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What a shocker. It was a sudden death, of a heart attack while he was taking a walk in NYC. He was 59. The writer/director/producer will be remembered for his unique ability to speak to kids, tweens, teens and young adults with movies that became instant pop culture classics with such seminal films like Home Alone, The Breakfast Club, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Though the busy filmmaker’s career had gone quiet in recent years, his films shaped the 1980s and 1990s and early 2000s in a way few in Hollywood can claim. He leaves behind a rich legacy.
R.I.P. John Hughes
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Damn. I loved the guys films. He had the common touch, rare in Hollywood. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles was a great film.
A GREAT writer and director that defined many of our childhoods. I wish I could have handed him my sunglasses and said “For better hallway vision.”
“Just doing some work, completely rewiring the whole house.”
“You gonna do it 220?”
“Yeah, I’m gonna do it 220, 221.”
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“Beer?”
“It’s seven o’clock in the morning.”
“Scotch?”
i can’t imagine growing up without his movies. they are as great today as when they came out! so sad…
Very sad. Some of my favorite movie moments came from John Hughes. RIP Mr. Hughes. You will be missed.
I wouldn’t be in this business if it wasn’t for him.
drag. what a drag. we’ll miss you!
Why did he ever retire he should have stayed active. For some reason he decided to leave showbiz that’s the real tragedy, think how many other great movies he could have made. Very sad he’s gone but audiences lost his magic touch long ago. I really wish he had kept making movies.
What in the world is going on? John Hughes too!!! It was his movies that made me what to work in Hollywood. C’mon now with these deaths. I CAN’T TAKE IT!
Oh, shit. that is horrible news. what a joy the man’s work was. breakfast club could be re-released right now and still work just as well. i can’t think of enough ways to say how bad this news sucks.
“stupid. worthless. no good god damn free-loading son-of-a-bitch. retarded, big-mouthed asshole jerk!”
“you forgot, ugly, lazy and disrespectful–”
“shut up, bitch. go fix me a turkey pot pie.”
defined a genre. rip, jh.
Brilliant artist. Awful man. Nobody in the industry liked him. Let’s not make him a saint.
that’s too bad that he died. they didn’t mention it here, but I’m pretty sure that he either wrote or directed the film version of “Dennis the Menace” years ago. I’ve seen this several times, it’s pretty funny. and that one has the late, great Walter Matthau in it as “Mr. Wilson”.
“I do have a test today that wasn’t total bullshit. It’s on European Socialism. I mean really, what’s the point? I’m not European. I don’t plan on being European. So who gives a crap that they’re Socialists? They could be fascist anarchists, it still doesn’t change the fact that I don’t own a car.” Ferris Bueller
“Donger’s here for five hours and he’s got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I’m like a disease.” Samantha
“A person should not believe in an “ism”. A person should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon ‘I don’t believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.” Ferris
Neal: Where’s your other hand?
Del: Between two pillows.
Neal: Those aren’t pillows!
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
“Life goes by fast. If you don’t stop and look around every once and a while you might miss it.” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
“My brother paid a dollar last night to see your underpants.” Sixteen Candles
Could go on forever. The man had a gift.
Like Dave above, there is simply no chance I would have ended up working in movies if it weren’t for John Hughes. The name on my first fake ID was John Bender. He not only defined my teenage years, he defined them as meaningful, even wonderful. he made an entire generation of adolescents feel like they were not alone. His films had heart and humor and life. hollywood’s soul just died a little more.
Hughes’ teen comedies especially made his characters people instead of cheap excuses for gags. And that simple act of not talking down to the teenage audience made a connection to 80s kids like myself.
This is a shocker, and he will be missed.
His legacy lives through his movies.
RIP John Hughes.
Ferris Bueller could be released today, and it would be a monster hit, with audiences and with critics.
When you can say that about a film, then the film—and the filmmaker—have managed to transcend.
John Hughes will be missed.
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nice! I didn’t realize he wrote Mr. Mom too…
truly one of the greats….
“You know your talking like that just because I’m going out with Blane.”
“His name is Blane? Oh! That’s a major appliance, that’s not a name!”
++++++++
“Where the hell am I?”
“I’ll, uh, tell you where you are if you tell me who you are.”
“I’m Farmer Ted.”
“You’re in the parking lot in front of my church.”
“You own a church?”
JH you will be missed….
A great writer/director who made invaluable contributions to entertainment and the world- he brought many laughs and was a true pioneer in the four quadrant comedy. He will be missed.
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nice! I didn’t realize he wrote Mr. Mom too…
truly one of the greats….
“You know your talking like that just because I’m going out with Blane.”
“His name is Blane? Oh! That’s a major appliance, that’s not a name!”
++++++++
“Where the hell am I?”
“I’ll, uh, tell you where you are if you tell me who you are.”
“I’m Farmer Ted.”
“You’re in the parking lot in front of my church.”
“You own a church?”
JH you will be missed….
Go put his movies in your DVD player and compare his work to the pure remade garbage slopping out of Hollywood today. John Hughes deserves our respect for the amazing work he gave us, but also for knowing when the well was dry. I hope he had a great “retirement” and thank him for the many hours — actually days — of laughter he gave me.
PS He probably went quickly. What more can you ask for?
I feel SO fortunate to have been able to grow up with his movies. They were touchstones for our generation in a way that hasn’t been replicated. What do the kids of today have? Miley? Zac Efron? Their films will not stand the test of time like his did.
Fuck. The man is THE reason I got into this business. Sometimes I’ll ask myself why I am in this business dealing with the idiots everyday. The answer is always the same: John Hughes movies and the way they affected me when I was growing up. To say his movies entertained would be an understatement. They made us laugh and laugh hard. His are some of the most quoted movies of all time. I wouldn’t be able to keep track of how many times I dropped a line from a John Hughes movie during the course of a year. I would even go as far to say he helped define some of us as people.
So many could identify with at least one of his characters in all those great films.
Jake or The Geek
Rusty or Cousin Dale
Clark Griswold or Cousin Eddie
Ferris and Sloane and Cameron
Brian Johnson or John Bender
Claire or Allison
Gary or Wyatt or Chet
Amanda Jones or Watts
Kevin McCallister ..
Casting in his films was exquisite.
The man will be missed.
A shocker indeed! R.I.P. John Hughes.