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'American Teen' has some '80s style angst
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The 'American Teen' movie poster gives
us a throwback vibe.
In American Teen, Academy Award-nominated director Nanette Burstein documents the life of five teenagers in Middle America with an honest grit that was so intriguing that the people at Sundance gave it stellar reviews.
Following the formula from John Hughes’ classic story of teen angst, “The Breakfast Club,” Burstein takes us into the lives of a jock (Colin), a popular girl (Megan), a heartthrob (Mitch), a geek (Jake) and an artsy girl (Hannah).
Speaking of The Breakfast Club, take a gander at the movie poster (pictured to the left). It uncannily follows the style from the original one done by the “Brat Pack” – right down to the Molly Ringwald chic boots.
I recently got the chance to speak to four of the teens from the film (although, they are no longer ‘teens’ because they are in college) in San Francisco about the documentary, their angst and most importantly, the ‘80s style of this fabulous poster.
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The original 'American Teens' from 'The
Breakfast Club.'
“It’s amazing!” says former high school queen, Megan. “I want to get a big copy of it for my room”
Even so, the picture was not as fun as it looks. The iconic pose made famous by Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy is actually a modeling feat.
“It was very painful,” says the charming heartthrob Mitch. “Our knees were hurting so bad that we were cramping up.”
Megan turns to Mitch and defends her position on the floor, “Your knees were killing you? My hips were killing me!”
“We posed for about two and a half hours,” adds veteran high school basketball star Colin. “The three most painful were me, Mitch and Megan. Jake was sitting. What you don’t see is that Mitch was practically wall sitting on a little box. And I was down on my knee for two and a half hours on concrete.”
It may have been a crazy shoot, but it’s probably one of the coolest movie posters of the year.
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