Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds to appear in film documentary

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Simple Minds

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Stay the Course Productions today announced the making of a feature documentary that follows a sociological and psychological tribute to director John Hughes' coming-of-age teen movies, including 1985's The Breakfast Club.

The 90-minute feature film documentary, named after Simple Minds' best selling single Don't You (Forget About Me) which topped the US Billboard Singles Chart.

During the eighties John Hughes was Hollywood's quintessential teen movie director and scored a successive number of "Brat-Pack" hit movies aimed at the teen market - The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink!, Ferris Buller's Day Off, Weird Science and Sixteen Candles.

Out of all of Hughes's films, The Breakfast Club continues to represent a timeless voice to a new generation of teenagers as well as the original teens who were touched by the message of the movie 20 years ago.

The films have been handed down to a new generation of inspired teenagers,

says director Matt Austin.

People who went on their first date or discovered their first kiss, experienced it all when they first saw the movie when it originally came out in cinemas across North America. It was also one of the first movies to score a hit album soundtrack, and like Dirty Dancing and Grease, was also one of the first movies aimed at a teen audience that scored a No.1 best selling single in America.

When we were asked to participate in the documentary, at first I was surprised the Breakfast Club had became such a cult since it was originally released twenty years ago, says Jim Kerr, lead vocalist with Simple Minds. The song has become our biggest hit in America, and when we heard the rest of the original cast from the movie agreed to be interviewed for the documentary, we felt it was only fitting to participate.

Simple Minds will be filmed for the documentary when they play their final concert on their current world tour is at the T on the Fringe festival in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 28th. The band's current studio album, "Black & White 050505", is planned for North American release next year to coincide with the band's 30th Anniversary.

Daniel O'Connell