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The Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s. 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. [1]
Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) [1] is an American actor, travel writer, and television director. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Mannequin, and Weekend at Bernie's. He is ranked No. 40 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars of all-time list.
The film explores the Brat Pack, a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in coming-of-age films, and the impact on their lives and careers. Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Timothy Hutton, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Lea Thompson and Jon Cryer appear in the film, as do producer Lauren Shuler Donner, writer and director Howard Deutch, and David Blum, the journalist who coined the term ...
By 2005, Entertainment Weekly had dropped the "Slacker Pack" term and followed suit, referring to the aforementioned crop of actors as the "Frat Pack". [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The name is an allusion to the Rat Pack (and the later Brat Pack ), combined with a reference to the group's popular fraternity -related film Old School , and the sophomoric ...
Brit Pack" is a term that has been used to refer to specific groups of young British actors who have achieved success in Hollywood, as well as more generally to the entire group of such actors. According to TalkTalk , "every decade brings a new Brit Pack, another disparate group of actors backed by the media to achieve simultaneous Hollywood ...
Estevez received much attention during the 1980s for being a member of the Brat Pack and was credited as the leader of the group of young actors. [8] Estevez and Rob Lowe established the Brat Pack when cast as supporting "Greasers" in an early Brat Pack movie, The Outsiders based on the novel.
The Brat Pack referred to a group of young actors in the 1980s, who were frequently cast in teen films together, like "The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmo's Fire."
Along with core Brat Pack members Lowe and Estevez, The Outsiders also features a number of Pack-adjacent actors including Tom Cruise and Matt Dillon. 1. The Breakfast Club (1985)