19:05 -- HOLY FUCK! Ally Sheedy appeared on The Mike Douglas Show "in 1961" -- *one year before she was even born* -- to promote a book that she wouldn't write until *13 years later?!* WOW! 😆
@@retren It was fun to think about for a minute before I looked at your reply, no worries from me! I've never watched Psych but I really wanna see her episodes, thanks!
You were almost too young to count as growing up in the 80s tho 😅 not many 11 and 12 year old into this stuff especially that long ago… def the music scenes and stuff you were too young to be in… unless you’re neglected or too mature 😅 I mean for half of it you were in primary school 😂
@@rosemadder5547I mean 11 or 12 is middle school, so not that childish. That’s right before you become a teen so it’s natural to start watching teen movies and shows and read teen books and magazines.
Really wish they still made movies like these with such iconic soundtracks. Love all these actors and their movies. John Hughes was a brilliant filmmaker as well, and his efforts that featured these actors are among my favorites to this day.
wow I've never heard anyone say that before. I get it. Well at least my take is that it was the best time to young and old is because it was a great era to come up young in. The music the style. Things were modern but not so ridiculous like today. The music and vibe was fun. To be old then to me is to have grown up in the 50's-60's which were pretty damn cool (aside from the bad stuff) and in the 80's, things weren't as tough as far as cost of living and old people got on a bit better financially. I've witnessed the shift.
Why? They were emulating a 50's Chic/Cool...Marlon Brando, The Beat Writers (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg & William Burroughs), James Dean & Elvis Presley.
FYI, Andrew McCarthy is doing a documentary and he is getting the "Brat Pack" to speak about what it meant to be a part if that era of filmmaking. It's going to be on Hulu if it isn't already.
Actually those two movies were in the middle of the entire scheme of things as I see it. Taps & The Outsiders came first, then Sixteen Candles/Weird Science/Breakfast Club/St Elmo's Fire......then ending with Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful...Notable other 80's young actors....Cusack, Haim, Felder, Sutherland, Sheen, Thomas C Howell, C. Penn, Bacon, McKeon, Kelly Preston, Gish, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Modine Anthony Edwards, Dillon etc The 80's were the best and will never be repeated. It was the changing of the guard from the old Hollywood to young Hollywood......Possibly because nepotism started to really flourish. (Emilio, Charlie, Nicholas Cage, Sutherland, etc)
This is unrelated to your post hear me out. At time mark 23:20 look at Rob Lowe watch his mannerisms when he is explaining what he did . Then go watch Ted Bundy and his last TV interview . And see if you notice anything ? It's almost the same person. I like Old Rob too . I just seen this and thought wile watching and I said I have seen this before . And sure enough it's the same.
@@Pat-RickSmith That is the narcissism at play. They both have it. Although Lowe just wants attention with his to gain power. Bundy used his to take away life, which gave him power. Slippery slope indeed.
When I was little and saw breakfast club for the first time, I fell in love with ally sheedys character. Ever since then I always loved goth girls. It's all because of her.
I was shopping once in Gelsons in studio city and I accidentally took rob Lowe’s shopping cart and began putting my groceries in it. He had to come chasing me to get his groceries back. We had a good laugh and he was very cool. In Los Angeles it’s not unusual to run into actors doing errands.
@6:55 - I am a grown-azz man in my 50's and this here moment just made me tear up a little. The 80's were a special time for me and the nostalgia hits really, really hard sometimes. As a kid, I always heard about people being "nostalgic" for a certain time and I never really understood it. Turns out that it can be one of the most powerful and commanding feelings one can ever succumb to. Listen up young people; It's coming for you too.
I absolutely LOVE the ending. John Hughes shaped and mirrored our childhood and young adulthood. He related to the masses rather than the elites of today. A true gift to us all.
Molly Ringwald is pretty upset about those movies now and the messages they send. I re-watched a few and was surprised at the blatant sexual assaults for laughs.
I love the ending of Breakfast Club way more now than when it came out. 16 candles will always be my favorite, I still think it's hilarious but Breakfast Club reminds me of my encounters with jocks who were publicly freaked out by me (flaming punk rocker in a small minded Southern city) but privately intrigued or identifying as a punk or a freak and needing to talk to me. I respected the hell out of the ones who did, even if they had to sneak so they wouldn't get in trouble or hassled by their peer group.
@@JosieJo2000 these movie's were representing the times. They were accurate, we related, they succeeded. It's seriously just not that complicated. And she threw her career away. I'm sure you already know that she turned down Ghost, Pretty woman and basically told John Hughes that she'd outgrown him. This seems more like a desperate attempt to be relevant than honest. And there were absolutely no sexual assaults for laughs. That's absurd. And a miserable way to live. If you're constantly looking to be offended...you'll find it in everything
I recently saw a couple of Andrew McCarthys movies. No wonder so many people fell for him. He had such charisma. My mother said she was hooked after seeing Class in 1984. Those amazing eyes and that smile.* sigh*
I don't think there will ever be anything like a brat pack ever again, nor should there be. The whole idea defines an entire generation and deserves its own special place in the annals of history.
Rob was the obviously gorgeous, chiseled face hunk with piercing blue eyes! However Andrew's eyes are so sweet, especially when he smiles. It melts your heart and before you know it, you're hooked. LOL 😆 While watching this, seeing Andrew brought back so many fond memories. Mannequin with the gorgeous Kim Cattrall was also 1 of my favorite movies back then!!
John Hughes was the man , i love all theses 80s teen movies . I grew up in the 80s and it was a great time to be alive . I loved the sound tracks on these movies
I love St Elmo’s fire. My aunt was an 80s teenager and loved all johns movies and having lived with her growing up I watched them all and had such a crush on rob lowe
@@nickm8874As an eighties teen ( born 1968 ) I can confirm Emilio was much more likely to be a poster on my and my mates walls. Charlie was the lesser brother back then. Emilio seems to be the one WINNING now too... poor old Charlie...
