Nov 3, 2009 | The Varsity
Just before the famed director's death, local fan Austin Sadowski toured the U.S. to assess his impact on a generation Will Sloan Late in Don't You Forget About Me , Toronto-based director Matt Austin Sadowski's documentary about the career and cultural legacy of John Hughes, one of the interviewees observes that though Hughes's films are beloved ...
John Hughes - the true teen hero and man of letters
Back in 1985, the film-maker John Hughes a ' who was then in between The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, two of the best teen movies of all time a ' received a letter from a teenager called Alison Byrne Fields.
John Hughes, of 'Breakfast Club,' Ferris Bueller fame dies
Word has broken that John Hughes, the writer-director of such seminal 80s films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off has suddenly died of a heart attack at age 59.
John Hughes, of 'Breakfast Club,' Ferris Bueller fame dies
Word has broken that John Hughes, the writer-director of such seminal 80s films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off has suddenly died of a heart attack at age 59.
John Hughes, of 'Breakfast Club,' Ferris Bueller fame dies
Word has broken that John Hughes, the writer-director of such seminal 80s films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off has suddenly died of a heart attack at age 59.
Appreciation: Hughes tapped into the heart of teen psyche
Nobody susses out a fraud more quickly than a kid. Any parent who has tried to share a child's taste in popular music can attest to that.
Heart attack claims 'Sixteen Candles' director
John Hughes liked hiding in plain sight from Hollywood, choosing to raise his two sons in Lake Forest rather than go west during his cinematic heyday in the 1980s and 1990s.
The news that writer-director-producer John Hughes has died at the age of 59 a heart attack while out walking, according to Variety had people reacting like they've lost a favourite uncle.
John Hughes, of 'Breakfast Club,' Ferris Bueller fame dies
Word has broken that John Hughes, the writer-director of such seminal 80s films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off has suddenly died of a heart attack at age 59.
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