John Hughes Dies

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John Hughes owned the 80s. What Judd Apatow is now, he was in 1985 with a string of comedic masterpieces which went on, in their own way, to define a generation. In 1991 he suddenly stopped directing movies and there was always this hope, faint hope, in the back of my head that maybe he'd get back to work eventually. Now that will never happen. TMZ is reporting that John Hughes is dead at the age of 59.

Details are still rolling in, but his death sounds unexpected and sudden. Apparently he suffered a heart attack while taking a morning stroll, in the midst of a trip to visit family in New York City.

Hughes leaves behind a legacy of incredible, game changing films. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains & Automobiles. Has any one filmmaker ever directed such a string of instant classics? John Hughes did. He defined an entire generation and today film fans everywhere mourn with his family, at the passing of a giant.
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Breakfast Club's John Hughes Dead At 59


I didn't know he was only 59. So sad. 🙁
 
Awwww, sad! John Hughes' films were the ESSENCE of my generation. At one time I knew ALL the lines of The Breakfast Club by heart, and I still use "Bueller.....Bueller......." all the time. He was way too young, RIP, Mr. Hughes!
 
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Whenever someonoesn't answer me, I imitate the "Bueller? Bueller?" line too.
Took me a while to figure out who it was. Sucky, too many people dying young if you ask me.
 
That sucks! The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles are in my list of favourite movies ever.... I can't believe he was so young. My thoughts are with his friends and family.
 
I'm not that familiar with his movies.
Almost ashamed to say that I have yet to see The Breakfast Club. Guess now is a good time to do it, it's such a classic.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is an old favorite though.

RIP

/SK
 
sk73 said:
I'm not that familiar with his movies.
Almost ashamed to say that I have yet to see The Breakfast Club. Guess now is a good time to do it, it's such a classic.
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I'm pretty sure I've seen The breakfast club (I know I've seen bits of it at least) and I know I've seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off but not sure about the rest. If I have it's all a very long time ago. But it's not like I've missed that a lot of his movies are considered classics. I do wonder why he stopped directing though.


R.I.P.
 
Another icon,another early death,so sad.John hughes was one
of the best in the bussiness.His films were funny,sad,stirring,and thoughtful.I will miss his contributions
to the film world.
He made the following:
The Breakfast Club
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Pretty In Pink
Home Alone 1-2
His last directorial job was Curly Sue in 1991,then he left hollywood to run a farm in northern illinois.

At 59 he was to young to die. 🙁
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At my high school, whenever a teacher was absent and they didn't have an adequate substitute that could teach, they'd wheel out the tv and video. It mostly happened in art as we only had one art teacher in our school.

Anyway, the school only had two movies. Honey I shrunk the kids, and Ferris Buellers Day off. And as each class only lasted for an hour, and the person monitoring us was a tube, we saw the first hour of each movie about 30 times. HISTK I hated after the first time, but Ferris was awesome, I didn't mind only getting the first half of the movie.
 
The first time I saw "The Breakfast Club" was after getting home from a long car trip with my family. Me and my brother (probably 11 and 13 at the time) didn't want to go to bed so we stayed up watching TV. The first thing that was on when the TV fired up was that movie, and I remembre thinking how cool it was, and how cool it would be to know people like that in High School. Great memory, one of the few I have with my brother. (He's kind of kept to himself lately--nothing bad happened or anything like that).

Great talent.
 
Weird Science is still one of my favorite movies, and I also enjoyed the rest of his films that I've seen. And yes, lately it seems that too many people are dying too young. I extend my sympathies to his family and friends 🙁.
 
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Man, am I bummed about this! I loved his films as a teenager and still do. The man is pretty much responsible for creating the prototype for teen comedies. I must have seen Pretty in Pink like, a dozen times. The world has truly lost a very distinctive and talented filmmaker.

Check out this blurb about him in my local paper:
Do You Know How Popular I Am? - Film - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
 
Oh god 🙁 This really just stirred me... such sad news. I think that by the sheer fact that I've seen the Breakfast Club easily over 30 times (and add another dozen each for Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink & Weird Science) its fair to say this man impacted my life, and I will appreciate his creative works until the day I die ... RIP Mr. Hughes 🙁
 
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