Director John Hughes dies :(

[rdowns]

Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_hughes;_ylt=An1u9VVI68jHFMzJDcT7Gjes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiZjh1aDV2BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9icmVha2luZ1 9uZXdzBHNsawNicmVha2luZ25ld3M-)

NEW YORK – A spokeswoman for John Hughes says the director of 1980s coming-of-age films like "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club" has died in Manhattan.

Michelle Bega says the 59-year-old Hughes died of a heart attack during a morning walk. He was in Manhattan to visit family.

He made a teen star of Molly Ringwald with 1984's "Sixteen Candles" about a girl's nightmarish birthday on the eve of her sister's wedding.

Ringwald also starred in "The Breakfast Club," about a group of high school misfits during Saturday detention, and "Pretty in Pink."

Hughes also directed "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and wrote "Home Alone." He lived in Illinois and set many of his films in the Chicago area.

Some great flicks of my youth in his body of work. :(

[dmr727]

Wow - bummer. Yeah, he was a pretty big part of my childhood too.

[szark]

Definitely had a huge influence on me as well. He will be greatly missed.

Rest In Peace, John.

[ucfgrad93]

Didn't he also do Home Alone? I really enjoyed his movies. Sad, 59 is too young to die.:(

[Dagless]

Oh bloody hell. That's a shame.

It's funny too, my sister (16) has just started getting into films and we both really liked his work. We've almost seen all his stuff and just missing on Weird Science now. Before I even started looking at who wrote and directed films I used to love his work. Damn. Damn!

[Carl Abudephane]

Very sad news. I echo the comments made above pretty much.

His films were a wonderful part of my late teenage years. The Breakfast Club making probably the biggest impact on me, but Sixteen Candles also just blew me away back then, and when I watch his films now it is Sixteen Candles that impresses me the most I suppose, except for certain scenes from The Breakfast Club that still seem to affect me quite a bit. The final freeze frame of the film, with Judd Nelson's fist hitting the sky still sends chills through my body.

59 though, damn. Thanks for such wonderful memories John.

[sushi]

Sad news. So young.

Enjoyed many of his films. RIP.

[dernhelm]

He was also a Lansing MI boy. RIP my brother...

I also grew up on his films.

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Very, very sad.

We won't forget about you.

[spillproof]

Although I didn't see all of his movies, the ones i did see were great. RIP John.

[MacNut]

He also launched a lot of famous careers with his movies.

[taeclee99]

Anyone? Anyone?

[MonksMac]

RIP John Hughes. His movies just really connect with me even though they were made 5-10 years before I was born, and it shows how many of his movies are timeless and generation-less in their appeal and depth.

This calls for a John Hughes movie marathon tomorrow-Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Buehler's Day Off...:cool:

[jodelli]

Damn. He really hit a sweet spot with his films.

[edesignuk]

Very sad. His films are some of my all time favourites.

[iBlue]

:(

The next time I have to come in here I'm crackin' skulls.


He really left a brilliant legacy of films. He set the bar pretty high for unfortunate travel experience too.

[nanofrog]

Like other posters, I grew up with those movies as well. Definitely sad. :(

At least we still have his works for posterity, and hopefully newer generations will discover them.

[Unspoken Demise]

Well here's someone we know no one will ever forget about.
Yeah, u c wut I did thar.
Anyways, I really enjoyed the breakfast club and a lot of his other movies, not just when they were released, but also recently. He'll be sorely missed.

[Tilpots]

Anyone? Anyone?


Voodoo economics...

GRACE!!!!!

Abe Froeman, Sausage King of Chicago

The look on the two parking attendants faces while their jumping the car...:D


Ferris Bueller's Day Off was one of the great all time films in my book, so fun and entertaining. I always secretly hoped for a Sequel with Ferris skipping work, or trying to catch his kid skipping work, but now I don't think it'll ever happen.

RIP Mr. Hughes.

[sushi]

I was just thinking about the movies he made. So many good movies.

My favorites were Sixteen Candles and Weird Science.

"She's alive!" :)

Very talented and creative individual. So sad when someone dies that young.

[nanofrog]

I was just thinking about the movies he made. So many good movies.

My favorites were Sixteen Candles and Weird Science.

"She's alive!" :)

Very talented and creative individual. So sad when someone dies that young.
I liked the song by Oingo Boingo as well. :)

[AEP]

Very sad news!

watched lots of his films as a kid, in fact i got to the point where i could probably quote most of Ferris Bueller off by heart.

Does anyone else remember Some kind of wonderful, it had one of the greatest lines ever, and its stuck with me to this day.

