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Maine North High School location; built library set; shared Ferris Bueller location; 150-minute director's cut; deleted scenes; Hall's growth spurt; Don't You Forget About Me origin; Parmesan-cheese dandruff; Carl as Man of the Year
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- Filming took place at Maine North High School in Illinois, already closed, with the library built as a set.
- The research says Bender's flinch at Vernon's fake punch was genuine.
- The same location served Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and the research says Hughes shot the two concurrently to save time and money.
- As read on air, Hughes was disappointed that Nelson stayed in character and tormented Ringwald off camera, and considered firing him until other cast members intervened.
- At a 25th-anniversary reunion Sheedy is said to have revealed a 150-minute director's cut, held by Hughes's widow, with deleted scenes including a dream sequence where Sheedy falls asleep and a steamier Claire-Bender scene; the hosts call them good cuts.
- Vernon is said to be based on a teacher and wrestling coach Hughes had in high school.
- Anthony Michael Hall reportedly grew about two inches during the in-sequence shoot.
- A scripted scene of Vernon and Carl spying on a teacher swimming naked was cut after Ringwald pushed to remove it.
- The songwriter approached for the soundtrack wrote 'Don't You Forget About Me' inspired by Brian's will-we-still-be-friends question; Bryan Ferry was approached before Simple Minds recorded it, and it became their most famous song, unlike their other work.
- The hosts relay a story that the actor playing Carl clashed with Estevez after a remark about Martin Sheen's heart attack while Estevez and Nelson tried to make him laugh.
- Allison's dandruff was Parmesan cheese.
- The flare-gun damage is visible on Brian's locker early on, and Carl appears as Man of the Year.
- A deleted Carl scene predicted the five kids' futures 30 years on, and was cut.