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Director John Hughes Dies
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Posted on 08/06/2009 2:05:53 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

John Hughes died an hour ago of a heart attack


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To: My Favorite Headache

John, you were one of the best. Rest in peace.


41 posted on 08/06/2009 2:35:54 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (We're definitely in the Rise of the Empire era, but is Obama Valorum or Palpatine?)
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To: My Favorite Headache

I was in a discussion with friends just yesterday about coming of age movies for different generations, and our consensus on the eighties was “a John Hughes movie”.

‘Sent my sister “Pretty in Pink” for her 40th birthday last year....remembering the emphatic F-word in the first part of “16 Candles” and thinking her daughter probably shouldn’t see it....

I love his movies. They were such fun.

May he rest in peace.


42 posted on 08/06/2009 2:44:28 PM PDT by didi (It's the boring stuff we always remember.)
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To: didi

16 Candles is a classic...it’s almost impossible for me to pick a fave Hughes flick. I was quite sincere when I said nobody captured Christmas on film like him. Think about all of his movies and how much he interjected the Christmas season into them flawlessly.


43 posted on 08/06/2009 2:48:01 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: windcliff; stylecouncilor

ping


44 posted on 08/06/2009 2:59:13 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: ThreeYearLurker
The greatest director of all time.

John Ford was the greatest director of all times.

45 posted on 08/06/2009 3:03:56 PM PDT by Wiggins
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To: My Favorite Headache

This is so sad. His love of family life came through so many of his movies.

“16 Candles”, “Uncle Buck”, “Home Alone”, and especially “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” are like the 85 Bears to people from the Chicago area.


46 posted on 08/06/2009 3:07:27 PM PDT by retrokitten (I want to rock your gypsy soul just like way back in the days of old...- Into the Mystic)
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To: silent_jonny
Sad ping. :-(

Uncle Buck is probably my favorite.

A lot of people hate this hat. It angers a lot of people, just the sight of it. Ah, I'll tell you a story about that on the way to school.

47 posted on 08/06/2009 3:11:00 PM PDT by retrokitten (I want to rock your gypsy soul just like way back in the days of old...- Into the Mystic)
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To: retrokitten

I love that movie. It never fails to entertain.


48 posted on 08/06/2009 3:13:58 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: vladimir998

Photos of the new twins Molly Ringwald had were just released, too. Odd coincidence.

What sad news.


49 posted on 08/06/2009 3:22:12 PM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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50 posted on 08/06/2009 3:26:07 PM PDT by paulycy (Screw the RACErs.)
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To: Norman Conquest

Brilliant!


51 posted on 08/06/2009 3:46:06 PM PDT by ThreeYearLurker
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To: paulycy

Another one who left us way too young.


52 posted on 08/06/2009 3:46:40 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Wiggins
John Ford was the greatest director of all times.

No, he wasn't, John Hughes was.

53 posted on 08/06/2009 3:49:00 PM PDT by ThreeYearLurker
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To: aruanan

Me too.

“Here’s a quarter. Why don’t you go downtown and pay a rat to gnaw that thing off your face.”


54 posted on 08/06/2009 3:51:20 PM PDT by retrokitten (I want to rock your gypsy soul just like way back in the days of old...- Into the Mystic)
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To: ThreeYearLurker

No he wasn’t, John Ford was. Naaaa.


55 posted on 08/06/2009 4:32:54 PM PDT by Wiggins
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To: qam1

Wow...his 1980’s teen flicks were some of my favorite memories of growing up during that time. His soundtracks also got me started on alternative music. Profound influence on my time as a teenager. Big loss.


56 posted on 08/06/2009 4:37:02 PM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Dear Mr. Vernon,

We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong, but we think you’re crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is:

a brain...
...and an athlete...
...and a basket case...
...a princess...
...and a criminal...

Does that answer your question?...

Sincerely yours,

The Breakfast Club.


57 posted on 08/06/2009 4:41:52 PM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

How depressing. One the the best directors ever. A great one from my childhood.


58 posted on 08/06/2009 4:43:12 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: paltz

I wish I could tell you where I saw the article. May have been here on FR.

I am certain I read a nice piece on his conservatism. Probably still out there somewhere on the ‘net.

Sorry I can’t point you to a specific URL. :)

Makes sense, too, if you know his movies..
RD


59 posted on 08/06/2009 4:50:52 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: My Favorite Headache

I first heard of John Hughes when he was a writer for National Lampoon. His “My Vagina” was a classic.

RIP


60 posted on 08/06/2009 4:56:17 PM PDT by socal_parrot (I hate to say I told you so, but...)
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