Brat Pack
The
"Brat Pack" was a group of young actors and actresses that became famous in the
1980s and frequently appeared in films together. The name "Brat Pack" came from a
1985 cover story in
New York magazine by David Blum (June 10, 1985, pp. 40-47). The term is a play on the
Rat Pack. Popular films that featured members of the "Brat Pack" include
The Breakfast Club and
St. Elmo's Fire.
The members are:
The name
"Brat Pack" was also given to a trio of up and coming, young, and mediagenic authors in the
1980s, Jay McInerney,
Bret Easton Ellis, and Tama Janowitz. While their books did not have much in common, they were seen by the public as closely related because of the way they were typical 80s celebrities, making videos on
MTV, partying with models, and so on.