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Film Sun Mar 07 2010
John Hughes Remembered at the 82nd Academy Awards
John Hughes, director of Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), Home Alone (1990) and National Lampoon's Vacation (1982)- as well as a plethora of other films celebrating the beauty of youth and the humor and significance of teen angst- was honored tonight at the 82nd Academy Awards. Hughes, a Chicagoan since age 12, died of a heart attack in August of 2009. A graduate of Glenbrook North High School, many of his iconic movies are set in Chicago and capture scenes that Chicagoans call home. Who can forget Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, being left in his family's North Shore home for a week of high jinks and booby traps in Home Alone? And of course, we've all imitated Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller on the top floor of The Sears Tower, leaning over the rail with forehead pressed to the glass.
The tribute this evening included many of the actors who Hughes worked with, including Molly Ringwald, Macaulay Culkin, Judd Nelson, and Anthony Michael Hall. His wife and children, clearly touched by the recognition, were thanked and applauded, and a brief montage allowed the audience to reminisce with his beloved body of work.
