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L.A. Readers! John Hughes Tribute At The New Beverly This Weekend! Lots Of Cool Special Guests!
Beaks here...
This Friday and Saturday evening (9/4 and 9/5), The New Beverly Cinema is celebrating the life and remarkable talent of writer-director-producer John Hughes with a double feature of what many consider to be his two finest films: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF and PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES. You shouldn't need any extra incentive to watch these two terrific movies with a crowd of fervent Hughes fans, but because The New Beverly is the best damn repertory theater on the planet, they've rounded up a group of former Hughes collaborators to share with you their memories of working with a filmmaker who defined a generation.
If you show up tonight (starting at 7:30 PM), you'll get to fire off questions at the great Jeffrey Jones (Principal Ed Rooney), Edie McClurg ("GRACE!!!"), and Cindy Pickett (the loving, if completely oblivious Mrs. Bueller). And if you come tomorrow, you'll get the same group along with Lyman Ward (Mr. Bueller), producer Tom Jacobs (who also worked with Hughes on THE GREAT OUTDOORS, UNCLE BUCK and CHRISTMAS VACATION), and legendary editor Paul Hirsch (CARRIE, BLOW OUT, CREEPSHOW, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and an Oscar for STAR WARS). In case you're wondering, the print for FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF was struck in 2005, while the one for PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES was struck last week. In other words, these films are going to look terrific.
Admission for the double-feature is $7. Not that you care, but I'll be there Saturday night because I'm sticking around for the midnight screening of Sidney J. Furie's THE ENTITY.
The entire New Beverly calendar is up for September and October, and there's some incredible stuff on the way. Samuel Fuller's THE CRIMSON KIMONO and UNDERWORLD U.S.A.! John Carpenter's THE THING and PRINCE OF DARKNESS! A 25th Anniversary screening of BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO! And you should totally join me on my birthday for the October 18th double feature of ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN and THE GHOST AND MRS. CHICKEN (I had nothing to do with programming these films, but I love them both dearly).
Hope to see you out this weekend!
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Love him! Too bad I can't come.
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I mean, I like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but, come on . . .
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Sep 04, 2009 3:58:56 PM CDT
so If I go tonightto see Jeffrey Jones, should I leave my childr
by ashesofdonnie
..dum dum, Ohhhh Yeah!
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impressive.
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles is fine but a lesser entry in the Hughes libray. Not quite Curly Sue bad but still. Not his best. I'd be more up for a Breakfast Club with all original cast followed by Ferris with all original cast and featuring music by a reunited Save Ferris.
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and haven't seen anything worth checking out until now. I'll be there for at least one of the flicks. RIP JH
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cast members should be there!
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Sep 04, 2009 4:58:38 PM CDT
What? None of all these comedies, with a silly gangster duo...
by derlanghaarige
...that he wrote later in his career? (101 Dalmatians, Flubber or even Dennis, although it's just one gangster?)
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Whoopee.
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SHOCKER!! SHOCKER!! WE'RE LED LIKE LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER!!
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I'd kill to see this on a movie screen.
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I'd forgottten how truly amazing that film is.
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needs to come out on DVD. The TV cut puts a lot of short scenes back into the movie. Would love to get a DVD of it.
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are you a pedo or what, then?
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do you shave?
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Hughes didn't get the acknowledgement he deserved. Now a few of these clowns are going to milk his death? He's been dead for over like a month now, right? What the fuck's the world coming to.
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What's so great about guys who watch child porn?
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*In Dignam's Boston accent* Just how fucked up are you?
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http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1027041jones2.html
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...run the other way!!
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Or was he just watching some 15-16yr old Cam Whore bate online? I won't judge the guy till I know...by US law most of Asia and Europe would be considered Pedos.
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The reason why Jeffrey Jones gets one free pass for taking pictures of 15 year olds.
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wish I was there for all three movies!
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Sounds like "real pedo shit" to me. CheynestokingDMS posted the link, its all in there.
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But convicted pedphiles are "great." Got it. What would we do without you you social warrior you?
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