"you cant judge a book by it's cover"
"No, But you can tell how much it costs"


R.I.P. John

[edesignuk]

We watched Breakfast Club at the weekend, and Ferris Buehler's Day Off is winging its way to us in the post.

Fine, fine work John :)

[jmann]

Since NO one has even mentioned it. My favorite of all his movies is Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. :D I love that movie so much.

[OasisNYK]

Since NO one has even mentioned it. My favorite of all his movies is Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. :D I love that movie so much.

It hasn't been mentioned because it is not one of his....

[niuniu]

Add Uncle Buck to the above flicks.. loved his movies as a kid, thing most of my generation grew up on those movies..

[Dagless]

Just realised I missed a load out of his films. Watched Uncle Buck last night and loved it, watched Weird Science a few hours ago and didn't :o. Bueller for the weekend, like you wouldn't imagine.

[niuniu]

Wow Weird Science.. didn't know that was his..

[dmr727]

Wow Weird Science.. didn't know that was his..

There's a special place in my heart for that movie. I loved it when I was a little kid, and was one of the first tapes I watched when my parents brought home a VCR for the first time.

I just watched it a few nights back, and it's goofy and lame, but I still love it nonetheless.

"OHHH - GARY! You said you were combing your hair!"

[jmann]

It hasn't been mentioned because it is not one of his....

Lame! I was told by someone that he made it. :confused::o Hee Hee.

[MonksMac]

There's a special place in my heart for that movie. I loved it when I was a little kid, and was one of the first tapes I watched when my parents brought home a VCR for the first time.

I just watched it a few nights back, and it's goofy and lame, but I still love it nonetheless.

"OHHH - GARY! You said you were combing your hair!"

God, I love that movie. :o One of the funniest lines in the whole movie and Kelly LeBrock-who could complain!:D

Edit: John Candy was great in Uncle Buck. "Hey, Your car's on fire!" "I like to keep a hatchet in my trunk...for gnats..."

[iBlue]

Here is his imdb profile (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/), if you want to check out his seriously impressive legacy.

[jodelli]

Very sad news!

Does anyone else remember Some kind of wonderful, it had one of the greatest lines ever, and its stuck with me to this day.

"you cant judge a book by it's cover"
"No, But you can tell how much it costs"

R.I.P. John

Yeah, but what confused me was Leah Thompson being the desirable beauty and Mary Stu being the 'ugly duckling'. I'm not saying Leah was ugly, but Mary Stu was a doll.
And my sister thought the same thing about the casting, so it wasn't just me.

[Tilpots]

Yeah, but what confused me was Leah Thompson being the desirable beauty and Mary Stu being the 'ugly duckling'. I'm not saying Leah was ugly, but Mary Stu was a doll.
And my sister thought the same thing about the casting, so it wasn't just me.

That was the whole story though, right? Mary Stu went from "ugly duckling" to "beautiful swan". At least that's how I remember it...

[jodelli]

That was the whole story though, right? Mary Stu went from "ugly duckling" to "beautiful swan". At least that's how I remember it...

She was cuter even with the ripped jeans and biker jacket.

And Allison Reynolds in Breakfast Club. She was certainly much more interesting in the bohemian getup. With the makeover she was just another teenager.
Maybe the homogenization of youth was the point.

[Tilpots]

She was cuter even with the ripped jeans and biker jacket.

And Allison Reynolds in Breakfast Club. She was certainly much more interesting in the bohemian getup. With the makeover she was just another teenager.
Maybe the homogenization of youth was the point.

And showing that appearances are deceiving, we are all disguising ourselves to fit in/out one way or the other.

Heard a story on NPR a few days after he died with a young woman who had corresponded with Hughes over the years. She had written him a letter pouring her heart out to him about how one of his movies (Breakfast Club, I think) really touched her and she received a form letter back. So she wrote him again, pissed about the form letter, and he wrote her back himself. They became pen pals for the next couple of years. He took the time to befriend a young woman in need of guidance, and she never forgot it. The interview was more touching than my portrayal, but it just made Hughes seem like even more of a stand up up guy who really cared not only about the movies he made, but about the audience he made them for. He really shaped a generation.

EDIT:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111665441

[leekohler]

This stinks. Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club probably saved my life when I was in high school. He had such empathy for people that age. He was so able to give voice to the confusion we all go through growing up.

[Melrose]

I used to have "Bueller?........... Bueller?" as a ringtone.

Trains, Planes & Automobiles is classic. Hughes will be missed in the movie world... he had an ability to put together a good film.