R.I.P. John Hughes

[Citrus]

John Hughes, the father of basically all wonderful teen-comedies in the 80's and more, has passed away today at the age of 59.

[punkandska66]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/06/obit.john.hughes/index.html

This sucks. He directed The Breakfast Club; one of the best movies evar! He was an awesome director and a great influence on film. R.I.P.

[Miten Soni]

made some of my favorite movies, RIP

[GhostOfAllie]

I don't care what anyone says this is seriously so much more upsetting than MJ's death.

[knightly]

Agreed GOAllie. I was precisely that age when Breakfast Club came out. He spoke absolute truth about teenage life. I'm pretty sure it holds up today as well. Sad loss for cinema.

[WesScog]

That is really crummy, and not even that old, he's just around my parents age...

Geez.

[RoughSketchPictures]

This sucks...and there's barely any press coverage. I think he was just a big an influence to 80's pop culture as M.J.

[jpeenut]

This sucks...and there's barely any press coverage. I think he was just a big an influence to 80's pop culture as M.J.

Agreed. R.I.P.

[theSarge00]

Influence is a big tell: MJ was, for better or worse, a musical phenom, a fixture of the decades he was in, but how many artists can point to him as an influence? Whereas John Hughes actually was an influence on any number of filmmakers, even if they took off in a totally different direction.

Was just watching "Weird Science" the other day...

So long, Mr. Hughes.

Post scriptum: in the imdb he shows as having been writing lately under the name of Edmond Dantes, including the story for Drillbit Taylor. Go and figger.

[Chucks McCork]

hmm... another famous person has met his maker this summer. that and Walter Cronkite. 7 now have enter the 'Dead Pool', who's next to take the dive?

[chickenproductions]

R.I.P.

He was a great filmmaker, and to answer knightly, yes, his movies still speak to kids today.