Pretty in Pink
Pretty in Pink is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s. The film stars Molly Ringwald and Harry Dean Stanton alongside Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, and Andrew McCarthy. A cult classic, it is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack" film. The film follows high school senior Andie Walsh (Ringwald), and her relationships with her love interest Blane McDonnagh (McCarthy), her best friend Philip F. "Duckie" Dale (Cryer), and her father (Dean Stanton).
Plot
High school senior Andie Walsh lives with her underemployed working-class father, Jack, in a Chicago suburb. Andie's best friend, an outsider named Philip "Duckie" Dale, is in love with her, but is afraid to tell her how he truly feels. In school, Duckie and Andie, along with their friends, are harassed and bullied by the arrogant "richie" and popular kids, specifically Benny Hanson and her boyfriend, Steff McKee, who finds Andie attractive and secretly resents having been rejected by her.
More details
| author | John Hughes |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | Howard Deutch |
| editor | Richard Marks |
| genre | comedy-drama romance social |
| keywords | best friend bully first kiss house party joke kiss parking lot preppy record store reject rich kids richie spoil talk walk |
| musicBy | Michael Gore |
| producer | Lauren Shuler Donner |
| publisher | American Film Institute Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles Santa Monica |
| theme | high school romantic comedy teen romance |