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Author Topic: The Breakfast Club John B. Keathley Film Handler Posts: 29 From: Fort Worth TX Registered: Mar 2009 posted 05-10-2009 11:40 AM                     Another trip to The Inwood in Dallas! CINEMA: Landmark's Inwood Theatre, Dallas TX AUDITORIUM: Downstairs, Number One PRESENTATION: 35MM/Stereo PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: Old Print, Scratched Throughout, and Wrong Apature Plate In Place RATING: Two 1/2 Stars Once again, my Lead Projectionist and I went to a midnight show. Aside from the look of the print, it appeared that the scope plate was left on from the previous show. This time, the A/C stayed on for most of the movie!  |  IP: Logged Jim Bedford Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 597 From: Telluride, CO, USA (733 mi. WNW of Rockwall, TX but it seems much, much longer) Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-10-2009 12:12 PM                        Quite OT. The post above appears to be reviewing the theatre and the presentation since nothing is said about this very entertaining and groundbreaking film.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-10-2009 02:26 PM                     I thought "B.C." was in mono were I ran it at in 1985. Don't think that their was ever a Dolby stereo mix of this movie. But true, one of the best classic "Brat Pak" movies of John Hughes. This one really put the stars on the map along with other Hughes movies that came out in this time frame. Even the opening music of Simple Mind's "Don't you forget about me." turned out to be a hit for that band in early 1985. Personally, my definite John Hughes favorite was "Ferris Bueller (1986)". I had dreams that Matthew Broadwick and Michael J Fox would team up to be in a film by Hughes since Fox was still fresh out of the oven from doing "Back to the Future"...but 'oh well' it was a nice dream... To list the great comedy films of John Hughes: National Lampoon's Vacation, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Home Alone and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. -Monte  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-11-2009 05:40 PM                     I also thought there were only mono prints. The last line in the blurb at the top of the poster always amused me. Great film though...loved it from the moment Simple Minds hit on the Universal title.  |  IP: Logged Stu Jamieson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 524 From: Buccan, Qld, Australia Registered: Jan 2008 posted 05-11-2009 05:52 PM                     Haha, how deliciously subversive! That tagline there (They only met once......etc), wasn't that the tagline for Predator?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-11-2009 06:13 PM                     Course, I keep forgetting that in those days, there were dual issued sound prints - Mono and Dolby Stereo .. we had the mono release. -Monte  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-11-2009 10:41 PM                     quote: Stu Jamieson That tagline there (They only met once......etc), wasn't that the tagline for Predator? Wow! I've never noticed that before. But even more amazing...  |  IP: Logged Julie Lucero Film Handler Posts: 37 From: Valencia, California, USA Registered: Sep 2008 posted 05-13-2009 01:46 AM                     quote: John Wilson I also thought there were only mono prints. John, Look carefully at the bottom of the BREAKFAST CLUB poster you included in your post. Notice there's a DOLBY STEREO logo? What's interesting is that I own a copy of that poster...and it does NOT have the DOLBY credit. It's the same in every other respect. What explains that?  |  IP: Logged Sean Weitzel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Vacaville, CA (1790 miles west of Rockwall) Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-13-2009 02:17 AM                     The version of the song across the opening credits of this movie will always remain my favorite version. The extended drum break and instrumental intro before the lyrics start really work well for the tune. The 12 inch vinyl single of the song is very close to what's in the film but not identical. I expect that obtaining a clean copy without Anthony Hall's narration will forever remain as elusive as getting a clean copy of Belinda Carslile's "In my Wildest Dreams" without the sound effects over the opening title of "Mannequin"  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-13-2009 02:38 AM                     ..and interestingly enough, that song by Simple Minds never hit on any of their released albums during the 80's... ..just a single only...  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-13-2009 05:12 PM                     quote: Julie Lucero John, Look carefully at the bottom of the BREAKFAST CLUB poster you included in your post. Notice there's a DOLBY STEREO logo? You're right...there's no way a poster would ever bear incorrect information. quote: John Wilson I also thought there were only mono prints. Note I didn't say "Mr. Keathley, you are an idiot...there are only mono prints of The Breakfast Club?" It appears there were indeed stereo prints struck...well, hooray. Now all is right with the world. quote: Julie Lucero What's interesting is that I own a copy of that poster...and it does NOT have the DOLBY credit. So, surely by your definition of a poster's infallibility, all prints of 'The Breakfast Club' must be mono, right? Anyone ever run a stereo print of 'Top Secret'?  |  IP: Logged Julie Lucero Film Handler Posts: 37 From: Valencia, California, USA Registered: Sep 2008 posted 05-13-2009 06:09 PM                     Whoa...I wasn't trying to claim you were wrong, John. I think you may have misread my comment, but I apologize if I mislead you. What I was trying to accomplish with my comment was to point out that we have an interesting mystery on our hands since two versions of the BREAKFAST CLUB poster were produced (one with a Dolby logo, one without) and since some folks are recalling it as a mono movie and others are recalling it as Dolby.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-13-2009 08:08 PM                     Alrighty then...I must have read it the wrong way. If that's the case, then I apologise.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-13-2009 08:45 PM                        quote: Julie Lucero two versions of the BREAKFAST CLUB poster were produced (one with a Dolby logo, one without) It was probably just an "advance" onesheet vs. a "final" one. I didn't like this movie when we ran it as a new film, and haven't seen it since then. I thought it was boring. Probably should give it another chance. Molly Ringwald was hot though.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-13-2009 08:53 PM                     If I recall correctly, that was a dual inventory release.  |  IP: Logged

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