Charlie sheen was just as big as emilio in the mid 80s to early 90s. Red dawn 84 Lucas 86 Platoon 86 Ferris Beullers day off 86 Wallstreet 87 Young guns 88 Major league 89 Pretty iconic movies, most grossed alot of money and platoon and Wallstreet both critically acclaimed winning oscars.
@@mikebushnell4598 He was getting there, but still not quite as big a name as Emilio until Platoon (which Emilio originally had the role Charlie eventually played) . Emilio was one of the "Brat Pack". He was in the Outsiders in 83, Breakfast Club 84, St. Elmos Fire 85. As a kid in the 80's I knew who Emilio was before I knew who Charlie was because of the Outsiders. They're both top notch actors. I was just noting that Emilio was the bigger star in 1984. Charlie started being the bigger star later. Charlie was in Young Guns, but Emilio had the lead role in that movie.
" Emilio Esteves " what more can I say... he is the real deal. If he ever reads this post, I hope he knows how much we appreciated him as an 80's teen. He is such an amazing actor, he can play any role, from serious to crazy to funny and then some.
I first remembered seeing Emilio Estevez in the movie "That Was then, This Is Now". I later read that he adapted the book for the movie. Very talented guy.
I loved The Breakfast Club, but I've always considered St Elmo's Fire (which came out in 1985) as the ultimate Brat Pack movie. At least, that's when I remember the group name being mentioned after that movie came out - though it wasn't intended as a compliment! Anyway, that would make Mare Winningham a member of the group as well.
Grew up in the 80s best decade of all time. The Brat Pack, loved the name, and wanted to be a part of this, just never thought it would impact these young people the way it did.
Being remembered as a member of the "Brat Pack" instead of successful young actors is better than not being remembered at all. I would be proud to be part of 1980's pop culture.
You say that looking in from the outside but when youre an actor you want to be taken seriously, actors have fragile egos cos they wana be liked so to be dismissed as brats is pretty derogatory considering these people virtually carried the 80s film industry on their shoulders and made the industry alot of money.
@@johnb1150 I think it really bothered Andrew McCarthy as he didn't even hang out with any of the other so-called Brat Pack actors, and was something of a loner on his film sets, back then. Or so I read. McCarthy didn't do the party scene like those guys (Estevez, Nelson, Lowe) and didn't try to pick up girls or get into clubs by using his name and fame (which Estevez does, as I recall, in that New Yorker article), and didn't havr any big celebrity relationships. I think quite early on into his fame, McCarthy got back in touch with his ex-girlfriend from his senior school year (an East Coast private school - Pingry maybe?) and they soon got back together and later married and had a son. I did read some rumors of a brief on-set affair with Patti Darbanville on the set of "Fresh Horses" which Darbanville had a role in, with Molly Ringwald being the leading lady, after Ringwald allegedly had an affair with her onscreen husband Viggo Mortensen. McCarthy and Ringwald had allegedly been dating right before that. Well that was one rumor. Who knows? But as for carrying the film industry, well as far as the teen film and young market (St. Elmo's Fire is about university students about to go out into the real world - Nelson, Estevez, Sheedy and McCarthy would then follow up this film with roles as high school students in John Hughes films) - yes the Brat Pack were huge. But at the same time, a bunch of other young actors were getting big films - the New Yorker article mentions Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn running into Estevez and pals. Hutton's career faded from that point on though but he started the decade as a bright new star and Academy Award winner. Jennifer Jason Leigh started to make a name for herself as a film actress in the early~mid 80s. Eric Stoltz looked like he was about to become a bigget star than he did, following the acclaim for "Mask." Then you have "The Outsiders" cast. Ralph Macchio hit it big in the mid 80s. His co-star Elisabeth Shue got her start in films and would co-star with Tom Cruise in the summer hit "Cocktail". Matt Dillon started out the 80s as a rising new star as did Diane Lane, but both suffered due to being in a string of flops. Dillon made a comeback at the end of tje 80s with "Drugstore Cowboy." Patrick Swayze became a big star jn the late 80s. He was too old and mature looking to play teens or even any college students during tje 80s ( Alan Ruck was too old too, but he looked young enough to play a high school senior in Ferris Bueller's Day Off). Charlie Sheen was not that closely identified with the Brat Pack - he had only small roles in teen films and aside fro FBD Off, they were films that went mos. tly unnoticed by the public (e.g. "Lucas" starring Corey Haim and with Winona Ryder). The public knew him from "Platoon" and "Wall Street" - big, moneymaking critical hits. Corey and Corey (Feldman) were quite big as far as young teen actors, in the 80s. Winona Ryder started to become a big star in the mid~late 80s after Beetlejuice. As for big hit film stars, there was Michael J. Fox. Well only for the Back2F films, with Teen Wolf being a minor early career hit. But the 80s had tons of big hit films with older actors, like the films of Lawrence Kasdan (Big Chill, Body Heat), the Romancing the Stone films were big. And or course, Spielberg films. Of course, Tom Cruise hits like Top Gun. Goes on and on! And don't forget Cocoon! Big hit starring lots of senior actors.
@@SY-ok2dq John Cusack made the transition from teen star to some interesting rolls as an adult. The Paper Boy with Matthew McConaughey and Nicole Kidman was one of those. I don't remember the others off hand but he shows up randomly with some good performances.
@@ponzo1967 I don't think I mentioned Cusack, but he was never considered part of the Brat Pack, as he only had really small roles in one or two John Hughes films. He was more of a minor teen film star in the 80s - "Better Off Dead" and "One Crazy Summer" were not on the same level of recognition and success as films like those John Hughes 80s films or "St.Elmo's Fire." But "The Sure Thing" directed by Rob Reiner (in the early days of his hugely successful film comedy directing career) DID bring Cusack more A-list acclaim, and the film got great reviews and had good box office success even if it wasn't a smash hit. Then he got further acclaim for "Say Anything", which was his last role playing a teenager. And fron there he was able to ride that wave to land leading roles in many big budget and A list type films (as opposed to the direct-to-video level of "One Crazy Summer" etc.)
