Interviews: John Hughes

Scott Myers

05 Sep 2009 • 1 min read

John Hughes died nearly a month ago and I posted this lengthy memorial about him.

GITS reader M has forwarded more background on Hughes:

Hey, Scott, I’ve found this audio interview with Mr. Hughes:

http://www.afi.com/media/AFI_JohnHughesPart1.mp3

http://www.afi.com/media/AFI_JohnHughesPart2.mp3

Incidentally, in this other YouTube mix, which is about Home Alone, director Chris Columbus reports that a considerably dramatic part, that of Mr. Marley (the old man in boots with his snow shovel, who is at odds with his son) was not in the first versions of the script but was added along the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnfsJrJGPIM

Box Office Mojo reports Home Alone as one of the most successful movie ever made regarding the initial budget (18 millions) vs worldwide grosses (476 millions). That would be 26.4444 times the initial investment.

Also these links:

http://www.lollipop.com/issue47/47-02-03.html

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/film/2009-08-06/john-hughes/

http://www.riverblue.com/hughes/articles/molly17.html

http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1617841/20090807/story.jhtml

If anybody else knows of any other interviews with Hughes, please post them in comments.

And a big H/T to M for sending along this information.

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