What did they 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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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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What was The Breakfast Club shot on?

The movie The Breakfast Club, released in 1985 and directed by John Hughes, was shot on film using Panavision Panaflex Series Cameras and Panavision Lenses with Thomas Del Ruth as cinematographer and editing by Dede Allen.
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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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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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Why did Claire give John 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.
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What did Claire do to get detention in The Breakfast Club?

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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What does Allison have for lunch in The Breakfast Club?

For lunch, Allison eats a Cap'n Crunch sandwich and a second sandwich prepared from powdered fruit-flavored candy. Allison is the only student not to try Bender's drugs and get high from it.
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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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Why did Allison get detention in The Breakfast Club?

Brian is under such pressure from his parents to get good grades that he contemplated suicide after getting an F in shop class; he was sent to detention for bringing a flare gun to school for that purpose. Allison claims that she wasn't actually sent to detention, and merely showed up for lack of anything better to do.
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Why did they call themselves 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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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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What quotation is scratched in the wall of The Breakfast Club?

45 There is a quote from murderer Barbara Ann Spencer scratched into a wall which inspired a popular song. What is it? [ What's Love Got To Do With It? ] [ Whatever Happened to the Heroes? ]
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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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Where was the last scene of The Breakfast Club filmed?

But, last year there was some controversy over where exactly that famous fist-pumping scene at the end of "The Breakfast Club" was filmed. For years it seemed like common knowledge that the scene was filmed at Glenbrook North High School, located at 2300 Shermer Road, Northbrook, IL.
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Can you visit Maine North High School?

Want to Visit? Open for just 11 years, Maine North High School shuttered permanently in 1981 due to low attendance.
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Where was Ferris Bueller filmed?

Chicago isn't just a backdrop for the beloved 1986 film. Places like Willis Tower, Wrigley Field, the Art Institute, and Lake Shore Drive played pivotal roles in the story—almost taking on lives of their own.
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What is Allison's stereotype in The Breakfast Club?

But the movie also tries to show that Andy breaks his stereotype in the way that he treats Allison and becomes vulnerable during the “confession circle.” Finally, there is Allison, who is stereotyped as the crazy, mentally-ill person.
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Is Allison Reynolds a kleptomaniac?

Allison Reynolds

She classifies herself as a compulsive liar and seems to be a kleptomaniac because she steals things, like Bender's switchblade and lock. Allison is also ignored by her family which has caused her to be an introvert because she feels that nobody will accept her, so she keeps to herself.
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Who brought seaweed to lunch in The Breakfast Club?

Saturday, February 14, 2009

John Bender: Sushi? Claire Standish: Rice, raw fish, and seaweed. John Bender: You won't accept a guy's tongue in your mouth, and you're going to eat that?
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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 was Bender so mean to Claire?

Bender also takes out all his anger towards the popular crowd on Claire since she represents everything he hates about the 'riches'.
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What is the meaning of the ending of the Breakfast Club?

Anyway… Brian expresses it succinctly at the conclusion of his essay:"[…] we found out that each of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal." They've all shared their experiences and successfully identified with each other.
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