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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097360421644
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 990
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: February 28, 1986
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The era of Molly Ringwald's profitable collaboration with writer-producer-director John Hughes (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club) was at its peak with this 1986 film (directed by Howard Deutch but in every sense part of the developing Hughes empire). Ringwald plays a high school girl on the budget side of the tracks, living with her warm and loving father (Harry Dean Stanton) and usually accompanied by her insecure best friend (Jon Cryer). When a wealthy but well-meaning boy (Andrew McCarthy) asks her out, her perspective is overturned and Cryer's character is threatened. As was the case in the mid-'80s, Hughes (who wrote the script and produced the film) brought his special feel for the cross-currents of adolescent life to this story. In its very commercial way, it is an honest, entertaining piece about growing pains. The attractive supporting cast (many of whom are much better known now) does a terrific job, and Ringwald and Cryer have excellent chemistry. --Tom Keogh
Product Description:
Teen sensations Molly Ringwald (Sixteen Candles The Breakfast Club) and Andrew McCarthy (St. Elmo's Fire) drew raves for their starring performances in this hit love story by John Hughes (The Breakfast Club Ferris Bueller's Day Off).She's a high school girl from the wrong side of town. He's the wealthy heart-throb who asks her to the prom. But as fast as their romance builds it's threatened by the painful reality of peer pressure. A bittersweet story with an upbeat ending and a phenomenal rock score Pretty in Pink also stars Harry Dean Stanton Jon Cryer James Spader and Annie Potts.System Requirements:Running Time: 96 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 097360421644 Manufacturer No: 042164
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Rating:  - Molly's best John Hughes film.
"Pretty in Pink" is one of my very favorite movies. John Hughes did a brilliant job with this film! He put Molly Ringwald with a brilliant cast that was amazing and he touched on the touchy subject of social class in High School very well.
(May Contain Spoilers)
Andie Walsh, (Molly Ringwald) lives with her unemployed father (Harry Dean Stanton) in the wrong side of town. Andie is a very headstrong girl who isn't very well liked with any of her peers exept her friend Jenna and Duckie Dale, (Jon Cryer) the boy next door that would do anything for her. She and Duckie are often made fun of by the popular kids, especially Steff, (James Spader). But one popular guy Blaine, (Andrew McCarthey) has been secretly lusting after Andie.
Andie works at Trax, a new wave music store with her older on the outside friend Iona, (Annie Potts) who advises Andie to go to her prom despite not having a date to enjoy it with. Blaine then comes in to buy an album and they talk briefly. In the computer lab next day at school, Andie realizes that she is falling for Blaine and vice versa. Blaine then breaks the social barrier to ask Andie out on a date, much to his buddy Steff's dismay. Andie's buddy Duckie doesn't approve either. Unfortunately, Andie and Blaine have to deal with the wrath of the student body for their relationship. Prom is coming up and the peer pressure suddenly gets to Blaine, leaving Andie dateless. Blaine decides to ignore all of his peers and goes back to Andie ... Read More
Rating:  - Pretty in Pink
Can't even watch it as it was made in Mexico it doesn't work in any DVD players. Would have been great if i've was told that before i bought it.
Rating: - Goofy Plot, but Strong Cast & Characters Make This Teen Flick Memorable.
I didn't see "Pretty and Pink" in the 1980s, but the film's enduring popularity motivated me to take a look 22 years hence. "Pretty in Pink" is part of John Hughes' oeuvre of '80s teen flicks, even though Hughes did not direct the film. Hughes wrote and produced; Howard Deutch makes his feature film debut directing. As was common with John Hughes films, the plot is simple and silly. The substance is supposed to be in the behavior. Unlike his other films, I think that Hughes achieved more with casting in "Pretty and Pink" than with dialogue or behavior, which accounts for its staying power. The film is a showcase of early work for a lot of big names.
The plot is lifted straight out of Cinderella. Andie (Molly Ringwald) is a barely working class high school senior with a terminally unemployed father (Harry Dean Stanton). She's responsible, ambitious, and doesn't let poverty stand between herself and a trendy wardrobe. She sews her own over-the-top '80s fashions. Andie's greatest wish is that dreamy rich boy Blane (Andrew McCarthy) will invite her to the prom, but the only rich boy who has paid her attention so far is Blane's rakish friend Steff (James Spader). Andie's eccentric friend since childhood, Duckie (Jon Cryer), pines after her, but seems destined to friend status.
"Pretty and Pink" doesn't resonate the way that many of John Hughes' teen movies did. I grew up poor and attended a rich high school, like Andie, but the way the characters interact in this movie doesn't ... Read More
Rating: - Warm Cinderella tale
Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald)is a kid from the wrong side of the tracks .She is however self-confident,pretty and stylish ,making her own clothes and cajoling her widower father Jack (Harry Dean Stanton)into looking foe work .He is still deep in mourning for his wife's death ,Andie is a good student and works part time in a record store .She is however having a tough time -the "ugly sister" types being the well to do female students who pick on her and her friends.She is also the target of the boorish advances of the preening rick kid Steff Mckee (James Spader).Andie is adored by the geeky "Duckie",more properly known as Phil Dale (Jon Cryer) who is quite willing to announce to her Dad that he wishes to marry her but who never asks here to the prom ,an event avoided by the poorer kids in the school.
Enter rich kid Blaine (Andrew McCarthy ,not as snobbish as the others in his set and who woos Andie, a process not without its ups and downs and which divides him from his friends especially McKee .The theme of money and class runs through this movie very clearly and helps make the movie less sugary than it might otherwise have been .
The performances are good especially from Stanton who brings a welcome touch os astringency to the role .The John Hughes script is fine and Howard Deutch directs expertly aided by a well chosen 80's soundtrack(which I did not like as it is not my musical thing but it does suit the movie well and that is the prime consideration ,surely)
Nice Cinderella ... Read More
Rating: - Classic 80's
The 80's were known for the great teen flicks, and to me this movie is THE King of them.
I love "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club" just as much as anyone, but for some reason "Pretty In Pink" stands out above them.
Andie is the smart, well rounded girl from the wrong side of the tracks...her mom leaves three years before and she is basically left to care for her father.
Duckie is her best friend who also happens to be in love with her...although at times is borderline obsessed.
Blane is the cute, rich guy who seems to have a little more depth and charisma than his friends...who also falls in love with her.
Steff is, well just Steff. The cool guy who wears the preppy jackets, baggy pants and smokes in the hallway.
Duckie, Blane and Steff all fight for Andie's affections, but in the end Andie goes with her heart and ends up with Blane.
A lot of PIP fans wanted her with Duckie, but as the movie taught sometimes you can love someone a lot and they just don't love you back.
But it also taught that friendship is just as powerful as love.
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