In the 1980s, everybody wanted to be in the Brat Pack. Except them. Director Andrew McCarthy reunites with Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, and more for the original documentary “BRATS” streaming June 13, only on Hulu.
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00:00 [music playing]
00:02 If you were coming of age in the 1980s,
00:04 the Brat Pack was near the center
00:06 of your cultural awareness.
00:08 But for those of us experiencing it from the inside,
00:11 the Brat Pack was something very different.
00:13 [cheering]
00:16 On June 10, 1985, New York Magazine
00:19 published Hollywood's Brat Pack.
00:21 I just remember seeing that cover and thinking, oh, [bleep]..
00:27 From then on, my career and the career of everyone
00:30 who was involved was branded to the Brat Pack.
00:34 I'm really sorry that article had to come out.
00:36 I've never talked to anybody about what that was like.
00:40 So I thought it might be interesting to try and contact
00:43 everyone who was in the Brat Pack.
00:44 Hey, Emilio Estevez.
00:46 This is Andrew McCarthy calling you.
00:47 Hey, Ali.
00:48 Hey, Demi.
00:49 Hey, Molly.
00:50 Let's call Rob.
00:51 Hello?
00:52 Judd?
00:53 [music playing]
00:55 Me?
00:55 You around?
00:56 [laughter]
00:58 You were not interested in talking
00:59 about the Brat Pack for years.
01:01 I turned everything down.
01:02 How come you're talking to me?
01:03 Because you called me.
01:04 It was time that we cleared the air on a couple of things.
01:08 I love your stuff, Bob.
01:09 Hey, thank you.
01:10 I hated the Brat Pack for decades.
01:11 What a [bleep] disaster.
01:14 If you could have the Brat Pack name not exist, would you?
01:19 Hm.
01:21 It really irritated me.
01:23 They said, what's more important to you,
01:24 the movie or your life?
01:26 And I said, the movie!
01:27 Andrew?
01:28 [laughter]
01:29 [music playing]
01:31 (SINGING) Hey, hey, hey, hey.
01:33 Have you talked to the others?
01:35 The others, like, again, it feels like a cult or something.
01:37 Yeah.
01:38 (SINGING) Won't you come see us?
01:40 Why did we take it as an offense?
01:42 As opposed to, like--
01:43 Well, could you call the brat?
01:44 Because we were young.
01:45 We were afraid we were brats.
01:47 Are you in the Brat Pack?
01:48 I'm Brat Pack of Jason.
01:49 That's what I would say.
01:50 I am not in the Brat Pack.
01:53 (SINGING) Don't you--
01:55 Did I crush on you back in the day?
01:56 You did not, Andrew.
01:57 No, you did not.
01:59 Being in the Brat Pack not only changed all of our lives,
02:01 it changed what entertainment is.
02:03 I mean, I'm not going to say we were the Beatles or anything.
02:04 Well, we didn't kill Shea Stadium.
02:06 There were moments.
02:06 We could have.
02:08 1985, I think we could have.
02:11 (SINGING) Hey, hey, hey, hey.
02:15 So what are you filming?
02:17 We're just doing this documentary.
02:18 What's it about?
02:19 Ancient history.
02:21 (SINGING) Will you come my way?