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When Matt Austin Sadowski started shopping around his documentary about John Hughes, film buyers didn't think audiences would be interested in a movie about the famed teen director.

Attempting to dismantle teenage social politics, John Hughes also oversimplified them.

What do cupcakes, Judd Nelson and Lea Thompson all have in common? They'll be starring in an independent film by Alex Pires.

What do cupcakes, Judd Nelson and Lea Thompson all have in common? They'll be starring in an independent film by Alex Pires.

What do cupcakes, Judd Nelson and Lea Thompson all have in common? They'll be starring in an independent film by Alex Pires.

ABC has the hots for "St. Elmo's Fire," a contemporary take on the 1985 movie that launched the filmmaking career of Joel Schumacher.

Judd Nelson , Emilio Estevez , Ally Sheedy , Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall in John Hughes' 1985 classic, "The Breakfast Club." John Hughes was an incredible talent who left behind a vast and varied body of work riddled with absolute classics that redefined how films were made.

Share + Aug 6, 2009 4:00 pm US/Central NEW YORK 1 of 2 Director John Hughes appears in this undated file photo.

With the recent death of director John Hughes, fans have flocked to see some of his classic brat pack films.

Matt Austin-Sadowski's Don't You Forget About Me had been struggling to find much interest but is now on the verge of a major deal, according to Variety.

In a fit of teenage obsession, Alison Bryne Fields wrote to John Hughes to tell him how much she loved The Breakfast Club .

Where to begin? Matthew Broderick singing "Danke Schoen" on a Chicago parade float.

We were delighted to see that Hulu had a nice variety of John Hughes movie clips posted, so we thought we'd share some with you, today, in this time of mourning.

Posted in Film , Own This City by Drew Toal on August 6th, 2009 at 5:19 pm Variety is reporting that John Hughes, the beloved director and/or writer of The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles and nearly every other movie not called Star Wars or starring John Cusack that meant something to us in the '80s, is dead of a heart attack at 59.

The best evidence of John Hughes' impact on popular culture might be the generation of people who grew up in the 1980s and '90sA who can recite multiple quotes from his movies from off the top of their heads.

Share + Aug 6, 2009 5:00 pm US/Eastern NEW YORK 1 of 2 Director John Hughes appears in this undated file photo.

St. Elmo's Fire wants your sympathy in profiling the ups and downs of friends and recent Georgetown University graduates adjusting to the real world.

The 1980s produced some of the most memorable teen feature film hits of any decade.