John Hughes's Day Off
August 6, 2009 2:18 PM Subscribe
The director of Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and, as Best Week Ever puts it, every other good movie from 1983-1993, has died of a heart attack in NY. Original report from TMZ, but confirmed by his publicist on CNN's homepage.
This post was deleted for the following reason: There's got to be a better post here. Links to CNN homepage are built to be obsolete. -- cortex
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posted by fairytale of los angeles at 2:20 PM on August 6, 2009
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 2:20 PM on August 6, 2009
For American kids who hit puberty in the mid-80's, John Hughes was basically the architect of our collective unconscious.
posted by hincandenza at 2:21 PM on August 6, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by hincandenza at 2:21 PM on August 6, 2009 [2 favorites]
From my soon to be deleted post:
He is probably best known on Metafilter for having written and directed that crime flick and prequel to Fight Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
posted by orville sash at 2:21 PM on August 6, 2009
He is probably best known on Metafilter for having written and directed that crime flick and prequel to Fight Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
posted by orville sash at 2:21 PM on August 6, 2009
*puts lipstick between breasts, applies without hands*
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posted by tzikeh at 2:22 PM on August 6, 2009
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posted by tzikeh at 2:22 PM on August 6, 2009
(you actually just missed posting it third)
posted by eyeballkid at 2:22 PM on August 6, 2009
posted by eyeballkid at 2:22 PM on August 6, 2009
A link to CNN's homepage? We could, you know, wait a couple hours to make a proper post. I'm pretty sure he'll still be dead.
posted by gman at 2:22 PM on August 6, 2009
posted by gman at 2:22 PM on August 6, 2009
Well, there's a link to Best Week Ever, so that saves it.
posted by eyeballkid at 2:23 PM on August 6, 2009
posted by eyeballkid at 2:23 PM on August 6, 2009
um, yeah, Orville. I was a little quick, but yours is a little meatier with the previouslies, so I wouldn't be opposed to having mine 86'd.
posted by yiftach at 2:23 PM on August 6, 2009
posted by yiftach at 2:23 PM on August 6, 2009
My hero as a filmmaker. His movies really, truly touched people's hearts, and that's worth more than the boatload of Oscars he would have won, if only he had written about 40-year-olds and not teenagers.
People will still be watching "The Breakfast Club" a hundred years from now- I'm sure of that.
Allison Reynolds: When you grow up, your heart dies.
John Bender: So, who cares?
Allison Reynolds: I care.
Goodbye, John, and thank you.
posted by drjimmy11 at 2:23 PM on August 6, 2009
People will still be watching "The Breakfast Club" a hundred years from now- I'm sure of that.
Allison Reynolds: When you grow up, your heart dies.
John Bender: So, who cares?
Allison Reynolds: I care.
Goodbye, John, and thank you.
posted by drjimmy11 at 2:23 PM on August 6, 2009
He's not dead, he just can't think of anything fun to do.
posted by ColdChef at 2:24 PM on August 6, 2009
posted by ColdChef at 2:24 PM on August 6, 2009
"Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, 'I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.' Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I'd still have to bum rides off people."
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posted by Talez at 2:25 PM on August 6, 2009
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posted by Talez at 2:25 PM on August 6, 2009
Wow. He apparently turned into somewhat of a recluse...a recluse from Hollywood, that is. Didn't leave his Chicago suburb for L.A. for the last decade or so.
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posted by zardoz at 2:25 PM on August 6, 2009
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posted by zardoz at 2:25 PM on August 6, 2009
I'm doing the Molly Ringwald dance AND rubbing out any spare dandruff flakes at the same time in protest of this untimely death :(
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 2:25 PM on August 6, 2009
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 2:25 PM on August 6, 2009
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