JOHN HUGHES Remembered

John Hughes may be gone, but he’ll never be forgotten – at least not as long as kids of every age roam the earth. Shortly after The Breakfast Club director passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 6 at the age of 59, five of his collaborators gathered to share their memories of the wunderkind: Howard Deutch, who directed the John-penned Pretty in Pink (1987), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), and The Great Outdoors (1988); Alisan Porter, who played the title role in Curly Sue (1991), which John wrote and directed; Edie McClurg, who played Grace the secretary in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) and a car-rental agent in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), both of which were written and directed by John; composer Ira Newborn, who scored Weird Science (1985), Ferris Bueller, Planes, Trains and Uncle Buck; and casting director Jackie Burch (Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club).