The Breakfast Club/Weird Science/Sixteen Candles DVD – Paul Gleason, Judd Nelson

The Breakfast Club – Special Edition (1985): They only met once but it changed their lives forever. Without doubt John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club is one of the greatest teen movies of all-time if not the best. They were five teenage students with nothing in common faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their High School library. At 7am they had nothing to say but by 4pm they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. 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 film’s unique title comes from the nickname invented by students and staff for detention at the school attended by the son of one of John Hughes’ friends. Thus those who were sent to detention were designated members of The Breakfast Club. Sixteen Candles (1984): It’s the time of your life that. It’s Samantha Baker’s Sweet Sixteen and no one in her family seems to remembers the important occasion. Director John Hughes shows how coming-of-age can be full of surprises in this warm-hearted teen comedy starring 80s favourite Molly Ringwald. She’s your average teen enduring creepy guys spoilt siblings confused parents and the stunning blonde who stands between her and the boy of her dreams. But wait… the day isn’t over yet! This superb film features a dynamic score and outstanding performances by Paul Dooley Emmy winner Blanche Baker and Oscar nominee Justin Henry. Weird Science (1985): It’s all in the name of science. Weird Science. The Frankenstein legend takes an uproarious twist in this outrageous special effects – laden comedy from John Hughes. Nerdy computer whiz Wyatt Donnelly and best friend Gary Wallace (Anthony Michael Hall) endeavour to create the perfect woman (the magnificent Kelly Le Brock). Like a computer generated fairy godmother the duo’s out-of-this-world creation guides the pair through the pleasures and pitfalls of adolescence. This far-out sci-fi fable brings every-one’s favourite teen fantasies to life through the miracle of Weird Science.