John Hughes

...food is interesting, but not necessarily funny. Hughes would go on to try another adult theme with the pregnancy-oriented She's Having a Baby, starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern. It was not as successful for reasons that continue...

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...entertainment. Over the next several years, Hughes wrote and/or directed "Weird Science," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Pretty in Pink" and "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" - all undeniable '80s classics. Throughout the decade, he...

In this article: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Hollywood, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, National Lampoon, Home Alone, Kevin Bacon, Michael Keaton, and Emilio Estevez

She's Having a Baby She's Having a Baby is an American movie, released in 1988 , which was directed by John Hughes . The movie portrays a young newlywed couple, Kristy and Jake Briggs played by Elizabeth McGovern and Kevin Bacon, who try to...

In this article: She's Having a Baby, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Chicago, Kevin Bacon, University of Arizona, and Elizabeth McGovern

...like the grittiness of the originals. Take Footloose. This would have been just another teen movie for the decade in which the John Hughes-driven brat pack ruled the screens, except for two things: the angular, distinctly odd-looking Kevin...

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...Automobiles"), and "She's Having a Baby" (1988), which, instead of teenagers, focused on young newlyweds (played by Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern). The last movie Hughes would direct was the 1991 "Curly Sue," which flopped at the box...

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