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Director John Hughes dies :(

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

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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
taeclee99 said:
Anyone? Anyone?
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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.
 
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.
 
sushi said:
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.
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I liked the song by Oingo Boingo as well. :)
 
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
 
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