John Hughes Dead
 

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while you could miss it." :(

Link

Wow... he was young, too.

Damn. :(
"Each of us is a brain, a jock, a basketcase, a princess and a criminal. Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club."

R.I.P. John Hughes

i just saw this! RIP

This summer is fucking ridiculous. It needs to stop.

I agree.

His movies are the best. RIP

I'm very concerned that many people I've talked to about this don't know who John Hughes was. Especially considering the fact that so many of his movies were set here, because he was from here... ugh.

16 Candles is still one of my all-time favorite movies.

So sad.

Agree with both. John Hughes was definitely one of the few people who were seriously a legend in his own time. Hollywood just lost a genius.

I know! It makes me feel like an oldhead, even though a lot of these people aren't that much younger than I am.

Every time I've been to my hairdresser, someone of some level of fame dies. Last time it was MJ.

Slight hijack -- You know the parade scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off? My parents were in the crowd when they were filming! You can't see them...but they were there! They were filming when they were dating and saw it after they got married :)

ETA: And the final scene (the football field) of The Breakfast Club was filmed at my bf's high school!

Might be a sign you need to stop going to the hairdresser. :D

:(:(:(

I feel old

Welcome to the land of grown-ups. :cool:

That movie is older then me by a couple of weeks.

Welcome to the land of grown-ups. :cool:

Didn't you say that already?

My own husband, a fellow 80s child, gave me a blank stare when I mentioned John Hughes. *sigh*

You are now officially forbidden to go to your hairdresser. :p

--Dogma

I love it. :(

A column on MSNBC is asking people to respond with their favorite JH movie quotes. It's an entertaining read: http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/arc...6/2022090.aspx

From IMDB, movies he either wrote or directed (I had forgotten about a few of these):

1. Curly Sue (1991) (written by)
2. Dutch (1991) (written by)
   ... aka Driving Me Crazy
3. Career Opportunities (1991) (written by)
   ... aka One Wild Night
4. Home Alone (1990) (written by)
5. Christmas Vacation (1989) (written by)
   ... aka National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
   ... aka National Lampoon's Winter Holiday (UK)
6. Uncle Buck (1989) (written by)
7. The Great Outdoors (1988) (written by)
8. She's Having a Baby (1988) (written by)
9. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) (written by)
10. Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) (written by)
11. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (written by)
12. Pretty in Pink (1986) (written by)
13. Weird Science (1985) (written by)
14. European Vacation (1985) (screenplay) (story)
    ... aka National Lampoon's European Vacation (UK: video box title)
15. The Breakfast Club (1985) (written by)
16. Sixteen Candles (1984) (written by)
17. Nate and Hayes (1983) (written by)
    ... aka Savage Islands (UK)
18. Vacation (1983) (screenplay) (short story "Vacation '58")
    ... aka National Lampoon's Vacation (UK) (USA: complete title)
    ... aka American Vacation (Europe: English title: video title)
19. Mr. Mom (1983)

Yep. I have no idea why it double-posted.

But if you need me to say it again, sweetie, I'll be glad to.:p

I think a lot of people just don't pay attention to who the writer/producer/director is. If you name the movies, they know those for sure.

So many of his movies transcend generations, especially The Breakfast Club. That was a movie that everybody could relate to in some way and now my daughter and her friends love it and can relate to it also.

But aren't they known as "John Hughes Movies" or "Brat Pack Movies"? I just can't get my head around it.

I work next to the Sears Tower, and every day I go to work I think of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It was the first movie I ever owned on DVD - I got it and the Goonies the same day. My dad quotes from that movie like it's his job. I can't imagine not knowing it was a John Hughes movie.

And I'm only 25 - so the only movies that actually came out while I was watching movies were the Home Alone and newer. I watched most John Hughes movies on TBS.

I have to go with AGDee. I rarely keep up with directors and executive producers, but I know the names of the movies and the characters I loved. I was listening to the radio this morning and was like :confused: when they announced his passing. Then, they started naming movies, and my face changed to :eek::(.

I can watch "The Breakfast Club", "Sixteen Candles", "Weird Science", and "Pretty in Pink" anytime they're on TV. Don't hate me, but I've never seen every minute of "Ferris Bueler's Day Off", but I recognize it's hilarious genius also.

This is truly the saddest summer I've had in recent memory. Too many losses.

I didn't realize until listening to the news this morning that J Hughes wrote the screenplay for Vacation; it was inspired by his resentment that when he was a child the family never went to Disneyland.

How many of you gals are waiting for their Jake Ryan moment? I admit it--I am.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...080603039.html

I feel like the 80's are dying this summer! I swear, if anything happens to the members of Duran Duran, I am going to completely lose it.

Oh, and I'm still waiting for my Jake Ryan moment.

My friends and I are totally planning on going to Eastern PA and stalking Michael Schoeffling (aka Jake Ryan).

Me too! I feel like a part of my just died!!! I was soooo a John Hughes chick of the 80's complete with Molly Ringwald hairdo, clothing and Breakfast Club dancing style!!

So sad!

edit to add - Yummy - Jake Ryan (and Jordon Catalano) my two dream boyfriends.

When I think of Brat Pack movies, I also think of St. Elmos Fire and then later Less Than Zero. Then the bad ones like Oxford Blues and Young Guns...

http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogsp...hn-hughes.html

What an amazing man.

That is really touching.

I'm so glad I clicked on that link. One of the most moving blogs I've ever read. *sniff*

RIP, John Hughes.

Awwe, that was wonderful, thanks for posting it..

No, please don't even think about going there.

Same here. I think I got close once, but not quite.

This reminds me of that episode of Friends where Phoebe refuses to go to the dentist because every time she does, someone who she knows dies. :p

I must admit that when one of my friends first told me "John Hughes died," I felt like I should know who she was talking about, but it didn't click... until she mentioned two of his movies, and then I remembered.

"Don't you, forget about me,ill be alone dancing you know baby"

breakfast club =amazing
people may not know his name, but you were deprived as a child if you dont know his movies.