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I used to really like Anthony Michael Hall, who starred in several teen films in the 80s
Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, film producer, and director who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s.
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Anthony Michael Hall
Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, film producer, and director who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1983 comedy "National Lampoon's Vacation" and the coming-of-age comedy "Sixteen Candles", shaped his early career. Hall's next movies with Hughes were the teen classics "The Breakfast Club" and "Weird Science", both in 1985. Hall diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as his geek persona, joining the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (1985–1986) and starring in films such as "Out of Bounds" (1986), "Johnny Be Good" (1988), "Edward Scissorhands" (1990) and "Six Degrees of Separation" (1993).
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes, starring Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. The storyline follows five teenagers, each members of different high school cliques, who spend a Saturday in detention together and come to realize that they are all more than their respective stereotypes, while facing a strict disciplinarian. The film premiered in Los Angeles on February 7, 1985. Universal Pictures released the film in cinemas in the United States on February 15, 1985.
John Hughes (filmmaker)
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed and/or scripted some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and early 1990s including the comedy "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983), the coming-of-age comedy "Sixteen Candles" (1984), the teen sci-fi comedy "Weird Science" (1985), the coming-of-age comedy-drama "The Breakfast Club" (1985), the coming-of-age comedy "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986), the romantic comedy-drama "Pretty in Pink" (1986), the romance "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987), the comedies "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987) and "Uncle Buck" (1989), the Christmas family comedy "Home Alone" (1990) and its sequel, "" (1992).
Teen idol
A teen idol is a celebrity with a large teenage fan-base. Teen idols are generally young but not necessarily teenaged. Often teen idols are actors or musicians, like Ariana Grande and Niall Horan, but some sports figures also have an appeal to teenagers. Some teen idols began their careers as child actors, like Lindsay Lohan. The idol's popularity may be limited to teens, or may extend to all age groups. Many teen idols are targeted for adults for nostalgia purposes. There were teen idols before there were teen magazines, but idols have always been a permanent feature in magazines such as "Seventeen", "16", "Tiger Beat" and "Right On!"
Brat Pack (actors)
The Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented in the 1980s. First mentioned in a 1985 "New York" magazine article, it is now usually defined as the cast members of two specific films released in 1985—"The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmo's Fire"—although other actors are sometimes included. The "core" members are considered to be Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The term "Brat Pack", a play on the Rat Pack from the 1950s and 1960s, was first popularized in a 1985 "New York" magazine cover story, which described a group of highly successful film stars in their early twenties.
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Pirates of Silicon Valley is an original 1999 American made for television biographical drama film, directed by Martyn Burke and starring Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates. Spanning the years 1971–1997 and based on Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine's 1984 book "Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer, "it explores the impact of the rivalry between Jobs (Apple Computer) and Gates (Microsoft) on the development of the personal computer. Steve Jobs (Noah Wyle) is speaking with director Ridley Scott (J. G. Hertzler), about the creation of the 1984 commercial for , which introduced the first Macintosh.
Teen film
Teen film is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers and young adults, such as coming of age, attempting to fit in, peer pressure, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst or alienation. Often these normally serious subject matters are presented in a glossy, stereotyped or trivialized way. For legal reasons, many teenage characters are portrayed by young adults. Some teen films appeal to young males while others appeal to young females. Films in this genre are often set in high schools and colleges or contain characters that are of high school or college age.