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Nov 25, 2021 · 16. “Uncle Buck” (1989, w-d) The weakest of Hughes’ three John Candy collaborations, “Uncle Buck” is too dark and not funny enough. The title character is tasked with babysitting his nieces and nephew, and the oldest, Tia (Jean Louisa Kelly), immediately tears into him.
Feb 17, 2017 · The Breakfast Club (1985) Director: John Hughes. Along with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), this is one of the defining American films of the 1980s and, with its story of a disparate group of students brought together for detention, forces the pleasure, power and pain of adolescence into a confined space, with dramatic consequences.
Aug 6, 2009 · John Hughes, Director And Screenwriter, Dead At 59. August 6, 20094:54 PM ET. By. Frank James. John Hughes, one of Hollywood's most successful directors and screen writers, whose movies during the ...
John Hughes (filmmaker) John Wilden Hughes, Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American filmmaker. He was born in Lansing, Michigan. He grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan and Northbrook, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He died of a heart attack in Manhattan, New York City . Hughes' movies include: National Lampoon's Vacation ...
Jun 9, 2020 · Uncle Buck (1989): 7.0. Uncle Buck was the first film in a multiple picture deal that John Hughes would write, produce, and direct. The film stars John Candy as Uncle Buck, an unemployed, cigar-smoking, gambler who is tasked with watching his three young nieces and nephews. RELATED: John Candy's 10 Best Movies According to Rotten Tomatoes.
Aug 7, 2009 · Filmmaker John Hughes, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the age of 59, captured the teen and preteen market in the 1980s and '90s with movies such as The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink.
Aug 19, 2020 · The Great Outdoors (1988) - 6.7. Coming in at number 10 with a rating of 6.7 is the John Hughes' classic The Great Outdoors . Written and directed by Hughes, the film starred John Candy as Chet Ripley, an outdoorsy father who wants to take his family fishing. The vacation is made complicated when Ripley's brother-in-law's family accompanies ...
