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John Hughes TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
CMTTue, Feb 9, 8:00 PMThe Great OutdoorsBuy
CMTTue, Feb 9, 10:00 PMThe Great OutdoorsBuy
HBOeWed, Feb 10, 7:30 AMThe Fifth ElementBuy
CMTWed, Feb 10, 9:00 PMNational Lampoon's Christmas VacationBuy
CMTWed, Feb 10, 11:00 PMNational Lampoon's Christmas VacationBuy
HBOSGeThu, Feb 11, 12:00 PMBaby's Day OutBuy
WEThu, Feb 11, 8:00 PMPretty in PinkBuy
FMCThu, Feb 11, 8:30 PMDutchBuy
CINEMAXThu, Feb 11, 10:00 PMPlanes, Trains and AutomobilesBuy
WEThu, Feb 11, 10:00 PMPretty in PinkBuy
FMCFri, Feb 12, 4:00 AMDutchBuy
WESat, Feb 13, 6:00 PMPretty in PinkBuy
HBOSGeSun, Feb 14, 8:15 AMBaby's Day OutBuy
ABCFAMSun, Feb 14, 2:30 PMDennis the MenaceBuy
FXSun, Feb 14, 4:00 PMMaid in ManhattanBuy
FXMon, Feb 15, 8:00 AMMaid in ManhattanBuy
HBOeMon, Feb 15, 10:00 AMThe Fifth ElementBuy
FMCTue, Feb 16, 2:00 AMDutchBuy
AMCTue, Feb 16, 11:00 AMFerris Bueller's Day OffBuy
CMTTue, Feb 16, 8:00 PMNational Lampoon's Christmas VacationBuy
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John Hughes Biography

  • Birth Name: John Hughes Jr.
  • Birth Place: Lansing, MI
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/18/1950, Aquarius
  • Date of Death: 08/06/2009
  • Profession: Screenwriter; director
John Hughes Fast Facts:
  • Married his high school sweetheart at age 20.
  • Started out writing freelance jokes for professional comedians.
  • After the success of National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), he was offered screenwriting work because of his affiliation as a writer for National Lampoon magazine.
  • His directorial debut Sixteen Candles (1984) crowned him the king of teen angst films. In the next three years, he released five more coming-of-age adolescent classics: The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)  and Some Kind of Wonderful (1987).
  • Was so impressed with Macaulay Culkin's performance in Uncle Buck (1989) that he wrote Home Alone (1990) for the young actor.
  • Curly Sue (1991) became the last film he directed, but he continued to write and contribute stories to such films as Dennis the Menace (1993), Flubber (1997), and Maid in Manhattan (2002), sometimes using a pseudonym.
  • Spent his final years away from Hollywood on his farm.
    John Hughes Relationships:
  • James Hughes - Son
  • John Hughes - Son
  • Nancy Ludwig Hughes - Wife

  • College:
  • Attended University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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