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Sad. '80s cinema wouldn't have been the same without him.

:rip:John Hughes

Another loss. RIP

This is a shame. I liked quite a lot of his films, especially Home Alone and Home Alone 2. I'd like to see some of the others.

An incredible resume:

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

Wrote:
Mr. Mom (1983)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Weird Science (1985)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
Uncle Buck (1989)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Home Alone (1990)
Career Opportunities (1991)
Dutch (1991)
Curly Sue (1991)
Beethoven (1992) (under pseudonym Edmond Dantes)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Baby's Day Out (1994)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Flubber (1997)
Reach The Rock (1998)

He also was the producer of many of these movies.

Holy **** are you ****ing kidding me?

Damn people in the entertainment industry are dying left and right. (I was going to say why is everyone dying.... but there are certain areas of the world where that happens everyday)

this must be an awful summer for Macauly Culkin.

Rest in Peace John. thanks for the empathy.

OMG!! Who out of the older forum members on here(heck, maybe even some younger members!) didn't grow up watching his movies? What a loss.

:rip:John

WOW... I was born in 88 and yet most of his movies are on my all-time favorites list(Vacation, Bueller, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Home Alone).

RIP, and so young. :eek:

He was a great screenwriter and director. RIP John Hughes.

I just read this... so very sad. Sixteen Candles is my favorite movie of all time, and so many of his other films make up my Top Ten list, including The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, Mr. Mom and Christmas Vacation.

His movies always had such an authentic sense of comedic timing and were always relevant in their scope and tone. He truly knew what was beating at the very heart of every 80s teenager, that is without doubt. His films with Molly Ringwald always captured perfectly what it was like to be an angst-ridden teenager during that period of time. If you want to know what it was really like to be a teen back then, simply watch a John Hughes film and it is a perfect demonstration down to the most subtle of nuance, such as the type of earrings a girl would wear to how a teen would speak with a parent and the language they would have used. No one else captured the time the way John did and his movies will stand as time capsules for an entire decade which he in many ways helped define. I think I'll have to have a John Hughes marathon over the weekend and watch some of his films I have in my collection. I'll still laugh at the antics of Farmer Ted and Clark Griswold, but it will be tempered with sadness at the passing of a true 80s icon... :(

I'm a big fan of his work...this is sad news another legend gone. r.i.p John Hughes.

I love all his movies so this is a great loss,RIP :(, though Im not too shocked he didnt look too good in recent years

Damn, Another icon has passed on. I'm not big on movies but this guy wrote and directed a lot that I really enjoy.

:rip: John Hughes

I just read this... so very sad. Sixteen Candles is my favorite movie of all time, and so many of his other films make up my Top Ten list, including The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, Mr. Mom and Christmas Vacation.

His movies always had such an authentic sense of comedic timing and were always relevant in their scope and tone. He truly knew what was beating at the very heart of every 80s teenager, that is without doubt. His films with Molly Ringwald always captured perfectly what it was like to be an angst-ridden teenager during that period of time. If you want to know what it was really like to be a teen back then, simply watch a John Hughes film and it is a perfect demonstration down to the most subtle of nuance, such as the type of earrings a girl would wear to how a teen would speak with a parent and the language they would have used. No one else captured the time the way John did and his movies will stand as time capsules for an entire decade which he in many ways helped define. I think I'll have to have a John Hughes marathon over the weekend and watch some of his films I have in my collection. I'll still laugh at the antics of Farmer Ted and Clark Griswold, but it will be tempered with sadness at the passing of a true 80s icon... :(

Another thing about some of his movies is not only were they known for their comedy, but also poignancy. The ends of Planes, Trains & Automobiles & Home Alone always gets to me. In fact, I was just watching an episode of Seinfeld and George was watching Home Alone at Jerry's. George is crying during the movie and Jerry comes home. Jerry says something like "You're crying during Home Alone?" and George says "The part with the old man!":lol:

Oh, and don't forget the parodies of Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, & Ferris Brueller on Family Guy!!

How sad. Been with his wife since he was 20 years old; most certainly enjoying his four grandchildren. It's all over in the blink of an eye.

