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'Brat Pack' and Teen Comedy Film Director Dies...
Film director John Hughes, who made a series of memorable 1980s teen comedies including The Breakfast Club and Uncle Buck, has died of a heart attack. The 59-year-old collapsed while strolling in Manhattan, where he was visiting family.
Hughes' 1980s films ushered in a new generation of fresh-faced, teen stars known as the "Brat Pack" - including Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and Matthew Broderick.
But he is perhaps best known for turning Macaulay Culkin into an international star for his role in Home Alone, which Hughes wrote and produced.
The 1990 blockbuster made almost £300m worldwide, and turned around the fortunes of 20th Century Fox - whose parent company was struggling to pay its creditors.
Actor Matthew Broderick said: "I am truly shocked and saddened by the news about my old friend John Hughes.
"He was a wonderful, very talented guy and my heart goes out to his family."
The director's films, such as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, are considered standard-bearers of the teen genre and explore American adolescent behavior.
He supplied his awkward characters with natural dialogue, allowing audiences to empathise with their travails.
"Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant with pursuits that are pretty base," Hughes told the Chicago Tribune in 1985.
"They seem to think that teenagers aren't very bright. But I haven't found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them.
"I don't discount anything they have to say just because they're only 16 years old."
Hughes worked with Molly Ringwald on both Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, as well as 1986's Pretty in Pink, which he wrote and produced.
He also made a star out of Matthew Broderick, the fearless hero of Ferris Bueller's Day Off who makes good on his determination to miss a day of school.
He later worked with John Candy on Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains & Automobiles, as well as writing the family-friendly films National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Beethoven.
Over the past decade the director turned his back on Hollywood to become a farmer in the midwest.
He leaves a wife, Nancy, two sons and four grandchildren.
Gutted, everyone knows and loves at least one of this guys movies.
I know he had all but turned his back on Hollywood and film but it's a sad loss to the industry and as Breakfast Club had such an affect and is is a big part of my life I feel a bit of me died too...
A great guy...
Could a MOD move this into Entertainment please...
Film director John Hughes, who made a series of memorable 1980s teen comedies including The Breakfast Club and Uncle Buck, has died of a heart attack. The 59-year-old collapsed while strolling in Manhattan, where he was visiting family.
Hughes' 1980s films ushered in a new generation of fresh-faced, teen stars known as the "Brat Pack" - including Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and Matthew Broderick.
But he is perhaps best known for turning Macaulay Culkin into an international star for his role in Home Alone, which Hughes wrote and produced.
The 1990 blockbuster made almost £300m worldwide, and turned around the fortunes of 20th Century Fox - whose parent company was struggling to pay its creditors.
Actor Matthew Broderick said: "I am truly shocked and saddened by the news about my old friend John Hughes.
"He was a wonderful, very talented guy and my heart goes out to his family."
The director's films, such as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, are considered standard-bearers of the teen genre and explore American adolescent behavior.
He supplied his awkward characters with natural dialogue, allowing audiences to empathise with their travails.
"Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant with pursuits that are pretty base," Hughes told the Chicago Tribune in 1985.
"They seem to think that teenagers aren't very bright. But I haven't found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them.
"I don't discount anything they have to say just because they're only 16 years old."
Hughes worked with Molly Ringwald on both Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, as well as 1986's Pretty in Pink, which he wrote and produced.
He also made a star out of Matthew Broderick, the fearless hero of Ferris Bueller's Day Off who makes good on his determination to miss a day of school.
He later worked with John Candy on Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains & Automobiles, as well as writing the family-friendly films National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Beethoven.
Over the past decade the director turned his back on Hollywood to become a farmer in the midwest.
He leaves a wife, Nancy, two sons and four grandchildren.
Gutted, everyone knows and loves at least one of this guys movies.I know he had all but turned his back on Hollywood and film but it's a sad loss to the industry and as Breakfast Club had such an affect and is is a big part of my life I feel a bit of me died too...
A great guy...
Could a MOD move this into Entertainment please...
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