John Hughes had a special talent for understanding kids, characters, and knowing what would resonate with audiences. His 80s coming-of-age movies have helped multiple generations put their feelings into words and deal with those raging hormones and unfair terms of the time. In my humble opinion, the best one is The Breakfast Club, a movie about different high schoolers coming together for detention on a Saturday morning. The movie has withstood the test of time and resonated with kids over many generations. Recently, the cast of the movie reunited at the Don’t You Forget About Me: The Breakfast Club 40th Anniversary Reunion panel at C2E2 2025.Emilio Estevez (Andrew Clark), Molly Ringwald (Claire Standish), Ally Sheedy (Allison Reynolds), Judd Nelson (John Bender), and Michael Anthony Hall (Brian Johnson) came together to prove that even after all these years, their bond remains strong. - YouTube www.youtube.com During that panel, they told stories, with one of the most interesting being that the original cut of the movie was four hours long.“It was a little bit daunting for our editor Dede Allen,” Molly Ringwald said. She continued, “To have that much film, it made her job a little challenging. I think she did an incredible job.”Judd Nelson outed Emilio Estevez as someone who had seen the entire four-hour movie, saying, “I believe Emilio and I saw an uncut compilation of all of Dede Allen’s footage. The whole film, everything we shot in sequence. No music, no color timing, no editing, just all slapped together....
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