John Hughes retired to the Breakfast Club in the sky
August 6th, 2009 at 8:19 pm by NigelSad news for all of us who loved his ’80s films:
Famed teen-film director John Hughes, who rose to fame with such coming -of-age films as “The Breakfast Club” and “Pretty in Pink,” died of a heart attack Thursday, his spokeswoman confirms to FOX News.
The 59-year-old was taking a morning walk in New York when he went into cardiac arrest, according to Michelle Bega. He was in Manhattan visiting his family.
In my opinion…the funniest movie of all time:
Best line I could not find a video for: “We have 70 dollars and a pair of girls underpants. We’re as safe as kittens…”
Consider this our John Hughes discussion post. Post tubes of your favorite clips in the comments…most will not embed.
August 6th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Breakfast Club was awesome and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off might be the definitive 80s movie.
I sorta lost interest in Hughes around Some Kind of Wonderful, when it became apparent that he had only one movie and it took place near Northwestern Chicago.
RIP.
Hey, waitaminute, does that mean Lea Thompson is single again?
August 6th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
I just finished watching Breakfast Club. I was trying to figure out which character best represented me in high school. I think I was a bit of all of them. Maybe not Bender, although I was surrounded by Benders.
My sis was definitely Claire. She’d go out dancing at clubs like “Pogo’s” and hung around with a group of friends that included Paul Rudd. I thought they were so cool. Still do.
Best era ever.
August 7th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Michele, I don’t think you quite match up with any of the characters in Breakfast Club, but could you have been Andi in Pretty in Pink? Brainy, filled with character and integrity…working in a record store?
My Breakfast Club character likely would have been Carl the Janitor.
Cranky, Some Kind of Wonderful was set in LA…remember the scene at the Hollywood Bowl?
I actually had a Breakfast Club party when I was in college. I had over about 20 cute girls in PJs (only about 4 guys), pulled out mattresses and put them on the floor…we all laid around drinking Margaritas and shouting out the lines…
“Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?”
(Sorry, couldn’t find the clip)
August 7th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Well that would explain the suckage, then. Hughes was out of his element.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Girl in a record store surrounded by pricks? Yep. Sounds like me:)
I loved Ducky.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Carl the Janitor was cool. Even got the punk’s respect.