Odd you didn't mention that Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe starred in the 1994 TV mini-series "Stephen King's The Stand" and that they both turned in really fine performances.
One of my favorite movies 🍿. I must’ve read that book a hundred times and I thought the movie was fantastic and was very close to the book. Wonderful performances indeed.
I was a teenager in the 80's and as I recall, the term brat pack became a thing after St Elmos Fire and the Breakfast Club in 1985. Timothy Hutton was never included in that group.
The name came out after St. Elmo’s Fire, but this generation of actors started with Timothy Hutton and Elizabeth McGovern. They were stars of the 80s. The actors that represented Gen X. My generation.
Very informative and tasteful. You skipped over one very big name that was tied to the Pack, C. Thomas Howell. With his life and body of work, that could be it's own video. Hope you do a couple more parts on this.
Suggestions for Part 2: The Guys The Girls - Patrick Swayze - Jami Gertz - C. Thomas Howell - Phoebe Cates - Tom Cruise - Kristy Swanson - James Spader - Kelly Preston - Ralph Macchio - Jennifer Connelly - Jason Patric - Jenny Wright - Matt Dillon - Sarah Jessica Parker - Sean Penn - Daryl Hannah - Chris Penn - Kim Cattrall - Robert Downey Jr. - Rebecca De Mornay - Adrian Pasdar - Mary Stuart Masterson - Timothy Hutton - Elizabeth McGovern - Nicolas Cage - Helen Hunt - Aidan Quinn - Uma Thurman - Ilan Mitchell-Smith - Jennifer Jason Leigh - Eric Stoltz - Sherilyn Fenn - William Zabka - Lea Thompson - Bill Paxton - Linda Fiorentino - Michael Bowen - Elisabeth Shue - Matthew Modine - Virginia Madsen - Frank Whaley - Jill Schoelen - Kevin Bacon - Diane Lane - Michael Schoeffling - Jennifer Grey - Adam Baldwin - Courtney Thorne-Smith - Michael Pare - Kim Richards - Anthony Edwards - Jennifer Beals - John Cusack - Joan Cusack - Christopher Collet - Cynthia Rhodes - Corey Haim - Betsy Russell - Corey Feldman - Mia Sara - Charlie Sheen - Daphne Zuniga - Matthew Broderick - Jennifer Tilly - Jon Cryer - Amanda Peterson - River Phoenix - Meredith Salenger - Ethan Hawke - Ione Skye - Keanu Reeves - Fairuza Balk - Alan Ruck - Martha Plimpton - Casey Siemaszko - Winona Ryder - Lou Diamond Phillips - Lori Loughlin - Craig Sheffer - Catherine Mary Stewart - D.B. Sweeney - Samantha Mathis - Judge Reinhold - Helen Slater - Esai Morales - Kerri Green - Josh Brolin - Kelli Maroney - Kiefer Sutherland - Deborah Foreman - Christian Slater - Lili Taylor - Brendan Fraser - Rae Dawn Chong - Sean Astin - Amanda Wyss - Brian Backer - Diane Franklin - Lawrence Monoson - Nia Peeples - Michael J. Fox - Kelly Jo Minter - Dermot Mulroney - Moira Kelly - Robert Romanus - Michelle Meyrink - Billy (Jacoby) Jayne - Joyce Hyser ....and yes, Steve Guttenberg!
@@PixivityComputerSpecialistsThat's par for the course in Hollywood. See, this is why things were better when everyone just kept their politics, religion, and relationships to themselves. Still, he's a good actor. Gross Pointe Blank is a fun movie
I love that Judd Nelson is smoking in the library in the middle of detention in "The Breakfast Club". My dad used to smoke in the grocery store, bank, everywhere. Hell, my pediatrician smoked while examining me.
I still love them all and their work. The clip of Ghost made me cry as I was going through a great loss at the time and it really touched a nerve, still does. Off to watch St Elmo's Fire now.
My love of 33 years passed away on Monday he brought the breakfast club and a brand new vcr to me on one of our earliest dates. He gave me a better life than anyone in my family. He was wonderful. He will be sorely missed.
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You took me back to my teenage years. I loved the “Brat Pack”. I loved all the guys and girls. I thought Demi Moore was beautiful and I had the biggest crush on Rob Lowe. Every time I heard the theme song of St. Elmo’s Fire I get a lump in my throat. Thank you for the walk down memory. Btw, they were all great actors!!
Emilio has been my favourite of the Brat Pack since the early 80’s and at this time I’m collecting as many of his movies as possible along with his brothers too
I was born in 1958, so right in line with these actors. I was in college or just graduated during most of these films. I remember as a teenager reading about Ally Sheedy’s book, but I never saw it anywhere. And,I too caught the blooper that Ally Sheedy was on The Tonight Show before she was born.
You never mentioned Psych except for Ally Sheedy! Anthony Michael Hall had a recurring role , also Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald guested and John Kapelos who played the janitor in the breakfast club and Rudy the oily bo hunk groom in 16 candles.
I loved everyone in this Video , each actor had a big part of my life. Their careers were on everyone’s mind and there wasn’t that much written about each actor they lived young and had good lives , what saddened’s me is you all didn’t stay in touch with each other after St Elmo’s Firec😮😅
They all made it great to be a teenager in the 80s! The Breakfast Club was my all-time favorite movie with Weird Science coming in second place. Not to mention I am a big fan of all the National Lampoon's Vacation movies, the first being my favorite. The movie wasnt mentioned but " Less Than Zero" with Andrew McCarthy and Robert Downey jr. Was a real good movie with a more serious role.
Andrew McCarthy said it was his worst experience doing a movie, and wasn’t proud of it. He thought the movie wasn’t done anywhere near how good it could of been, because mainly bad directing and script.
Its interesting fact that as you mention "Psych" T the 20:00 mark with Ally Sheedy, you forgot alot more about it. Anthony was in the Show for an entire season, but no mention. Judd was in a hilarious Episode, And Molly was in an Great episode. All they were Missing was Emilio (reasons why he never made an appearanceis unknown), and they would of had an entire "Breakfast Club" reunion of sorts. They did a tribute to the show in a episode as well.
