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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

Molly Ringwald
- Andie Walsh
Harry Dean Stanton
- Jack Walsh
Jon Cryer
- Duckie
Annie Potts
- Iona
James Spader
- Steff
Andrew McCarthy
- Blane McDonnagh
Kate Vernon
- Benny Hanson
Andrew Dice Clay
- Bouncer at CATS (as Andrew 'Dice' Clay)

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.

Trivia

In the film, Andie ends up with rich, preppy Blane. However, when test-screened before its official release, Andie was supposed to have hooked up with stylin' best friend Duckie. The novelization retains the Andie-Duckie ending.
The title of the movie "Pretty in Pink" was a pre-existing Psychedelic Furs song that was put on the successful soundtrack.
Andrew McCarthy wore a wig in the final scene because he had already shaved his head for a play. John Hughes changed the original ending resulting in a reshoot. McCarthy is also thinner.
If You Leave, the song featured in the pivotal Prom scene, was OMD's biggest US hit single, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The tv show Veronica Mars pays homage to Pretty in Pink in the episode Ruskie Business, in which the characters Meg and Duncan go to an 80s dance dressed up as Andie and Ducky, respectively.

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