I always thought John Hughes might have a classic comeback movie in him one day, but alas it's not to be. Despite some diminishing returns late in his career, he was nonetheless responsible for some classic comedy: The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Uncle Buck and National Lampoon's Vacation (both sublime comedy films in my estimation), She's Having A Baby (an often overlooked gem of a film) and Planes, Trains and Automobiles (which is one of those films that I could watch again and again.)
I can't think of a better tribute than a clip from my favourite Hughes movie.
About Me
- Simon Avery
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Born in Birmingham in 1971. I've been a writer of short fiction for over twenty years, and have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies, including Crimewave, Birmingham Noir, Black Static, The Third Alternative and The Best British Mysteries IV. I was nominated for the CWA Short Story Dagger in 2001 for Leaving Seven Sisters, published in Crimewave 4: Mood Indigo. I've recently completed a second novel, Everything Beautiful Is Far Away, as well as a private eye novel, Secret Skin, set in Paris.
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Yeah, I just read about it this morning, when I got into work. I do actually feel a rather bummed out by this news as, like you, I'd thought he'd make a return to directing at some point, even if for just one last movie. I seem to recall Molly Ringwald had said she kept bugging him to do a Breakfast Club 'the later years' type of sequel. Dunno if that would have been a good idea or not, but now there's no chance of anything new. Shame. 59, no age is it, really?
Jeez, Play don't miss a promotional trick, do they? http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/3-/404773/2-/Promo.html?dpr=404773
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