40 Years of THE BRAT PACK
Closer US|July 15, 2024
THE HOTTEST YOUNG ACTORS OF THE 1980S LOOK BACK AT THE LABEL THAT CHANGED THEIR LIVES FOR BETTER AND WORSE
40 Years of THE BRAT PACK

On a night in the 1980s, a mid group of actors finished up dinner at Los Angeles' then hotspot, Spago. "I think we were literally getting up out of our seats and Liza Minnelli went, 'Let's go to Sammy's," remembers Rob Lowe.

"So, we follow Liza Minnelli to Sammy Davis Jr.'s house. Who's not going to do that?" A new documentary, Brats, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is now streaming on Hulu, looks back at the moment Hollywood embraced youth culture and a bunch of young talents who would be christened "The Brat Pack" by a magazine article.

Many of them took offense at the title. "I felt a sense of it being unjust," says Demi Moore, 61.

"I just felt like it didn't represent us. I felt like it was a real limited perspective."

This story is from the July 15, 2024 edition of Closer US.

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