Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy attend a long detention (7 AM - 3 PM - really?) in a nice school library in Chicago, and get to know each other. Paul Gleason is the supervising teacher, John Kapelos the janitor.
Dede Allen reports that Hall had a sweetness and Sheedy a kookiness that she helped exploit, and that one of the execs hated the 'analysis' scene, which is of course the crux of the film. It can easily be criticised for featuring a cast of stereotypes, but nonetheless is fun.
Thomas del Ruth shot it in the closed Maine North High School, Illinois. The library set was built in the gym.
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