John Hughes Documentary "Don't you forget about me"

Skinfull

Quote the raven...

Timing is an important factor when it comes to documentary filmmaking. If you can tackle a relevant topic at just the right moment, you may suddenly find your movie gaining exposure overnight. Such is the case with the makers of the upcoming documentary Don’t You Forget About Me, which explores “the influence and absence of John Hughes”. With the unexpected news of Hughes’ death this week, they’ve decided to dedicate the entire film to his memory, and throw together a rough trailer that shows off footage from this work in progress.

In addition to interviewing filmmakers who have been influenced by Hughes (such as Jason Reitman and Kevin Smith), Toronto actor/director Matt Austin and three friends actually travel to Chicago to try and meet John Hughes in person. They also hope to get to the bottom of his sudden and mysterious disappearance from Hollywood. For more info, and to keep up to date with the progress of the film, check out their production blog or the official website at www.dontyouforgetaboutmethemovie.com.

Voice of a generation for sure. Everyone has got to have at least one JH movie they love! Really looking forward to seeing this.

Basq

Can't check out trailer (in work) - but it sounds great.

Absolutely huge John Hughes fan so I'm looking forward to it!

MagicMarker

I like the idea of the documentary but the trailer really does nothing for me.

Basq

Bump for this..

Watched it last night and really enjoyed it.

Plenty of interviews with the 80's greats in there including Judd Nelson, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Kelly LeBrock, Andrew McCartney, John Kapelos, Ally Sheedy and Ilan Mitchell-Smith. Not forgetting Roeper & Ebert and Kevin Smith have too.

Watching it and various snippets of Hughes movies made you realise how fantastic the 80's teen films were.. and how vapid and superficial they are now.

Skerries

jaykhunter

Is this the guy who made great 80s films and terrible 90s films and then did nothing?

Basq

jaykhunter wrote: »

Is this the guy who made great 80s films and terrible 90s films and then did nothing?

No, not exactly.

He stopped directing after 'Curly Sue' in 1991. His damn strong directorial career was as follows:

Curly Sue (1991)
Uncle Buck (1989)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)

He also wrote these films and a handful of other 80's classics including 'Christmas Vacation', 'The Great Outdoors' and 'European Vacation'.

In the 1990's, he wrote mainly kids films - most notably 'Home Alone' (and numerous sequels) and '101 Dalmations'. He then penned a couple of screenplays under the pseudonym Edmond Dantes (after the protagonist in 'The Count Of Monte Cristo).

But he was still writing screenplays (out of the public eye) up until his death ('Drillbit Taylor' was his last published screenplay in 2008).

jaykhunter

Baby's Day Out! I knew it! RedLetterMedia recently did a review of that film. Man.....

basquille wrote: »

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
'Christmas Vacation'
'European Vacation'
'Home Alone 1'

That's a damn fine list of films. It is odd how he stopped being attached to great films after 1990 though.

Basq

jaykhunter wrote: »

It is odd how he stopped being attached to great films after 1990 though.

Well.. the documentary goes into it briefly -

basically, he didn't have a good experience in Hollywood. He then quit Hollywood to spend time with his family, but he more or less completely cut all ties in Hollywood to do it.

There are people he worked with who haven't seen him or spoke to him in 10 - 15 years.. and they have tried contacting him.

He also stopped doing "original teen movies" - his bread and butter (and the genre that he could identify with best) and seemed to write nothing but vapid kids film. Maybe he reached his peak.. or maybe there's something else to it. We'll now never know!

It's actually quite sad really!

Skinfull

basquille wrote: »

Bump for this..

Watched it last night and really enjoyed it.

Plenty of interviews with the 80's greats in there including Judd Nelson, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Kelly LeBrock, Andrew McCartney, John Kapelos, Ally Sheedy and Ilan Mitchell-Smith. Not forgetting Roeper & Ebert and Kevin Smith have too.

Watching it and various snippets of Hughes movies made you realise how fantastic the 80's teen films were.. and how vapid and superficial they are now.

Where did you see it? I'm still trying!

jaykhunter

I'm impressed that the boards discussion page is on the first page of results when you googlesearch

John Hughes Documentary "Don't you forget about me"

the reviews weren't that complementary, saying 'you should know this stuff already'..... I couldn't find a legal way to watch the film. Not even on Amazon. Oh well

Basq

Don't get me wrong - the documentary has nothing specifically "new" or "shocking" in it.

But it's an interesting and engaging way to spend 70 minutes. I think some people were expecting far too much from it.

What I'd say is: if you're a John Hughes fan, you'll probably enjoy it. If you're not, there's really not much in it to change your mind!

