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. A cult classic, it is commonly identified as a "Brat Pack" film. It was directed by Howard Deutch, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, and written by John Hughes, who also served as co-executive producer. The film was named after a song by the Psychedelic Furs, and the film's soundtrack, which has been acclaimed as "among the most brilliant in modern cinema", features a re-recorded version of the song. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "If You Leave" became an international hit and charted at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1986.
Plot
High school senior Andie Walsh lives with her underemployed working-class father, Jack, in a Chicago suburb. Andie's best friend, the outsider Phil "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" 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 |
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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 |
productionCompany | American Film Institute Paramount Pictures |
publisher | Paramount Pictures |
recordedAt | Los Angeles Santa Monica |
theme | high school romantic comedy teen romance |