I graduated HS in 1987 and these “brat pack” movies were my entire generation’s shared experiences. It’s unfortunate that they were given that silly label but they really were all soooo loved by so many people. All of them were very talented actors. My favorite was Ally Sheedy!
Seriously where are our modern movie versions of these masterpieces. Not fake, idealised kids we see all the time, but real kids, dealing with real problems, social pressures etc. there are none.
The brat pack movies really started with Sixteen Candles. Then I can agree with the rest. I was not only living during the time but friends were extras in ferris bueller, Sixteen candles. But great video.
19:05 -- HOLY FUCK! Ally Sheedy appeared on The Mike Douglas Show "in 1961" -- *one year before she was even born* -- to promote a book that she wouldn't write until *13 years later?!* WOW! 😆
I could see how that was worded poorly. That should have been the start date of the Mike Douglas show not her appearance. Whoops.
1975 not 61
It just shows how truly talented she really is.
I caught that too...Math is hard!
@@retren It was fun to think about for a minute before I looked at your reply, no worries from me!
I've never watched Psych but I really wanna see her episodes, thanks!
Demi Moore was smoldering back in the 80’s. Her raspy voice melted my butter.
Yes! Always crushed on her. Even today!
I loved demi
Two awesome movies, especially The Breakfast Club. Thank you John Hughes.
Pretty cool! I was born in 1976, these movies played on a constant rotation back in the day (still do). I miss the 80's.
So do I! I want to go back!
Spirit of 76!! I hope that other comment was an Eddie Money reference!!
You were almost too young to count as growing up in the 80s tho 😅 not many 11 and 12 year old into this stuff especially that long ago… def the music scenes and stuff you were too young to be in… unless you’re neglected or too mature 😅 I mean for half of it you were in primary school 😂
@@Brando_Magnificoyou as well.
@@rosemadder5547I mean 11 or 12 is middle school, so not that childish. That’s right before you become a teen so it’s natural to start watching teen movies and shows and read teen books and magazines.
Really wish they still made movies like these with such iconic soundtracks. Love all these actors and their movies. John Hughes was a brilliant filmmaker as well, and his efforts that featured these actors are among my favorites to this day.
He (Hughes) was and will always be a champ! They do not make movies or music like the 80s. The greatest decade for so many reasons.
Rap doesn't work well in most movies and rap is whats in today
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It absolutely sucks today.
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Thank goodness.
@@toddmurphy664His movies are a painful memory of his sad, lonely adolescence.
The 80s was the best time to be young and old
Yes, we had fashion, music, movies, a little tech, malls and Mtv !
wow I've never heard anyone say that before. I get it. Well at least my take is that it was the best time to young and old is because it was a great era to come up young in. The music the style. Things were modern but not so ridiculous like today. The music and vibe was fun. To be old then to me is to have grown up in the 50's-60's which were pretty damn cool (aside from the bad stuff) and in the 80's, things weren't as tough as far as cost of living and old people got on a bit better financially. I've witnessed the shift.
Why? They were emulating a 50's Chic/Cool...Marlon Brando, The Beat Writers (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg & William Burroughs), James Dean & Elvis Presley.
We were, and remain, among the blessed.
To me the main members of the Brat Pack are the actors on St Elmo's Fire and Breakfast Club.
FYI, Andrew McCarthy is doing a documentary and he is getting the "Brat Pack" to speak about what it meant to be a part if that era of filmmaking. It's going to be on Hulu if it isn't already.
Actually those two movies were in the middle of the entire scheme of things as I see it. Taps & The Outsiders came first, then Sixteen Candles/Weird Science/Breakfast Club/St Elmo's Fire......then ending with Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful...Notable other 80's young actors....Cusack, Haim, Felder, Sutherland, Sheen, Thomas C Howell, C. Penn, Bacon, McKeon, Kelly Preston, Gish, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Modine Anthony Edwards, Dillon etc
The 80's were the best and will never be repeated. It was the changing of the guard from the old Hollywood to young Hollywood......Possibly because nepotism started to really flourish. (Emilio, Charlie, Nicholas Cage, Sutherland, etc)
This is unrelated to your post hear me out. At time mark 23:20 look at Rob Lowe watch his mannerisms when he is explaining what he did . Then go watch Ted Bundy and his last TV interview . And see if you notice anything ? It's almost the same person. I like Old Rob too . I just seen this and thought wile watching and I said I have seen this before . And sure enough it's the same.
@@Pat-RickSmith That is the narcissism at play. They both have it. Although Lowe just wants attention with his to gain power. Bundy used his to take away life, which gave him power. Slippery slope indeed.
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I still love the Library where the Breakfast Club took place, lol. Such a beautiful space. :)
When I was little and saw breakfast club for the first time, I fell in love with ally sheedys character. Ever since then I always loved goth girls. It's all because of her.
Same. Also: Winona Ryder's Lydia from Beetlejuice.
Rob Lowe never stops working.
I was shopping once in Gelsons in studio city and I accidentally took rob Lowe’s shopping cart and began putting my groceries in it. He had to come chasing me to get his groceries back. We had a good laugh and he was very cool. In Los Angeles it’s not unusual to run into actors doing errands.
@@CwgrlupLUCKY!!!
Is he as handsome in person as he is in movies?
Weird Science, St Elmos Fire, and Sixteen Candles are my top three fav 80s movies! 😅
Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candels are the key movies.
I also like 'She's Having a Baby' w Molly R.
Rob Lowe was the engine of that media hype machine, every girl my age at that time loved that guy.
Till this day, he STILL is unbelievably gorgeous 😍 LOL!
Yes we did! ❤️
🙏🔥🔥🔥
every guy wanted to be him and every girl wanted to be with him. 😄😄
@@jsngallery: Even 15 year olds ..
I was in high school and college in the mid-80’s. These movies were my jam. Totally relatable.
