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Article: DEJA VU: THE BRAT PACK IS BACK '80S TEEN ANGST FLICKS REMAIN POPULAR .(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 2, 1998
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Byline: SARA HOV, HIGH SCHOOL CORRESPONDENT
IF YOU ARE between the ages of 15 and 35, you probably recognize the following names: Molly Ringwald. Anthony Michael Hall. Andrew McCarthy. Rob Lowe.
These actors are commonly known as the Brat Pack, a group of good-looking, too-cool-for-words twentysomethings whose careers climaxed in the 1980s. Throw in Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, director John Hughes and - voila - you have a classic '80s movie like ``The Breakfast Club,'' ``Pretty in Pink,'' ``Weird Science'' and ``St. Elmo's Fire.''
Although none of these movies is Oscar-worthy, they're regarded as classics by today's teen-agers. Teens say that ...