John Hughes tribute

The surprise
death of writer/director John Hughes has affected me a little more than I
would have imagined. I guess I never really knew the extent of how much his
films meant to me. It doesn’t help that he was here two days ago and then
suddenly…poof, gone! Pretty shitty. That said, as per anyone else’s death,
you always try and remember the person for who they were and what they
instilled upon your own life, and in Mr. Hughes’ case, he certainly made the
world a much more entertaining and fun place to be, and according to many of
his peers’ tributes below…he was a great man to boot (I think the fact that
he effectively “quit Hollywood” in 1991 to spend more time with his
family, speaks to that as well).

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Our very own Nick Bosworth has put together a nice tribute
video to John Hughes below and AICN
also found a very touching story about how his work greatly affected one
girl’s life. CLICK
HERE to read that powerful tale…

Molly Ringwald: “I was stunned and incredibly sad
to hear about the death of John Hughes. He was and will always be such an
important part of my life. He will be missed – by me and by everyone that he
has touched. My heart and all my thoughts are with his family now.”

Macauley Culkin: “I was a fan of both his work and
a fan of him as a person. The world has lost not only a quintessential
filmmaker whose influence will be felt for generations, but a great and decent
man.”

Matthew Broderick: “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.”

Steve Martin: “I asked John how long it took to
write ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles,’ he said, ‘I wrote it over the
weekend.’ The weekend. That shows you what he was able to do.”

Judd Apatow: “I feel like a part of my childhood has died. Nobody made me laugh harder or more often than John Hughes.”

Roger Ebert: “His films helped establish an
international notion of ordinary American teenagers, and he was as popular
abroad as at home. Once when I was visiting the largest movie theater in
Calcutta, I asked if ‘Star Wars’ had been their most successful American film.
No, I was told, it was ‘Baby’s Day Out,’ a Hughes comedy about a baby
wandering through a big city, which played for more than a year.”

Kelly LeBrock: “He was always the biggest kid in
the room. He was always running around with high top sneakers with no laces in
them because he didn’t want to trip on his laces because he’d never tie them.
He was just one of the boys and everybody loved being around him. He was a
wonderful human being to work with. I loved him like crazy.”

Bill Paxton: “He took a tremendous chance on me.
Like Orson Welles, he was a boy wonder, a director’s director, a writer’s
writer, a filmmaker’s filmmaker. He was one of the giants.”

Ben Stein: “He was a wonderful man, a genius, a
poet. I don’t think anyone has come close to him as being the poet of the
youth of America in the postwar period. He was to them what Shakespeare was to
the Elizabethan Age.”