Writer/Director John Hughes Dead at 59

[randallscott35]

A legend indeed. Heart disease is a silent killer.

[ArlJim78]

What a shame. His movies resonated well with most people. I still watch them over and over. Planes Trains and Automobiles is a classic.
"Those aren't pillows"

[mclem0822]

What a talented comedic writer he was! Planes, Trains, and Automobile's is HYSTERICAL! We had a discount movie house not to far from where I lived growing up in Va., I saw "Sixteen Candles" 4 times in one weekend, it's still a favorite comedy of mine. John Hughes was making brilliant funny teen comedies, before alot of these no talent bums out there now were born! A great loss to Hollywood, but a very funny body of work to remember the great John Hughes.
RIP

[randallscott35]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ILf...layer_embedded

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ILf...layer_embedded

Neil Cavuto kept on referring to him as "Director John Hughes". He never called him "writer". I wonder if Cavuto even knows that Hughes wrote every single one of those movies.

[chucklestheclown]

Very sad loss. He did an interview with the Onion not that long ago, it seems.
Chicago has lost a great supporter. RIP.

[Rupert Pupkin]

I actually left out a few of his movies. He wrote and directed "Weird Science" and "Curly Sue". He wrote "The Great Outdoors", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "She's Having a Baby" and "Career Oppurtunities".

[chucklestheclown]

Weird Science. Classic. I could watch that 10 times in a row, and I think I did once.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by mclem0822

What a talented comedic writer he was! Planes, Trains, and Automobile's is HYSTERICAL! We had a discount movie house not to far from where I lived growing up in Va., I saw "Sixteen Candles" 4 times in one weekend, it's still a favorite comedy of mine. John Hughes was making brilliant funny teen comedies, before alot of these no talent bums out there now were born! A great loss to Hollywood, but a very funny body of work to remember the great John Hughes.
RIP

I can watch his movies over and over and over again and not get tired of them. He was truly a comedic genius. I've seen practically all of those movies 7-8 times apiece. They just don't get old. If I'm flipping around the channels and any one of those movies are on, I almost always watch them. They're just as funny now as they were 20 years ago. Hughes was an incredible talent. RIP