’Breakfast Club’ cast members attend anniversary screening
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Actresses Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy reminisced about making “The Breakfast Club” at a screening of the fully-restored iconic 1985 film.
A table stacked high with glazed doughnuts greeted attendees to Monday’s screening at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Ringwald and Sheedy conducted a question-and-answer session.
The re-mastered film’s release comes 30 years after the original production. It hits theaters March 26.
The film chronicles five high school students in Saturday detention.
Played by Ringwald, Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson, they aren’t all initially friends, but become close by day’s end.
It also features the Simple Minds hit “Don’t You (Forget About Me).”
Ringwald said the movie’s message, that “we are all outsiders and everyone feels alone,” still rings true.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Blues Brothers found a new mission.
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi’s widow, Judy Belushi, launched Blues Brothers Records.
The new record label is dedicated to the development of blues artists. The label’s music will be distributed by Capitol Music Group’s Blue Note Records.
Aykroyd and John Belushi originally performed as the sunglass-clad siblings on “Saturday Night Live” and later in the 1980 film “The Blues Brothers.”
Aykroyd said in a statement Monday he’s excited for the label to find the next generation of blues performers.
Aykroyd previously co-founded the House of Blues, which will be partnering with the record label for promotional events at House of Blues venues.