@6:55 - I am a grown-azz man in my 50's and this here moment just made me tear up a little. The 80's were a special time for me and the nostalgia hits really, really hard sometimes. As a kid, I always heard about people being "nostalgic" for a certain time and I never really understood it. Turns out that it can be one of the most powerful and commanding feelings one can ever succumb to. Listen up young people; It's coming for you too.
The 80s were beautiful. No social media and teens didn't give a hoot about politics, elections, social issues, etc. We just had FUN
I absolutely LOVE the ending. John Hughes shaped and mirrored our childhood and young adulthood. He related to the masses rather than the elites of today. A true gift to us all.
Molly Ringwald is pretty upset about those movies now and the messages they send. I re-watched a few and was surprised at the blatant sexual assaults for laughs.
I love the ending of Breakfast Club way more now than when it came out. 16 candles will always be my favorite, I still think it's hilarious but Breakfast Club reminds me of my encounters with jocks who were publicly freaked out by me (flaming punk rocker in a small minded Southern city) but privately intrigued or identifying as a punk or a freak and needing to talk to me. I respected the hell out of the ones who did, even if they had to sneak so they wouldn't get in trouble or hassled by their peer group.
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Grow up.
@@JaquelineGoodspeed What? Listening to Molly Ringwald’s take on it is growing up. Living in the past isn’t.
@@JosieJo2000 these movie's were representing the times. They were accurate, we related, they succeeded. It's seriously just not that complicated. And she threw her career away. I'm sure you already know that she turned down Ghost, Pretty woman and basically told John Hughes that she'd outgrown him. This seems more like a desperate attempt to be relevant than honest.
And there were absolutely no sexual assaults for laughs. That's absurd. And a miserable way to live. If you're constantly looking to be offended...you'll find it in everything
I recently saw a couple of Andrew McCarthys movies. No wonder so many people fell for him. He had such charisma. My mother said she was hooked after seeing Class in 1984. Those amazing eyes and that smile.* sigh*
He was a hotty
Andrew was my brat pack crush 😍😍😍
He is creepy
I watched Pretty in Pink so many times just for him. He just did it for teenage me❤
Class is a dark film. Less than zero I never cared for. Rich entitled kids who don't know what to do with their lives.
I always cry when Judd Nelson fistbumbs the air in the end...
Yes me too. Powerful and it wasn't even planned.
He was hot.
Andrew McCarthy was adorable.
I respectfully disagree.
Absolutely
I love him still! ❤
I wanted to look like him during the 80s
@@TheOnlyOneStanding8079 good choice 😊
I was born in 1961. I love all these guys. Especially Rob Lowe who started here in Dayton Ohio. My hometown.
Me too.
The Brat Pack had the best cinematic universe ever.
Totally agree!!
😂😂😂😂
I don't think there will ever be anything like a brat pack ever again, nor should there be. The whole idea defines an entire generation and deserves its own special place in the annals of history.
True
Totally cool! The movies and the music back then will be with me forever! Love the John Hughes movies
For us all in gen x
Rob was the obviously gorgeous, chiseled face hunk with piercing blue eyes! However Andrew's eyes are so sweet, especially when he smiles. It melts your heart and before you know it, you're hooked. LOL 😆 While watching this, seeing Andrew brought back so many fond memories. Mannequin with the gorgeous Kim Cattrall was also 1 of my favorite movies back then!!
Andrew McCarthy managed to make a guy named ‘Blaine’ palatable! Haha
I had such a huge crush on him. I’m always glad to see him pop up on tv now.
John Hughes was the man , i love all theses 80s teen movies . I grew up in the 80s and it was a great time to be alive . I loved the sound tracks on these movies
I love St Elmo’s fire. My aunt was an 80s teenager and loved all johns movies and having lived with her growing up I watched them all and had such a crush on rob lowe
I really enjoyed this. The brat pack movies were an integral part of my youth. So informative also.
Thanks brother.
In the 80's, into the early 90's Emilio Estevez was a much bigger name than Charlie Sheen.
Really? Even after platoon and wall st? Not challenging you. Just wasn’t old enough at the time and am surprised into the early 90s …
@@nickm8874As an eighties teen ( born 1968 ) I can confirm Emilio was much more likely to be a poster on my and my mates walls. Charlie was the lesser brother back then. Emilio seems to be the one WINNING now too... poor old Charlie...
Yep agree, Emilio was definitely the biggest star, for a time at least
Charlie sheen was just as big as emilio in the mid 80s to early 90s.
Red dawn 84
Lucas 86
Platoon 86
Ferris Beullers day off 86
Wallstreet 87
Young guns 88
Major league 89
Pretty iconic movies, most grossed alot of money and platoon and Wallstreet both critically acclaimed winning oscars.
@@mikebushnell4598 He was getting there, but still not quite as big a name as Emilio until Platoon (which Emilio originally had the role Charlie eventually played) . Emilio was one of the "Brat Pack". He was in the Outsiders in 83, Breakfast Club 84, St. Elmos Fire 85. As a kid in the 80's I knew who Emilio was before I knew who Charlie was because of the Outsiders. They're both top notch actors. I was just noting that Emilio was the bigger star in 1984. Charlie started being the bigger star later. Charlie was in Young Guns, but Emilio had the lead role in that movie.
" Emilio Esteves " what more can I say... he is the real deal. If he ever reads this post, I hope he knows how much we appreciated him as an 80's teen. He is such an amazing actor, he can play any role, from serious to crazy to funny and then some.
He and his Dad are my favorite actors
I love him in stakeout ❤
I first remembered seeing Emilio Estevez in the movie "That Was then, This Is Now". I later read that he adapted the book for the movie. Very talented guy.
I can't believe how much I realize n I he looks like his dad, and his brother Charlie
Emiliooooooo!!!!!
I loved The Breakfast Club, but I've always considered St Elmo's Fire (which came out in 1985) as the ultimate Brat Pack movie. At least, that's when I remember the group name being mentioned after that movie came out - though it wasn't intended as a compliment! Anyway, that would make Mare Winningham a member of the group as well.
