In stark contrast to most depictions on film, Andy gets an unprecedented surge of energy, rampages around the library and screams with such gusto it shatters glass.
However, the one that really stands out is the unexpected reaction of Emilio Estevez’s Andy to his brush with marijuana. The film has of course got a few dated moments the makeover scene and a couple of Bender’s less savoury comments among them. Instead, Hughes managed to neatly tap into that high-school mindset with typical skill and honesty. Little interactions like Bender and Brian bantering about lamps and trigonometry are extremely snappy, and pretty much anything Bender says to Mr Vernon is pure gold: ‘What if your dope was on fire?’ ‘Impossible, sir. The film does have its serious moments, but it’s also far funnier than its perhaps given credit for. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all’ and ‘Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe’ being just a couple of choice examples. There are great lines dotted throughout the movie: ‘We’re all pretty bizarre. Poignant, funny and thoroughly relatable, the screenplay presents a touching tale of teen angst which doesn’t seek to patronise or trivialise the teenager’s experiences and still resonates, even if you’ve long left your school days behind.
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Hughes reportedly wrote the initial screenplay for the movie in just two days based on his own high-school experiences.
Hughes’ direction is superb, with the strange isolated atmosphere of school at a weekend perfectly captured and the young cast shine thanks, in part, to the director encouraging them to bond and improvise on set.Īs sterling as that aspect of Hughes’ work is, it’s his script that stands out. John Hughes in 1990 (Picture: Paul Natkin/WireImage)Īs writer, producer and director, it’s very much Hughes’ vision that we see up on-screen.
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