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Old 08-06-2009, 03:15 PM   #1
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Cue 80s nostalgia in 3...2...1...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...as_dead_a.html
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Old 08-06-2009, 03:17 PM   #2
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Old 08-06-2009, 03:19 PM   #3
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And he wasn't that old.
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Old 08-06-2009, 03:24 PM   #4
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This generation really need some movies like the John Hughes movies...This is terrible. What happened to his directing career? After all those wonderful John Hughes movies, he stopped directing in 1991.
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Old 08-06-2009, 03:28 PM   #5
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Damn. I loved a lot of his movies. Though, after looking at IMDB there are also a lot that I didn't like.
Drillbit Taylor (2008) (story) (as Edmond Dantes)

Beethoven's 5th (2003) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantes)

Maid in Manhattan (2002) (story) (as Edmond Dantès)

Home Alone 4 (2002) (TV) (characters)

Beethoven's 4th (2001) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)

Beethoven's 3rd (2000) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)

Reach the Rock (1998) (written by)

Home Alone 3 (1997) (written by)

Flubber (1997) (screenplay)

101 Dalmatians (1996) (screenplay)

Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (screenplay)

Baby's Day Out (1994) (written by)

Beethoven's 2nd (1993) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)

Dennis the Menace (1993) (written by)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (characters) (written by)

Beethoven (1992) (written by) (as Edmond Dantès)

Curly Sue (1991) (written by)

Dutch (1991) (written by)

Career Opportunities (1991) (written by)

Home Alone (1990) (written by)

Christmas Vacation (1989) (written by)

Uncle Buck (1989) (written by)

The Great Outdoors (1988) (written by)

She's Having a Baby (1988) (written by)

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) (written by)

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) (written by)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (written by)

Pretty in Pink (1986) (written by)

Weird Science (1985) (written by)

European Vacation (1985) (screenplay) (story)

The Breakfast Club (1985) (written by)

Sixteen Candles (1984) (written by)

Nate and Hayes (1983) (written by)

Vacation (1983) (screenplay) (short story "Vacation '58")

Mr. Mom (1983) (written by)

Class Reunion (1982) (written by)
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Old 08-06-2009, 03:33 PM   #6
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Too bad. I watched "Weird Science" on an airplane just last weekend. There were some funny moments, especially when Chet got transformed into that bubbling blob of crap. Nothing too cerebral though...
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Old 08-06-2009, 03:41 PM   #7
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Dutch was a very underrated movie. So much good stuff there. I'll forgive him for all the Beethoven and Home Alone sequels.
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Some great John Hughes references here. At the 4:55.....from the movie Dogma

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Old 08-06-2009, 03:48 PM   #9
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Damn. I loved a lot of his movies.
Career Opportunities (1991) (written by)
Home Alone (1990) (written by)
Christmas Vacation (1989) (written by)
Uncle Buck (1989) (written by)
The Great Outdoors (1988) (written by)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) (written by)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (written by)
European Vacation (1985) (screenplay) (story)
The Breakfast Club (1985) (written by)
Sixteen Candles (1984) (written by)
Vacation (1983) (screenplay) (short story "Vacation '58")
Mr. Mom (1983) (written by)
Class Reunion (1982) (written by)
These movies are all cult classics. Planes Trains & Ferris are still a few of my favorite all time movies.

RIP
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Old 08-06-2009, 03:52 PM   #10
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Sad news.

Amazing the guy really went downhill after the 80s. Was he so desperate for work he had to do all of the Behoven sequels?
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Old 08-06-2009, 04:00 PM   #11
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Planes, Trains & Automobiles is one of my favourite all time movies. John Candy at his best.
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Old 08-06-2009, 04:25 PM   #12
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Amazing the guy really went downhill after the 80s. Was he so desperate for work he had to do all of the Behoven sequels?
I don't think he was actually involved in all the sequels, but because the characters he created were in the sequels, he got credit (which is why the credits say "characters" rather than "written by").
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RIP. I know the The Breakfast Club line for line. He's a legend that influenced a generation.
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Dutch is a classic in my movie library, awesome movie with Ed O'Neill. Also stars Shooter McGavin as the deadbeat rich daddy.
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Old 08-06-2009, 06:49 PM   #18
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Sad news.

Amazing the guy really went downhill after the 80s. Was he so desperate for work he had to do all of the Behoven sequels?
He had more money than God. I don't think it was ever desperation, you just can't knock it out of the park every time.

Man that guy wrote a lot of classics.
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Regardless of some of the movies he was involved in that I did not like, this list alone is enough to say he was one of the very, very best. Absolutely LOVE every movie I have listed below. Classics through and through:

Home Alone (1990)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
The Breakfast Club (1985)

RIP John...
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Home Alone was such a classic Christmas movie.

He really did capture the spirit of the 80s...
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