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{{short description|1986 film by Howard Deutch}} {{about|the film|the song of the same name by the Psychedelic Furs|Pretty in Pink (song)|other uses}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Pretty in Pink | image = Pretty In Pink poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Howard Deutch]] | producer = [[Lauren Shuler Donner|Lauren Shuler]] | writer = [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Molly Ringwald]] * [[Harry Dean Stanton]] * [[Jon Cryer]] * [[Annie Potts]] * [[James Spader]] * [[Andrew McCarthy]] <!-- per poster billing block --> }} | music = [[Michael Gore]] | cinematography = [[Tak Fujimoto]] | editing = [[Richard Marks]] | distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=67116|title=Pretty in Pink|work=[[American Film Institute]]|access-date=November 5, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415163509/http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=67116|url-status=live}}</ref> | released = {{film date|1986|01|29|[[Grauman's Chinese Theatre|Mann's Chinese Theatre]]|1986|02|28|United States}} | runtime = 97 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $9 million<ref>[http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/pretty-pink Box Office Information for ''Pretty in Pink''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230644/http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/pretty-pink |date=2016-03-03 }} ''[[The Wrap]]''. Retrieved April 4, 2013.</ref> | gross = $40.5 million (US) }} '''''Pretty in Pink''''' is a 1986 American [[teen film|teen]] [[romantic film|romantic]] [[comedy-drama]] film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s. The film stars [[Molly Ringwald]] and [[Harry Dean Stanton]] alongside [[Jon Cryer]], [[Annie Potts]], [[James Spader]], and [[Andrew McCarthy]]. A [[cult film|cult classic]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2016/02/28/pretty-pink-30th-anniversary-interview/|title=Pretty in Pink: Director Howard Deutch looks back on the famous ending 30 years later|last=Falcone|first=Dana|date=February 28, 2016|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=October 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/02/29/rough-trade-goes-back-to-the-80s-for-pretty-in-pinks-30th-anniversary-party/|title=Rough Trade Goes Back to the '80s for Pretty in Pink's 30th Anniversary Party|last=Tan|first=Emily|date=February 29, 2016|website=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=October 19, 2017|archive-date=October 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019221435/https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/02/29/rough-trade-goes-back-to-the-80s-for-pretty-in-pinks-30th-anniversary-party/|url-status=live}}</ref> it is commonly identified as a "[[Brat Pack]]" film. The film follows high school senior Andie Walsh (Ringwald), and her relationships with her love interest Blane McDonnagh (McCarthy), her best friend Philip F. "Duckie" Dale (Cryer), and her father (Dean Stanton). It was directed by [[Howard Deutch]], produced by [[Lauren Shuler Donner]], and written by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]], who also served as co-executive producer. The film was named after a [[Pretty in Pink (song)|song]] by [[the Psychedelic Furs]], and the film's soundtrack, which has been acclaimed as "among the most brilliant in modern cinema",<ref name="thp">{{cite news|title=Best Movie Soundtracks: The 15 Film Music Compilations That'll Change Your Life|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/05/08/best-movie-soundtracks_n_3240173.html#slide=2429720|first=Joshua|last=Ostroff|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=September 9, 2013|archive-date=September 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923020528/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/05/08/best-movie-soundtracks_n_3240173.html#slide=2429720|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rs">{{cite magazine|title=The 25 Greatest Soundtracks of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/the-25-greatest-soundtracks-of-all-time-20130829/pretty-in-pink-1986-19691231|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=September 9, 2013|archive-date=September 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904224851/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/the-25-greatest-soundtracks-of-all-time-20130829/pretty-in-pink-1986-19691231|url-status=dead}}</ref> features a [[re-recording (music)|re-recorded]] version of the song. [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]]'s "[[If You Leave (song)|If You Leave]]" became an international hit and charted at number four on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in May 1986. ''Pretty in Pink'' premiered at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre|Mann's Chinese Theatre]] on January 29, 1986, and was released theatrically in the United States on February 28. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Ringwald's performance, and grossed $40.5 million against a $9 million budget.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pretty in Pink |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0091790/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |access-date=February 22, 2025 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
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