Pretty in Pink is a 1986 film about teenage love and social cliques in 1980s American high school. It is notable for belonging to the genre of 1980s, teenage, John Hughes movies starring Molly Ringwald and may be said to be one of the Brat Pack movies.
The film was directed by Howard Deutch, produced by Lauren Shuler, and written by John Hughes.
Tagline: Blane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Ducky's pretty crazy.
Main cast
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Plot summary
Molly Ringwald stars as Andie Walsh, a poor, but fashion-conscious New Wave girl who has a crush on one of the rich boys in her school, Blane McDonnagh, played by Andrew McCarthy. When Andie and Blane try to get together, the pair encounter resistance from their respective social circles.
Andie is ashamed of her unemployed, drunken father and her home on the "wrong side of the tracks." She gets some bad treatment from Blane's circle of friends, especially Steff played by James Spader. Likewise, Blane gets some shabby treatment from Andie's friends when he tries to cross to the other side of town.
Andie's friends are Duckie played by Jon Cryer, a strange boy who is in love with her, and Iona played by Annie Potts. Iona is an eccentric older friend, mentor, and something of a fairy godmother to Andie. She owns a record shop and wears vintage clothes.
The film ending has Andie and Blane overcoming their social obstacles in a sort of Cinderella ending (poor girl gets magical transformation), when Andie creates herself a pink dress for the high school senior prom.
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