Same if I hear Brat Pack I think of SEF
I agree
Mare Winningham was awesome and I met her in person in the 90’s! She was very, very nice.
Grew up in the 80s best decade of all time. The Brat Pack, loved the name, and wanted to be a part of this, just never thought it would impact these young people the way it did.
Being remembered as a member of the "Brat Pack" instead of successful young actors is better than not being remembered at all. I would be proud to be part of 1980's pop culture.
You say that looking in from the outside but when youre an actor you want to be taken seriously, actors have fragile egos cos they wana be liked so to be dismissed as brats is pretty derogatory considering these people virtually carried the 80s film industry on their shoulders and made the industry alot of money.
@@johnb1150 I think it really bothered Andrew McCarthy as he didn't even hang out with any of the other so-called Brat Pack actors, and was something of a loner on his film sets, back then. Or so I read. McCarthy didn't do the party scene like those guys (Estevez, Nelson, Lowe) and didn't try to pick up girls or get into clubs by using his name and fame (which Estevez does, as I recall, in that New Yorker article), and didn't havr any big celebrity relationships. I think quite early on into his fame, McCarthy got back in touch with his ex-girlfriend from his senior school year (an East Coast private school - Pingry maybe?) and they soon got back together and later married and had a son. I did read some rumors of a brief on-set affair with Patti Darbanville on the set of "Fresh Horses" which Darbanville had a role in, with Molly Ringwald being the leading lady, after Ringwald allegedly had an affair with her onscreen husband Viggo Mortensen.
McCarthy and Ringwald had allegedly been dating right before that. Well that was one rumor. Who knows?
But as for carrying the film industry, well as far as the teen film and young market (St. Elmo's Fire is about university students about to go out into the real world - Nelson, Estevez, Sheedy and McCarthy would then follow up this film with roles as high school students in John Hughes films) - yes the Brat Pack were huge. But at the same time, a bunch of other young actors were getting big films - the New Yorker article mentions Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn running into Estevez and pals. Hutton's career faded from that point on though but he started the decade as a bright new star and Academy Award winner.
Jennifer Jason Leigh started to make a name for herself as a film actress in the early~mid 80s. Eric Stoltz looked like he was about to become a bigget star than he did, following the acclaim for "Mask."
Then you have "The Outsiders" cast. Ralph Macchio hit it big in the mid 80s. His co-star Elisabeth Shue got her start in films and would co-star with Tom Cruise in the summer hit "Cocktail".
Matt Dillon started out the 80s as a rising new star as did Diane Lane, but both suffered due to being in a string of flops. Dillon made a comeback at the end of tje 80s with "Drugstore Cowboy." Patrick Swayze became a big star jn the late 80s. He was too old and mature looking to play teens or even any college students during tje 80s ( Alan Ruck was too old too, but he looked young enough to play a high school senior in Ferris Bueller's Day Off).
Charlie Sheen was not that closely identified with the Brat Pack - he had only small roles in teen films and aside fro FBD Off, they were films that went mos. tly unnoticed by the public (e.g. "Lucas" starring Corey Haim and with Winona Ryder). The public knew him from "Platoon" and "Wall Street" - big, moneymaking critical hits. Corey and Corey (Feldman) were quite big as far as young teen actors, in the 80s. Winona Ryder started to become a big star in the mid~late 80s after Beetlejuice.
As for big hit film stars, there was Michael J. Fox. Well only for the Back2F films, with Teen Wolf being a minor early career hit.
But the 80s had tons of big hit films with older actors, like the films of Lawrence Kasdan (Big Chill, Body Heat), the Romancing the Stone films were big. And or course, Spielberg films.
Of course, Tom Cruise hits like Top Gun. Goes on and on!
And don't forget Cocoon! Big hit starring lots of senior actors.
@pinzo1967
He did a great job in Southland TV series .
@@SY-ok2dq John Cusack made the transition from teen star to some interesting rolls as an adult. The Paper Boy with Matthew McConaughey and Nicole Kidman was one of those. I don't remember the others off hand but he shows up randomly with some good performances.
@@ponzo1967 I don't think I mentioned Cusack, but he was never considered part of the Brat Pack, as he only had really small roles in one or two John Hughes films. He was more of a minor teen film star in the 80s - "Better Off Dead" and "One Crazy Summer" were not on the same level of recognition and success as films like those John Hughes 80s films or "St.Elmo's Fire." But "The Sure Thing" directed by Rob Reiner (in the early days of his hugely successful film comedy directing career) DID bring Cusack more A-list acclaim, and the film got great reviews and had good box office success even if it wasn't a smash hit. Then he got further acclaim for "Say Anything", which was his last role playing a teenager. And fron there he was able to ride that wave to land leading roles in many big budget and A list type films (as opposed to the direct-to-video level of "One Crazy Summer" etc.)
The music you use when announcing each member of the brat pack, keeps taking me back to a time I wish I could visit again… thanks for that.
St. Elmo's Fire was the best of all of these films. Secondly John Hughes films were my childhood
I love that movie. Pretty in Pink is another classic.
No the Outsiders is the best ...No gay duckies
Judd Nelson made his real comeback in New Jack City playing ice-t's partner
No
John cusack in one crazy summer with demi moore was one of my all time favorites when i was a kid ❤️
I need to rewatch all of these!
Odd you didn't mention that Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe starred in the 1994 TV mini-series "Stephen King's The Stand" and that they both turned in really fine performances.
Great series 🙏🏼🙌🏼♥️
One of my favorite movies 🍿. I must’ve read that book a hundred times and I thought the movie was fantastic and was very close to the book. Wonderful performances indeed.
...also "hotel new hampshire!"
@@jmsl_910 Molly was not in that film.
@@EvelineUKactually she was, she played Frannie
i like how each actor introduced has its own relatable theme song.
it's literally the only nice thing about this long piece of crap that doesn't even delve into the topic/title.
