claire Standish – “the princess”, John Bender – “the criminal” and Allison Reynolds – “the basket case”.
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What personality type is John Bender?

The Breakfast Club: John Bender - The Criminal (ESTP)
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