Skinfull

Hoping to watch it tonight. ITs not about learning something new its about 70 mins of immersion back in the joy of John Hughes World.

And knowing that Screen in town are playing Breakfast club and pretty in pick this week.

8-Things-You-Never-Noticed-In-The-Breakfast-Club

A V A

where where where is screen in town , is that the one in temple bar ??????????? id loveto see pretty in pink and the breakfastclub on a big screen



please share

A V A

oh i know it now cheers

Larianne

It's just behind Pearse Street Garda Station.

A V A

im excited now , looks like im going on my own . . . . bloody mates dont have taste when it comes to good movies!!!!! :P


why aren't they showing weird science ?? hmmm thats would have been good

wish i had known this about screen showing 80's films again !!! would have loved to go see the goonies and gremlins

Larianne

There's a facebook page you can join: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/group.php?gid=225305375496&ref=ts They update you on what films they are showing. They are also getting people to vote on what films they'd like to see next in the cinema.

I think its great! :pac:

A V A

can you just turn up and buy tickets ??

A V A

i dont do facebook or anything hate those social website site things that every single person is on :P:P:P

Larianne

A V A wrote: »

can you just turn up and buy tickets ??

Yep, although a lot have sold out and they've had to put the film on in extra screens. I know it happened for Predator.

A V A

Larianne wrote: »

Yep, although a lot have sold out and they've had to put the film on in extra screens. I know it happened for Predator.

whats its like in there is it a nice cinema ??

Larianne

A V A wrote: »

i dont do facebook or anything hate those social website site things that every single person is on :P:P:P

Well they've a blog as well. http://thescreencinema.blogspot.com/

A V A

ahhhhh for fcuk sake i missed breakfast at tifaneys aswel :( grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


would they show it again??



i thought john hughes dies a while back ,i could of sworn i read it some where

Basq

A V A wrote: »

i thought john hughes dies a while back ,i could of sworn i read it some where

He died August last year.

S.M.B.

A V A wrote: »

ahhhhh for fcuk sake i missed breakfast at tifaneys aswel :( grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

That's what you get for not being on Facebook....

JP Liz V1

Is this out on dvd or a cinema release?

I hope to see it.

I loved a lot of his films and I thought he was legendary filmmaker

Interesting Tidbit

He only directed eight films. He wrote 30 others that were produced, 16 of them in the '80s, 13 in the '90s, and contributed characters or ideas to a handful of others

Basq

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is this out on dvd or a cinema release?

It's only out on DVD in the US (Region 1).

I sincerally doubt it'll get a release over here it got a only limited run in cinemas in Canada, and was only aired on TV / released on DVD in the US.

JP Liz V1

I will try and get my hands on a copy

A V A

how did other people see it ??

Syferus

A V A wrote: »

how did other people see it ??

Ho hum. This situation always reminds me of Voldermort first and Muhammad second.

A V A

tomorow is the last showing of the breakfast club it looks like im goin on my own


is that weird ???

bonerm

Just want to say I am a big John Hughes fans, saw this doc today and my verdict is I wouldn't recommend it. It's sloppily put together, badly researched, full of irritating cast members

and (as expected) doesn't deliver on the ending it keeps hinting at / hoping for.

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It's basically just a quartet of geeky stalkers riding around in a van for 70minutes and could barely even be called a documentary. I do think it's just fortunate in it's timing and would never have seen the light of day had Hughes not passed.

Hughes fans, don't waste your time with this one. Hopefully someone will make a proper doc on the guy, with some real insight.

Basq

bonerm wrote: »

Hopefully someone will make a proper doc on the guy, with some real insight.

I think this is the problem..

.. there won't be such a documentary. Hughes was incredibly closed-off for almost the last 20 years of his life.

monkeyfudge

A V A wrote: »

tomorow is the last showing of the breakfast club it looks like im goin on my own


is that weird ???

No it's not weird. Although not to labour the point, but there's a group on facebook that lets people meet up and go see films together and then go for a drink to talk about the movie afterward.

That's who I went to see it with anyway.

A V A

ahh i missed it wednesday night , couldnt get anyone to go , didnt know about the facebook page ,im not on facebook dont like it !!!! would you say they will show it again ???

monkeyfudge

Think Wednesday was the last screening. Raging I missed out on Pretty in Pink personally. Just couldn't find the time to get to it.

The movie club is also on meetup.com by the way:

http://www.meetup.com/Dublin-Midweek-Movie-Club/

A V A

cheers for that


i havent met up with people i dont know to go to a movie before