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subtee -> OK, So I Like Chatting With My Peeps [the Old Folks] (1/31/2008 10:37:43 AM)
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Favorite "Brat Pack Movie, please. What are your reasons? What do you remember from that time? Any other random and appropriate (or inappropriate) ramblings regarding the actors, directors, your passion for your choice, etc.; all is welcome.
The "Brat Pack" was a group of young actors and actresses who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented films in the 1980s. The name, a play on the Rat Pack from the 1960s, was sometimes viewed as pejorative,[1] and not known to be used by the actors themselves. The list of actors considered members is, to some degree, a matter of opinion, with the most popular roster consisting of the ensemble casts of John Hughes' The Breakfast Club and Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire (as shown in the chart below.)
The term was first popularized in a 1985 New York Magazine cover story, which described a group of roughly interchangeable, but already highly successful and rich, teen stars.[2] However, the story covered a group of actors much larger than the currently understood meaning of the phrase "Brat Pack". For example, the article mentioned actors such as Tom Cruise (for Risky Business and The Outsiders), Matt Dillon (The Outsiders and Tex), Matthew Broderick (Wargames, Ferris Bueller's Day Off), and Sean Penn (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) along with the more traditional members.
Some actors who appeared as supporting cast members in John Hughes' movies, such as John Cusack, James Spader and Mary Stuart Masterson, are often closely linked to the group. While not considered core members, these actors exist at the periphery of the Brat Pack, or as "auxiliary members", or otherwise have their careers tied to costars in the Brat Pack.[citation needed] Other popular young adult actors from the 1980s, such as Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon, have also been associated with the Brat Pack, though neither actor appeared in any of the traditional Brat Pack movies.[citation needed] Appearance in one, or both, of The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire is usually cited as a prerequisite for being a Brat Pack member. Through frequent collaborative work, actor Harry Dean Stanton, in his late 50s, became a mentor for the group of young actors.
Beyond the two primary films, the list of movies that are considered "Brat Pack" movies is as fluid as its list of members. Other movies these actors starred in, with similar teen coming-of-age themes, are also tied into the Brat Pack actors. One commonly included movie not included is Weird Science, which starred only one member, but was directed by John Hughes and is included in a Universal Studios "Brat Pack" box set.[3].
Here's a Web site, but I will pity you if you feel the need to use it: http://www.thebratpacksite.com/
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