'Breakfast Club' cast marks 30th anniversary.

• Author: Moravec, Eva Ruth
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Byline: Eva Ruth Moravec

AUSTIN, Texas -- Ensuring film-lovers won't forget about them, actresses Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy reminisced about making ''The Breakfast Club'' at a screening of the fully-restored 1985 film on Monday.

To kick-off the South by Southwest film festival screening, which commemorated the film's 30th anniversary , the Barton Hills Choir serenaded attendees with their own rendition of the movie's theme song, the Simple Minds' ''Don't You (Forget About Me).''

Sheedy, who now volunteers as a teacher at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, said the movie's message was a loving one.

''You do matter, we are interested in you, and we're going to tell your story,'' she said, adding that she was a bit lonely after production wrapped.

The film chronicles five teens subjected to spend Saturday in detention at the fictional Shermer High School in Illinois. Played by...