Hughes revealed that he shot the two films concurrently to save time. The school it was fictionally taking place at was shermer high school. Maine north high school was closed for 2 years before john hughes stepped in and used it as a filming location for the breakfast club. The breakfast club movie the breakfast club is a 1985 john hughes film. The school was also used for interior filming on ferris buellers day off. Filming locations 6 filming dates 1 filming locations. One day a few weeks ago, one of the assistants was going through a filing cabinet and found a file that had a manuscript from the breakfast club dated sept. You see the popular 80s film, the breakfast club was shot in multiple locations, all happening to be in the metrochicago area. Apr 21, 2015 first draft of the breakfast club screenplay found tucked away in shermer high file cabinet the school where john hughes filmed finally cleaned out its storage the movie was almost called. Once inside what use to be maine north high school, i. Hughes revealed that he shot the two films concurrently to save. Why john hughes the breakfast club is still relevant in 2015 the wichita. He even used the same closed high school for the interior scenes, but built a second library in the gym for breakfast club as the original was too small.
The high school maine north high school was closed for 2 years before john hughes stepped in and used it as a filming location for the breakfast club. Apr 21, 2015 this year marks the 30th anniversary of the john hughes classic the breakfast club, but it also marks a new beginning for the school where the movie was filmed. By the way, all spammers will be blocked and spam will be removed. Another name considered was the library revolution. John hughess the breakfast club is predominantly hailed as a comingofage story between five teenagers at an illinois high school, each belonging to a different clique a brain, an athlete, a basket case, and princess, and a criminal, who must spend a saturday together at the school library as a form of detention. Why john hughes the breakfast club is still relevant in. The building was also used by parkside sport and fitness center, as well as the chicago blitz of the defunct usfl.
A high school found a copy of the original breakfast club script while cleaning out a filing cabinet. First draft of the breakfast club screenplay found tucked away in shermer high file cabinet the school where john hughes filmed finally cleaned out its storage. Hughes originally thought that the breakfast club would be his directorial debut. John hughes graduated from glenbrook high school, and based his movies on the school and students. A plaque downstairs in the building commemorates the movie being shot there. The library scenes were actually filmed in the gymnasium on a constructed set. I got inside the breakfast club high school and lived to tell april 30, 2018 april 6, 2020 writer mcwriterson last week i did something out of character for. With emilio estevez, judd nelson, molly ringwald, ally sheedy. Georgia has since removed the confederate battle flag from their. Glenbrook north high school, or gbn, is a public fouryear high school located in northbrook, illinois, a suburb of chicago, illinois, in the united states. The breakfast club script by john hughes daily script.
The breakfast club designation was a nickname for detention by students and staff at new trier high school, where the son of. The breakfast club is a 1985 high school comedydrama film written, produced, and directed by john hughes. The same setting was used for interior scenes of hughess 1986 film ferris buellers day off, which featured exterior shots from nearby glenbrook north high school. This is the same highschool that john hughes attended. Ferris buellers day off movie filming locations the 80s. After its closing, maine north was used for location shooting of the 1985 movie the breakfast club, filmed in the spring of 1984.
Its an independent movie budgetand a thrifty independent movie budget, at thateven though a major studio, universal, was actually helping to produce it. Breakfast club script found at school where movie filmed. Stephanie mcneal is a social news editor for buzzfeed news and is based in. The breakfast club uses a high school library and five teenage kids. The director and writer of the breakfast club, john hughes, is a alumnus of glenbrook north high. Maine north high school 9511 harrison street, des plaines, illinois, usa school exterior, school interior hallways, library used as model for rebuild in gym. It had a budget of one million bucks, which is really cheap. Maine north high school was a public secondary school in des plaines, illinois, northwest of chicago. While packing up boxes, an assistant at chicagos district 207 maine north high school stumbled upon the original screenplay of the popular 1985 film, the breakfast club.
The field is glenbrook north, as well as some of the interior shots in the hallways. Most of the film takes place in the library of shermer high school, which was a set created in the gymnasium of what was then maine north high school, 9511 harrison street in des plaines, about 20 miles northwest of chicago itself. Maine north high school 9511 harrison street, des plaines, illinois, usa. Edit maine north high school 9511 harrison street, des plaines, illinois, usa. The breakfast club was filmed at north high school in des plaines, illinoisa location spiritually and physically pretty close to where shermer would actually have. By the time i saw the movie again in high school, i remember.
Judd nelson john bender went undercover at a local high school outside chicago near where the film was shooting, and convinced the teenagers that he was. The breakfast club film locations where they were recorded. First draft of the breakfast club screenplay found. Nov 16, 2011 huge breakfast club fan 80s perfection i laughed so hard at that movie i was crying when i was in detetion in my high school in st. The schools the film was actually shot at were glenbrook north high school and maine north high school. Ferris bueller is set in the same universe as the breakfast club and attends the same high school. The breakfast club is a 1985 american teen comedydrama film written, produced, and directed by john hughes. Early the breakfast club screenplay found in the school. The breakfast club written and directed by john hughes blank screen.
