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John Hughes has passed away

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edited August 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
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Some of his 80's flicks will always have a place in my heart. Growing up during that time, I loved watching his movies. Breakfast Club is one of my favorite movies, ever
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    :shock: :cry::cry:

    man his movies were a big part of my teenage years back in the 80's

    sixteen candles, breakfast club etc are some of my favorite movies

    rip john
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,297
    Wow! I was a teenager when he directed films about teenagers. So many of my peers based their fashion decision on characters in his films. My freshman year it seemed like every other dorm room contained a Ferris Bueller's Day Off Movie Poster. He spoke to my generation.
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  • theboxerorthebagtheboxerorthebag Posts: 1,774
    sad! I grew up watching his movies.
  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    I liked all his movies except for Pretty in Pink, because some girl in high school said I reminded her of the Jon Cryer charcter Duckie. I'm actually more like the Andrew McCarthy character who was rich and good looking. Well I'm not rich. Well maybe I'm not good looking either. OK, but I'm not Duckie!
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Sorry folks, park's closed. The moose outside shoulda told ya ...

    JohnCandyVacation_inline.jpg

    Sad day.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    RIP. thanks for the movies.
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    RIP. Grew up watching John Hughes movies. He will be missed.
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  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    I didn't realize he directed Vacation...after jimed's post I checked his filmography...holy classics! Only 59... way too young :( RIP.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Drowned Out wrote:
    I didn't realize he directed Vacation...after jimed's post I checked his filmography...holy classics! Only 59... way too young :( RIP.

    wrote vacation...didn't direct

    he directed...

    # Curly Sue (1991)
    # Uncle Buck (1989)
    # She's Having a Baby (1988)
    # Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
    # Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
    # Weird Science (1985)
    # The Breakfast Club (1985)
    # Sixteen Candles (1984)

    minus curly sue that's a helluva good list
  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    norm wrote:
    Drowned Out wrote:
    I didn't realize he directed Vacation...after jimed's post I checked his filmography...holy classics! Only 59... way too young :( RIP.

    wrote vacation...didn't direct

    he directed...

    # Curly Sue (1991)
    # Uncle Buck (1989)
    # She's Having a Baby (1988)
    # Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
    # Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
    # Weird Science (1985)
    # The Breakfast Club (1985)
    # Sixteen Candles (1984)

    minus curly sue that's a helluva good list
    I think also Pretty in Pink.
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  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    He's a legend for Cousin Eddie alone.
  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    very sad. :cry:
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    I was too young, as I was born in 84 to really identify with Hughes as some kind of spokesman for a generation.

    But for me, nothing beats Home Alone. One of my all time favorite films. While I have seen and can quote basically every line of Home Alone 2, which he did not direct, Home Alone the first one, still has special significance to me. I think I saw it in theaters. And just the holiday theme with the hilarious comedy, the schemes Kevin came up with the thwart Marv and Harry are just classic.

    For that movie alone he was a legend.
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    Uncle Buck is another one. Such a great one. John Candy and Mac again. "whats your record for consecutive questions asked? 38. I'm your dad's brother alright"

    And the hilarious scene where John is talking to his girlfriend on the phone and she wont let him finish a sentence. "would you...could you just... can i.... Could I just....would you just..."

    Such great movies
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    I was too young, as I was born in 84 to really identify with Hughes as some kind of spokesman for a generation.

    But for me, nothing beats Home Alone. One of my all time favorite films. While I have seen and can quote basically every line of Home Alone 2, which he did not direct, Home Alone the first one, still has special significance to me. I think I saw it in theaters. And just the holiday theme with the hilarious comedy, the schemes Kevin came up with the thwart Marv and Harry are just classic.

    For that movie alone he was a legend.


    he didn't direct home alone
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    norm wrote:
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    I was too young, as I was born in 84 to really identify with Hughes as some kind of spokesman for a generation.

    But for me, nothing beats Home Alone. One of my all time favorite films. While I have seen and can quote basically every line of Home Alone 2, which he did not direct, Home Alone the first one, still has special significance to me. I think I saw it in theaters. And just the holiday theme with the hilarious comedy, the schemes Kevin came up with the thwart Marv and Harry are just classic.

    For that movie alone he was a legend.



    he didn't direct home alone

    your right, he wrote it though. And though i implied he directed home alone, I never act
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    norm wrote:
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    I was too young, as I was born in 84 to really identify with Hughes as some kind of spokesman for a generation.

    But for me, nothing beats Home Alone. One of my all time favorite films. While I have seen and can quote basically every line of Home Alone 2, which he did not direct, Home Alone the first one, still has special significance to me. I think I saw it in theaters. And just the holiday theme with the hilarious comedy, the schemes Kevin came up with the thwart Marv and Harry are just classic.

    For that movie alone he was a legend.


    he didn't direct home alone

    Here people ... his credits:

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    home alone, home alone II and Uncle Buck are all there. I dont know what the fuss was
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    home alone, home alone II and Uncle Buck are all there. I dont know what the fuss was

    I think you guys are arguing the same point ... you said he worte it, norm said he didn't direct it.
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    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    He wrote Weird Science too... I loved that movie!

    But Breakfast Club was an absolute classic.
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  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    :lol:
    That's what I get for scanning his wiki bio instead of going to imdb.
    wrote/directed....either way, pretty significant roles in some great, great films.
    Vacation was one of the first R-rated movies I was allowed to watch...forever a fav.
    Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller, and Planes Trains and Automobiles in a row...quite the roll! I've seen all of those at least 10 times each.

    Did he say why he stopped directing?
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    For people in my generation (I'm 37), George Lucas and Steven Speilberg definied our childhood through their movies and John Hughes defined our teenage years. I graduated high school in 1990. No one has better been able to capture the high school experiece better than Hughes.

    He absolutely nailed everything he touched and realized that movies are nothing without strong characters you can identify with.
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    I'm so sad by the news of his passing. :(
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    For American kids of Generation X he was one of the most influential figures in pop culture, period. Every one of us has seen his movies numerous times and count them as some of our favorite teen movies. I often wondered why he kind of seemed to drop off the face of the earth since the mid 90's. Maybe he knew his streak wouldn't last forever.
  • strummersstrummers Posts: 2,611
    Loved his movies - The Breakfast Club is a classic!

    RIP.
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,281
    jimed14 wrote:

    Here people ... his credits:

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/

    so many good laughs in those movies

    breakfast club was so 1980's

    i love that shit
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    beautifullife wrote:
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32320427/ns/entertainment-movies/

    Some of his 80's flicks will always have a place in my heart. Growing up during that time, I loved watching his movies. Breakfast Club is one of my favorite movies, ever


    Me too. Great movie.

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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    Drowned Out wrote:
    I didn't realize he directed Vacation...after jimed's post I checked his filmography...holy classics! Only 59... way too young :( RIP.

    Yeah I told my friends he was the Shakespeare of the 80s.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    Alison, John's pen pal tells her/their story:
    http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot. ... ughes.html
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
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