( CNN ) The cast of `` The Breakfast Crew '' escaped from Principal Richard Vernon 30 years ago , but a draft script of the 1985 teen classic has just been found in a filing cabinet in the school district where it was filmed , the Chicago Tribune reported . `` One day a few weeks ago , one of the assistants was going through a filing cabinet and found a file that had a manuscript from 'The Breakfast Club ' dated Sept. 21 , 1983 , '' Ken Wallace , superintendent of Maine Township High School District 207 in suburban Chicago , told the newspaper . `` It 's a first draft of the screenplay by John Hughes , '' Wallace said . The manuscript sports the approval signature of the district 's then-superintendent and reveals that Molly Ringwald 's character , Claire Standish , was originally to be named Cathy Douglas , according to the Tribune . The movie was filmed at the Maine North High School building , which was auctioned off by the district years ago and is now occupied by the Illinois State Police , according to the Tribune . The file was discovered at Maine South High School as district officials prepared to move to a newly acquired building next door . Wallace told the Tribune that he would like to find a way to display the script as a piece of film -- and district -- history . `` The odds of having such an iconic movie filmed and associated with your district are astronomical , '' he told the newspaper . `` The Breakfast Club '' returns to theaters 30 years later .
`` The Breakfast Club '' script was found in a high school filing cabinet 30 years later . In the original script, there were two main characters named Holden Caulfield and Charlie Kaufman.