John Hughes, Bard of Teenage Angst, Has Died - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

james99 · 2009-08-06, 05:53 PM

John Hughes, the prolific writer and director who turned teen angst into Hollywood gold and along the way made stars of Molly Ringwald, Matthew Broderick and Robert Downey Jr., has died.

FortMacDude · 2009-08-06, 06:07 PM

A lot of great comedies were penned and directed by him. Among my faves were Vacation, Xmas Vacation, Weird Science, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, Uncle Buck and of course : Planes,Tranes,Automobiles

RIP

Danster · 2009-08-06, 06:28 PM

What a big loss. He made movies that were fun to watch with any family member, young and old. He joins one of my all time favorite canadian actor: John Candy

wprager · 2009-08-06, 08:04 PM

And let's not forget Home Alone.

RIP

Ham.Clan · 2009-08-06, 08:41 PM

Very sad.
I am a product of the 80's and he had a profound influence on that generation.
He was also a terrific writer for National Lampoon, when it was a great magazine.

gretzky · 2009-08-07, 01:16 AM

ah man that's so sad

time to grab my breakfast club hd-dvd

wprager · 2009-08-10, 07:47 PM

This is a blog by a woman, who, as a teenager, wrote Hughes a letter after seeing The Breakfast Club, and eventually became a pen-pal with him.

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

2009-08-06, 05:53 PM	#1
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	John Hughes, Bard of Teenage Angst, Has Died John Hughes, the prolific writer and director who turned teen angst into Hollywood gold and along the way made stars of Molly Ringwald, Matthew Broderick and Robert Downey Jr., has died.

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FortMacDude Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oil Sands Capital of the World Posts: 566	A lot of great comedies were penned and directed by him. Among my faves were Vacation, Xmas Vacation, Weird Science, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, Uncle Buck and of course : Planes,Tranes,Automobiles RIP __________________ FortMacDude FR : Hitachi 57F500, Pioneer VSX-1018AH, PS3, Bell 9200, Energy 5.1 LR: Samsung 40A530, Sony S550, Kenwood HTB 504, Xbox 360, Wii

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Danster Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lincoln.NB Pop 465,123 Posts: 5,301	What a big loss. He made movies that were fun to watch with any family member, young and old. He joins one of my all time favorite canadian actor: John Candy __________________ Home Theatre: Yamaha HTR-6190, Klipsch Speakers, SANYO PLV-Z4, TOSHIBA HDDVD, LG BD555C, Cerwin Vega HTS12 Sub, VIP2300, XBox 360, HTPC.

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2009-08-06, 08:04 PM	#4
wprager Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kanata, ON, Rogers Digital, 8300-HD Posts: 1,415	And let's not forget Home Alone. RIP

2009-08-06, 08:41 PM	#5
Ham.Clan Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Highlands Posts: 773	Very sad. I am a product of the 80's and he had a profound influence on that generation. He was also a terrific writer for National Lampoon, when it was a great magazine.

2009-08-07, 01:16 AM	#6
gretzky Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 731	ah man that's so sad time to grab my breakfast club hd-dvd

2009-08-10, 07:47 PM	#7
wprager Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kanata, ON, Rogers Digital, 8300-HD Posts: 1,415	This is a blog by a woman, who, as a teenager, wrote Hughes a letter after seeing The Breakfast Club, and eventually became a pen-pal with him. http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogsp...hn-hughes.html