On Thursday 6th August 2009,director John Hughes passed away- the cause of death: a heart attack.John Hughes was the genius behind Planes, Trains and Automobiles (which I read is both Steve Martin and John Candy's favourite one they've been in), Uncle Buck and Sixteen Candles. His movies had characters we could ALL relate to in one way or another. John Hughes showed us what high school was really like and this was before Hannah Montana or High School Musical ever existed.
He was often ascioated with Molly Ringwald and quite a few others but mainly with John Candy as he did about 8 or 9 films with him in them. Which is kind of like with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp (Depp's been in about six or 7 movies directed by Tim Burton and he'll be doing it again next year as the Mad Hatter in Alice In Wonderland).
His movies were inspirational even today they have a impact on pop culture. In fact our children's show the Doizee Club and the movies based on it are heavily inspired by the works of this movie making genius. Our mascot Chumsley the werejohncandy is a composite of quite a few characters played by John Candy, in particular Del Griffith (Planes, Trains and Automobiles)and Buck Rusell (Uncle Buck). It also kind of helps that Chumsley has an uncle who concidentally is named Buck and is just like the title character from the movie.
John Hughes will forever live on in our hearts. And we will not forget about him.
Rest in peace John, you were a true genius when it came to film making.
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