Horrible news. RIP John

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Whaatt??? :eek: The Breakfast Club is one of my favorite films!!! I've seen it many times, and I actually watched it today. :eek:

I just heard that...he was a true icon when it came to teen movies. May he :rip:.

Weird, but National Lampoon's Vacation is on the Travel Channel right now. I don't think it has anything to do with John's death. It just happened to be scheduled.

I was so sorry to hear about this. :( I am a big fan of the films of Johh Hughes. Even though he wasn't a great director, he was a brilliant writer. Movies like The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Planes, Trains and Automobiles were the perfect combination of comedy and drama. I think The Breakfast Club is perhapes the movie that most accurately captures the teen experience and Planes, Trains and Automobiles is one of the most realistic movies about adult male friendships. His movies were also very moving at times. Right now I am thinking of the scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles where Steve Martin in taking the train back home and he is thinking if his family, but then begins to think back upon all he and John Candy had been through. Then when he realizes that something is wrong he goes back to the terminall where he finds Candy sitting on a bench and he asks, "What are you doing here, Dell? I thought you were going home?" Candy then replies, "I don't have a home. Marie has been dead for 8 years."

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R.I.P. John Hughes :crying: :rip:

Right now I am thinking of the scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles where Steve Martin in taking the train back home and he is thinking if his family, but then begins to think back upon all he and John Candy had been through. Then when he realizes that something is wrong he goes back to the terminall where he finds Candy sitting on a bench and he asks, "What are you doing here, Dell? I thought you were going home?" Candy then replies, "I don't have a home. Marie has been dead for 8 years."
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Yeah, that's exactly the part I was talking about. That part gets to me, too.

I was so sorry to hear about this. :( I am a big fan of the films of Johh Hughes. Even though he wasn't a great director, he was a brilliant writer. Movies like The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Planes, Trains and Automobiles were the perfect combination of comedy and drama. I think The Breakfast Club is perhapes the movie that most accurately captures the teen experience and Planes, Trains and Automobiles is one of the most realistic movies about adult male friendships. His movies were also very moving at times. Right now I am thinking of the scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles where Steve Martin in taking the train back home and he is thinking if his family, but then begins to think back upon all he and John Candy had been through. Then when he realizes that something is wrong he goes back to the terminal where he finds Candy sitting on a bench and he asks, "What are you doing here, Dell? I thought you were going home?" Candy then replies, "I don't have a home. Marie has been dead for 8 years."

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Shine, I mentioned this in another topic, but your avatar is awesome! The more I think about him being gone the sadder it becomes. I wish I had "The Breakfast Club" on DVD to watch in honor of him. However, I do have "Ferris Bueller" and "Sixteen Candles"!! That line in "Planes..." is so touching. That's probably my favorite scene in the whole movie.

Andrea

So sad. :( RIP John Hughes. The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Ferris Bueller's Day off (part of which was actually filmed at my high school!) have been some of my favorite movies. I just saw all three about two weeks ago. Of those three, The Breakfast Club is by far the best. Thank you John Hughes. His legacy will live on in these films, as future generations watch them. :(

Rest in peace, John. You were responsible for one of my favorite movies,
Home Alone and your protege Chris Columbus was the man behind another
one of my favorite movies, Jingle All The Way. You will be missed, dear friend.

John Hughes was a genius! His movies will live on forever!

Bueller? Bueller?....................:lol:

RIP

So sad. I loved so many of his movies. Another icon is gone. R.I.P. John. :(

Shine, I mentioned this in another topic, but your avatar is awesome! The more I think about him being gone the sadder it becomes. I wish I had "The Breakfast Club" on DVD to watch in honor of him. However, I do have "Ferris Bueller" and "Sixteen Candles"!! That line in "Planes..." is so touching. That's probably my favorite scene in the whole movie.

Andrea

I know what you mean, Andrea. Having grow up watching John's movies and having watched them over and over again through out the years, I feel like a part of my childhood has been taken from me. Hughes's death has had the same impact on me that the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett had on many people around here.