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Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
NOTHING COMPARES TO HUGHES: Teen Cinema and the Man Who Would Change It Forever
ETERNAL FLAME: Sixteen Candles Lights Up the Screen
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS: The Breakfast Club “Breaks the Rules, Bares Their Souls,” and Revolutionizes the Teen Film Genre
NOT JUST FOR BREAKFAST ANYMORE: Inside the Heat of St. Elmo’s Fire
BECOMING “THE BRAT PACK”: A Magazine Writer Coins the Term That Permanently Labels Young Hollywood
SITTING PRETTY: Ringwald and Hughes Reteam for Pretty in Pink , a Rose-Tinted Look at Teenage Love
WE GOT THE BEAT: Behind the Music of the Brat Pack Films
I LOVE FERRIS IN THE SPRINGTIME: Ferris Bueller Crafts the Perfect Day Off Before Graduating from High School—and John Hughes Graduates from Directing Teen Films
TEENS IN WONDERLAND: The Drama Behind Some Kind of Wonderful
THE END OF THE INNOCENCE: The Brat Pack Makes the Tough Transition to Adulthood, While John Hughes’s Power in Hollywood Grows
ANYTHING , AND EVERYTHING: In the Last of the Great Eighties Youth Films, Cameron Crowe and John Cusack Say Anything About the Passion of Young Love
PACK TO THE FUTURE: The Eighties Become the Nineties, John Hughes Becomes the Creator of One of the Highest-Grossing Comedies of All Time, and the Brat Pack Actors Become the People They Are Today
LIFE MOVES PRETTY FAST: John Hughes’s Final Years
DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME: How the Brat Pack and Their Films Changed a Generation
WHEN THE LIGHT GETS INTO YOUR HEART
NOTES
You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation Page 44