about me
# Don't, don't, don't, don't
# Don't you forget about me
# Will you stand above me?
# Look my way but never love me?
# Rain keeps falling
# Rain keeps falling down
# Down, down
# Will you recognise me?
# Call my name or walk on by?
# As the rain keeps falling
# Rain keeps falling
# Down, down, down #
(Johnson) 'Dear Mr Vernon,
'we accept that we had to sacrifice
Saturday in detention for what we did.
'But you're crazy to make us
write who we think we are.
'You see us as you want to,
'in the simplest terms and
the most convenient definitions.
'But what we found out
is that each one of us is a brain...'
(Andrew) 'And an athlete...'
(Allison) 'And a basket case...'
(Claire) 'A princess...'
(Bender) 'And a criminal.'
(Johnson)
'Does that answer your question?
'Sincerely yours,
'The Breakfast Club.'(# SIMPLE MINDS:
"Don't You Forget About Me")
# Won't you come see about me?
# I'll be alone, dancing
# You know it, baby
# Tell me your troubles and doubts
# Giving me everэthing, inside and out
# Love's strange, so real in the dark
# Think of the tender things
# That we were working on
# Slow change may pull us apart
# When the light
gets into your heart, baby
# Don't you forget about me
# Don't, don't, don't, don't
# Don't you forget about me
# Will you stand above me?
# Look my way but never love me?
# Rain keeps falling
# Rain keeps falling down
# Down, down #
(Boy) 'Saturday, March 24th, 1984.
'Shermer High School,
Shermer, Illinois. 60062.
'Dear Mr Vernon,
'we accept that we had to sacrifice
Saturday in detention for what we did.
'What we did was wrong.
'But you're crazy to make us write
an essay about who we think we are.
'What do you care?
'You see us as you want to see us,
'in the simplest terms
and most convenient definitions.
'You see us as a brain,
'an athlete, a basket case,
'a princess and a criminal.
'Correct?
'Thaќs how we saw each other
at 7:00 this morning.
'We were brainwashed.'
I can't believe
you can't get me out of this.
I mean, iќs so absurd
I have to be here on a Saturday.
- I'm not a defective.
- I'll make it up to you.
Ditching class to go shopping doesn't
make you a defective. Have a good day.
- Iќs the first or last time we do this?
- The last.
- Use the time to your advantage.
- We're not supposed to study.
- You figure out a way to study.
- Yeah.
Well, go!
I screwed around. Guys screw around.
There's nothing wrong with that.
- Except you got caught.
- Mum already reamed me, all right.
You want to miss a match?
You want to blow your ride?
No school's going to give
a scholarship to a discipline case.
Well, well. Here we are.
I want to congratulate you
for being on time.
Excuse me, sir.
There's been a mistake.
I know iќs detention,
but I don't think I belong in here.
It is now 7:06.
You have eight hours and 54 minutes
to think about why you're here,
to ponder the error of your ways.
You may not talk.
You will not move from these seats.
And you... will not sleep.
We're going to try
something a little different.
We are going to write an essay
of no less than a thousand words,
describing who you think you are.
- Is this a test?
- When I say essay, I mean essay.
I do not mean a single word
repeated a thousand times.
- Is that clear, Mr Bender?
- Crystal.
(Man) Good. Maybe you'll learn
something about yourself.
Maybe you'll decide
whether you care to return.
I can answer that right now, sir.
That would be "no" for me because...
- Sit down, Johnson.
- Thank you, sir.
(Man) My office is right across that hall.
Any monkey business is ill-advised.
Any questions?
(Bender) Yeah, I've got a question.
Does Barry Manilow
know you raid his wardrobe?
I'll answer that next Saturday.
Don't mess with the bull, young man -
you'll get the horns.
That man... he's a brownie hound.
(Chipping)
You keep eating your hand, you're not
going to be hungry for lunch.
I've seen you before, you