RIP: John Hughes

Seems like they're been a lot of entertainers dying this summer.

Screenwriting guru Blake Snyder died a couple days ago, now John Hughes. Very very sad news.

John Hughes made some great films. RIP.
 
RIP

Writer:
Drillbit Taylor (2008) (story) (as Edmond Dantes)
Beethoven's 5th (2003) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantes)
... aka Beethoven's 5th: Big Paw (USA)
Maid in Manhattan (2002) (story) (as Edmond Dantès)
... aka Made in New York (USA: poster title)
Home Alone 4 (2002) (TV) (characters)
... aka Home Alone: Taking Back the House (USA: DVD title)
Beethoven's 4th (2001) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)
Just Visiting (2001) (screenplay)
... aka Les visiteurs en Amérique (France)
Beethoven's 3rd (2000) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)
American Adventure (2000) (TV) (characters)
... aka National Lampoon's American Adventure (USA: complete title)

Reach the Rock (1998) (written by)
Home Alone 3 (1997) (written by)
Flubber (1997) (screenplay)
... aka Disney's Flubber: The Absent Minded Professor (promotional title)
101 Dalmatians (1996) (screenplay)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (screenplay)
Baby's Day Out (1994) (written by)
Beethoven's 2nd (1993) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)
Dennis the Menace (1993) (written by)
... aka Dennis (UK)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (characters) (written by)
... aka Home Alone II (USA: short title)
Beethoven (1992) (written by) (as Edmond Dantès)
... aka Beethoven: Story of a Dog (Australia: cable TV title)
Curly Sue (1991) (written by)
Dutch (1991) (written by)
... aka Driving Me Crazy
Career Opportunities (1991) (written by)
... aka One Wild Night
Home Alone (1990) (written by)

Christmas Vacation (1989) (written by)
... aka National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
... aka National Lampoon's Winter Holiday (UK)
Uncle Buck (1989) (written by)
The Great Outdoors (1988) (written by)
She's Having a Baby (1988) (written by)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) (written by)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) (written by)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (written by)
Pretty in Pink (1986) (written by)
Weird Science (1985) (written by)
European Vacation (1985) (screenplay) (story)
... aka National Lampoon's European Vacation (UK: video box title)
The Breakfast Club (1985) (written by)
Sixteen Candles (1984) (written by)
Nate and Hayes (1983) (written by)
... aka Savage Islands (UK)
Vacation (1983) (screenplay) (short story "Vacation '58")
... aka National Lampoon's Vacation (UK) (USA: complete title)
... aka American Vacation (Europe: English title: video title)
Mr. Mom (1983) (written by)
... aka Mr. Mum
... aka Perfect Daddy (Philippines: English title)
Class Reunion (1982) (written by)
... aka National Lampoon's Class Reunion

"Delta House" (5 episodes, 1979)
- The Matriculation of Kent Dorfman (1979) TV episode (written by)
- Campus Fair (1979) TV episode (written by)
- The Deformity (1979) TV episode (written by)
- The Lady in Weighting (1979) TV episode (written by)
- The Shortest Yard (1979) TV episode (written by)


Producer:

New Port South (2001) (executive producer)

Reach the Rock (1998) (producer)
Home Alone 3 (1997) (producer)
Flubber (1997) (producer)
... aka Disney's Flubber: The Absent Minded Professor (promotional title)
101 Dalmatians (1996) (producer)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (producer)
Baby's Day Out (1994) (producer)
Dennis the Menace (1993) (producer)
... aka Dennis (UK)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (producer)
... aka Home Alone II (USA: short title)
Curly Sue (1991) (producer)
Dutch (1991) (producer)
... aka Driving Me Crazy
Only the Lonely (1991) (producer)
Career Opportunities (1991) (producer)
... aka One Wild Night
Home Alone (1990) (producer)

Christmas Vacation (1989) (producer)
... aka National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
... aka National Lampoon's Winter Holiday (UK)
Uncle Buck (1989) (producer)
The Great Outdoors (1988) (executive producer)
She's Having a Baby (1988) (producer)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) (producer)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) (producer)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (producer)
Pretty in Pink (1986) (executive producer)
The Breakfast Club (1985) (producer)



Director:

Curly Sue (1991)

Uncle Buck (1989)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
 
Most of those 80's Hughes comedies were shot in and around my old neighborhood growing up so they had extra resonance for me. The flag at Shermer High School will be at half mast today.
 
I often feel he doesn't get the respect he probably deserves as a filmmaker
because so much of his work is on the lighter side -
but the man definitely captured an era in a way that few have been able to...
...no matter how many times they try to copy his style.
 
The vacation movies are classics. All the Home Alone films etc, etc. People will be watching them for years. People might not always know his name but they know his films. Most of us would be thrilled with one or two films like he did.



Luis Caffesse said:
I often feel he doesn't get the respect he probably deserves as a filmmaker
because so much of his work is on the lighter side -
but the man definitely captured an era in a way that few have been able to...
...no matter how many times they try to copy his style.
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DC said:
Hey, I liked John Huges and his films as much as the next guy. But I couldn't resist some slightly tasteless humor. After all, this is how Americans cope with headline tragedy. :)
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I realize that and thought it was funny. I couldn't resist replying to the humor you couldn't resist posting. :)
 
One of Hughes' films that I always loved that doesn't get the attention it deserves is Uncle Buck.

Anybody else really dig that one too?
 
Ouch! I may speak highly of Spielberg, or Coppola, or whomever, but when I sit down to make a film the work that's always going through my mind is Hughes's. He will be missed.
 
Very sad news.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
National Lampoon's Vacation
Weird Science
Some Kind of Wonderful
Breakfast Club

I don't think any other generation will have a portfolio of films, that captured the spirit of their youth, like those films did. And the fact that they all came from the mind of the same man. Incredible. He will be missed.
 
What's bittersweet for me is that with Planes, Trains and Automobiles you saw a glimpse of the filmmaker he could mature into, making adult comedies every bit as sharp as his teen ones, but he balked. Wish he hadn't pulled a JD Sallinger and retreated from the business, but I guess he had his reasons.
 
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