Where the high school from the breakfast club is lokagraph. The library was constructed in the former schools gymnasium because the actual library was too small. Maine north high school in des plaines, illinois was used during the filming of the breakfast club. The breakfast club highlights a variety of pressures that are placed upon teenagers through out high school. A high school found a copy of the original breakfast club.
The breakfast club revisited filming locations youtube. The interiors were shot in the former maine north high school same as the breakfast club. Peer pressure is clearly shown multiple times through out the movie, on various occasions it is also talked about between characters. The breakfast club begins with a narrated essay, addressed to the school disciplinarian paul gleason, scolding him for seeing them as just a basket case, a princess, a criminal, a brain and. I went to the school and looked him up in the yearbook. To the outside world they were simply the jock, the brain, the criminal, the princess, and the kook, but to each other, they would always be the breakfast club.
The gym inside was converted into the library seen in the film and the front entrance was seen at the beginning of the movie when the kids get dropped off for detention. It closed in 1981 and was empty at the time of filming. Filming for 1985s the breakfast club took place at des plaines, illinois maine north high school, which had shut its doors in 1981. In the simplest terms, the breakfast club continues to school us on who we think teenagers are.
But, last winter, that claim was challenged after the films cinematographer said they never left the premises of maine north high school in des plaines now a police station where the rest of. Til john hughes filmed the breakfast club and ferris. The scripts original working title was the lunch bunch. Ferris bueller shares a high school with the breakfast club. Maine north high school 9511 harrison street des plaines, illinois 60016 fast facts filming for 1985s the breakfast club took place at des plaines, illinois maine north high school, which had shut its doors in 1981. The outfit he wore in the film was the same as what he wore to the audition, and. Glenbrook north high school, 2300 shermer road, northbrook, il stood in for shermer high school. Jul 05, 2008 4 shermer high school the breakfast club, 1984. The screenplay was found in a filing cabinet thats been at the school for over 30 years. The breakfast club maine north high school in des plaines was closed for four years before a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal spent a fictional detention day there. Apr 20, 2015 there is good reason for the school district to have the early film script. I got inside the breakfast club high school and lived to tell. At 7am, they had nothing to say, but by 4pm, they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. The library scenes in the movie were shot in the school gymnasium, where a set was constructed.
Most of the film takes place in the library of shermer high school, which was a set created in the gymnasium of what was then maine north high school, 9511. Maine south, maine west, and maine east high school, but it used to contain a fourth, called maine north high school. They arent exactly the breakfast club redux more like two brains. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the john hughes classic the breakfast club, but it also marks a new beginning for the school where the movie. The five kids have all violated high school rules in one way or another, and they ve qualified for a special version of detention. Released on may 15, 1985, it stars emilio estevez, judd nelson, molly ringwald, anthony michael hall, and ally sheedy. It was located in unincorporated maine township, part of maine township high school district 207 which includes maine east, maine west, and maine south high schools. Maine north had closed a few years before, due to low enrollment. Apr 30, 2018 i got inside the breakfast club high school and lived to tell april 30, 2018 april 6, 2020 writer mcwriterson last week i did something out of character for me all thanks to my husband, risk taker that he is.
The school closed in the 80s, and soon after was scouted by universal as a potential filming location for the breakfast club. Filming took place at maine north high school in des plaines. When i was in high school, the principals assistant would post notices for morning detention that said, this weeks meeting of the breakfast club will take place in room 201 or wherever it was. It stars emilio estevez, anthony michael hall, judd nelson, molly ringwald and ally sheedy as teenagers from different high school cliques who spend a saturday in detention with their authoritarian assistant principal paul gleason. The breakfast clubs mode of production was super simple. Five high school students meet in saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in. The breakfast club designation was a nickname for detention by students and staff at new trier high school, where the son of a friend of hughes attended.
Original breakfast club screenplay found in district 207. Glenbrook north high school, on which the film is based, is located on shermer road. There is good reason for the school district to have the early film script. Til john hughes filmed the breakfast club and ferris buellers day off concurrently to save time and money.
The breakfast club at glenbrook north high school filming. An early breakfast club script was found recently in the illinois high school where the iconic movie was filmed. Breakfast club, the filming locations they were five teenage students with nothing in common, faced with spending a saturday detention together in their high school library. The breakfast club was the nickname for saturday detentions. Apr 22, 2015 the district contains three high schools. The library is massive, at any rate probably because the actual school library was too small for the filmmakers purposes, so they built a giant library set in the school gym. May 08, 2007 you see the popular 80s film, the breakfast club was shot in multiple locations, all happening to be in the metrochicago area. It is based on five stereotypical high school students in saturday morning detention. Filming took place at maine north high school in des plaines, illinois, which had closed in 1981.