@@beejereeno2 what were we talking about ??? ; )
Hangin' out with the paparazzi in the Hard Rock Cafe said no one ever!
I was a teenager in the 80's and as I recall, the term brat pack became a thing after St Elmos Fire and the Breakfast Club in 1985. Timothy Hutton was never included in that group.
Thank you!
The name came out after St. Elmo’s Fire, but this generation of actors started with Timothy Hutton and Elizabeth McGovern. They were stars of the 80s. The actors that represented Gen X. My generation.
John Hughes was a bloody genius. It only took him a few days to write a whole script. Channeled for certain.
I grew up seeing all of these guys and girls on tv and the movies in the 80s and 90s and they are all very talented people. I wish them the best.
Do not forget...Ally Sheedy and Rob Lowe in Oxford Blues!
IMO, Rob Lowe is our generation’s George Hamilton….Always tan and never aging.
I was so in love with Judd Nelson
John Hughes was a hit maker with some enduring movies
52 yrs old... first party my freshman year was a Saturday night, and we watched The Breakfast Club in the fall of 1985. 😢😂❤
Very informative and tasteful. You skipped over one very big name that was tied to the Pack, C. Thomas Howell. With his life and body of work, that could be it's own video. Hope you do a couple more parts on this.
I love him
Soul Man
I came of age in the 80s. i just had another birthday. My heart hasn't died yet.
mine did
I remember Demi Moore in the movie Blame It On Rio with Michael Caine.
Suggestions for Part 2:
The Guys The Girls
- Patrick Swayze - Jami Gertz
- C. Thomas Howell - Phoebe Cates
- Tom Cruise - Kristy Swanson
- James Spader - Kelly Preston
- Ralph Macchio - Jennifer Connelly
- Jason Patric - Jenny Wright
- Matt Dillon - Sarah Jessica Parker
- Sean Penn - Daryl Hannah
- Chris Penn - Kim Cattrall
- Robert Downey Jr. - Rebecca De Mornay
- Adrian Pasdar - Mary Stuart Masterson
- Timothy Hutton - Elizabeth McGovern
- Nicolas Cage - Helen Hunt
- Aidan Quinn - Uma Thurman
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith - Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Eric Stoltz - Sherilyn Fenn
- William Zabka - Lea Thompson
- Bill Paxton - Linda Fiorentino
- Michael Bowen - Elisabeth Shue
- Matthew Modine - Virginia Madsen
- Frank Whaley - Jill Schoelen
- Kevin Bacon - Diane Lane
- Michael Schoeffling - Jennifer Grey
- Adam Baldwin - Courtney Thorne-Smith
- Michael Pare - Kim Richards
- Anthony Edwards - Jennifer Beals
- John Cusack - Joan Cusack
- Christopher Collet - Cynthia Rhodes
- Corey Haim - Betsy Russell
- Corey Feldman - Mia Sara
- Charlie Sheen - Daphne Zuniga
- Matthew Broderick - Jennifer Tilly
- Jon Cryer - Amanda Peterson
- River Phoenix - Meredith Salenger
- Ethan Hawke - Ione Skye
- Keanu Reeves - Fairuza Balk
- Alan Ruck - Martha Plimpton
- Casey Siemaszko - Winona Ryder
- Lou Diamond Phillips - Lori Loughlin
- Craig Sheffer - Catherine Mary Stewart
- D.B. Sweeney - Samantha Mathis
- Judge Reinhold - Helen Slater
- Esai Morales - Kerri Green
- Josh Brolin - Kelli Maroney
- Kiefer Sutherland - Deborah Foreman
- Christian Slater - Lili Taylor
- Brendan Fraser - Rae Dawn Chong
- Sean Astin - Amanda Wyss
- Brian Backer - Diane Franklin
- Lawrence Monoson - Nia Peeples
- Michael J. Fox - Kelly Jo Minter
- Dermot Mulroney - Moira Kelly
- Robert Romanus - Michelle Meyrink
- Billy (Jacoby) Jayne - Joyce Hyser
....and yes, Steve Guttenberg!
You forgot Joyce Hyser, and Billy Jayne
@@daved1535 Consider them added.
I know she was older, married and even pregnant during St Elmo's 🔥 Fire, but I really liked Mare Winningham. Her scenes with Rob Lowe moved me.
Part 2 should include Matt Dillon,Sean Penn, Tom Cruise, James Spader, C Thomas Howell, Corey Feldman,Coery Haim among others
Don't forget Eric Stoltz and Robert Downey Jr
john cusack?
@@jmsl_910now he is one disappointment! TDS
@@PixivityComputerSpecialistsThat's par for the course in Hollywood.
See, this is why things were better when everyone just kept their politics, religion, and relationships to themselves. Still, he's a good actor.
Gross Pointe Blank is a fun movie
Lol James Spader, forgot about him!
Red Dawn love? Swayze, Sheen, Howell, Grey, Lea Thompson, Darren Daulton...
Let’s not forget that Judd Nelson was also in New Jack City, a modern classic. 👌🏿
I love that Judd Nelson is smoking in the library in the middle of detention in "The Breakfast Club". My dad used to smoke in the grocery store, bank, everywhere. Hell, my pediatrician smoked while examining me.
😂
All of the Brat Pack members actually turned out into decent people!! Bless them!!
There was no actual brat pack though.
@@teijaflink2226you know what they meant. 🙄
Anthony Michael Hall went from looking like the nerd to looking like the bully.
I thought he was Mel Gibson in a couple of the photos ! 🤦🏻♀️
hahahahaha
And back again! (for Pirates of Silicon Valley)
He had a weight and muscle gain etc. in a similar way to Leonardo DiCaprio.
Movies used to have such an impact. They set the stage for style, music, etc... Before the internet, it's all we had.
80’s unforgettable era ❤
I still love them all and their work. The clip of Ghost made me cry as I was going through a great loss at the time and it really touched a nerve, still does. Off to watch St Elmo's Fire now.
