Pretty in Pink
Short description
Pretty in Pink centres on Andie Walsh, a high school student from a modest background who lives with her unemployed father and works at a record store to help make ends meet. Her classmates are mostly wealthy, and she moves between two worlds: the store, where she spends time with her older boss, and school, where her quirky friend Duckie, who is interested in her, keeps her company. When Blane, a popular boy from a comfortable family, asks her out, the attraction is mutual, but the people around them make the relationship difficult.
The film was directed by Howard Deutch, the first of his features, from a screenplay by John Hughes, and was produced by Lauren Shuler Donner. Molly Ringwald plays Andie, with Andrew McCarthy as Blane, Jon Cryer as Duckie, Annie Potts as Iona, Harry Dean Stanton as Andie's father Jack, and James Spader as Steff McKee. On a budget of about 9 million dollars, it took roughly 40 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.7/10 from around 95,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.7/10 from about 1,251 votes; a critics' rating of 6.4/10 from 117 reviews sits slightly below those audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was shot at the same high school as the musical 'Grease' (1978).
- The film is dedicated to the memory of actress Alexa Kenin, who played Jenna, and artist Bruce Waintraub. Alexa was murdered in New York several months after the film's release. Waintraub passed away around the same time.
- Anthony Michael Hall, who had previously appeared in three Hughes films, turned down the role of Ducky, stating that he found the character to be a complete idiot.
- Originally, John Hughes envisioned a film where the protagonist was a young man, not a young woman.
- The title “Pretty in Pink” came from the song of the same name by the Psychedelic Furs.
- After the film’s release, a novel by H.B. Gilmour appeared, based on John Hughes’ screenplay.
- Originally, in the finale, Andy was supposed to end up with Duckie. However, test screenings showed that audiences wanted to see Andy with Blaine. Hughes made changes for two reasons: 1) he didn't know how the public would react to the idea that the poor and the rich could never be together; 2) by the end of filming, Ringwald looked so exhausted that it was noticeable in the film.
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