My love of 33 years passed away on Monday he brought the breakfast club and a brand new vcr to me on one of our earliest dates. He gave me a better life than anyone in my family. He was wonderful. He will be sorely missed.
I LOVE the Brat Pack! Always will. When Ringwald moved overseas she made a few French films. Soeaks fluently. I admire her so.
Fun fact about psych, almost all the breakfast club actors appear in the show, all except Emilio Estevez
There's still hope with the movies
I think he should do it and they just reference the mighty ducks the whole time
@@alvafairchild13I would love if they instead just made Maximum Overdrive references 😅
@@fangal12I love that movie.
What hasn't Emilio
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You took me back to my teenage years. I loved the “Brat Pack”. I loved all the guys and girls. I thought Demi Moore was beautiful and I had the biggest crush on Rob Lowe. Every time I heard the theme song of St. Elmo’s Fire I get a lump in my throat. Thank you for the walk down memory. Btw, they were all great actors!!
I was 15 when Breakfeast Club came out , wow how time flys I'm a 55 yr old grandmother now
The Brat Pack is defined as the combined casts of 2 movies- The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire.
This compilation was BRILLIANT! Thank you ❤️
I remember thinking Emilio doesn’t look like his dad, when I was a kid. Now, all I see is the Martin Sheen in him!
This was a fantastic watch, a trip down memory lane... Thank you for making this video...
Thanks for visiting and watching!
I think if you were young during that time, you didn't think they were brats, you just thought they represented you.
Absolutely, I was the same age, dealing with the same issues, trying to figure out my way in the world. These movies are masterpieces.
Brats? No
Yes.
Emilio has been my favourite of the Brat Pack since the early 80’s and at this time I’m collecting as many of his movies as possible along with his brothers too
This was a fun video. I loved all those movies and all those actors and actresses. Brings back memories big time! Thanks! 🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰
Thx for posting. Im brazilian. Im loving ure channel and im loving 80s stuff.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I was born in 1958, so right in line with these actors. I was in college or just graduated during most of these films. I remember as a teenager reading about Ally Sheedy’s book, but I never saw it anywhere. And,I too caught the blooper that Ally Sheedy was on The Tonight Show before she was born.
You never mentioned Psych except for Ally Sheedy! Anthony Michael Hall had a recurring role , also Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald guested and John Kapelos who played the janitor in the breakfast club and Rudy the oily bo hunk groom in 16 candles.
Psych has had soooo many fantastic guest stars!!
Great work. But you forgot Judd Nelson's role in one of the most celebrated urban crime films of the 1990's New Jack City
For me - John and Joan Cusack stood out from the start.
I loved everyone in this Video , each actor had a big part of my life. Their careers were on everyone’s mind and there wasn’t that much written about each actor they lived young and had good lives , what saddened’s me is you all didn’t stay in touch with each other after St Elmo’s Firec😮😅
Thank you so much for this! Please please make part 2!
The pack is my backdrop on FB. They all shaped my youth. Jealous of the guys, and madly in love with the girls 🙂
I always read to be in the Brat Pack one of these actors had to be in either Breakfast Club and/or St. Elmos Fire
Thoroughly enjoyed this ❤️ very well presented.
Thank you Marie! I appreciate you stopping by.
Great video! That was fun to watch and reminisce!!! Great ending with a tribute to John Hughes!
Thank you for the memories, sir.
I suppose you could have included Robert Downey Jr, although he hasn't done all that much since Less Than Zero.
😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah, whatever happened to him?
Wasn't he also a bad guy in Weird Science? Can't forget his 1 other memorable role😅
They all made it great to be a teenager in the 80s! The Breakfast Club was my all-time favorite movie with Weird Science coming in second place. Not to mention I am a big fan of all the National Lampoon's Vacation movies, the first being my favorite. The movie wasnt mentioned but " Less Than Zero" with Andrew McCarthy and Robert Downey jr. Was a real good movie with a more serious role.
Andrew McCarthy said it was his worst experience doing a movie, and wasn’t proud of it. He thought the movie wasn’t done anywhere near how good it could of been, because mainly bad directing and script.
Excellent Review. "About Last Night" though should have been mentioned.
21:17
It was - about 21 minutes in...
Its interesting fact that as you mention "Psych" T the 20:00 mark with Ally Sheedy, you forgot alot more about it.
Anthony was in the Show for an entire season, but no mention.
Judd was in a hilarious Episode,
And Molly was in an Great episode.
All they were Missing was Emilio (reasons why he never made an appearanceis unknown), and they would of had an entire "Breakfast Club" reunion of sorts. They did a tribute to the show in a episode as well.
*a lot
Two words, not one. Think of it like this: a few, a little, a bunch, a _whole_ bunch, a lot, a _whole_ lot.
They forgot a ton of stuff... like the title said, "What Really Happened? Excess, Parties, Fighting and Redemption" none of that was even addressed.
@@beejereeno2 which is why videos as this deserve thumbs down and reports for spam or misleading content.
Thanks for the fun video - and trip down memory lane.
Ooooh you should do a part 2! Well done 👏!
I was expecting to see John Cryer, aka Ducky, and James Spader. Great list, though!
I graduated HS in 1987 and these “brat pack” movies were my entire generation’s shared experiences. It’s unfortunate that they were given that silly label but they really were all soooo loved by so many people. All of them were very talented actors. My favorite was Ally Sheedy!
Thanks 4 the (both research and) memories bro 👍 cheers
You did a great job with this! I hope you do many more.
I LITERALLY enjoyed this.
Seriously where are our modern movie versions of these masterpieces. Not fake, idealised kids we see all the time, but real kids, dealing with real problems, social pressures etc. there are none.
The brat pack movies really started with Sixteen Candles. Then I can agree with the rest. I was not only living during the time but friends were extras in ferris bueller, Sixteen candles. But great video.
This was really well made!! 👏😁👍🏻💕
Nostalgia. Love it
Ducky?.
"The media killed G.I. Jane." I dont know about that one, I remember media hyping that movie a lot.