Throughout the ’80s John Hughes defined the teen movie genre and spoke not only to that generation’s teens, but every generation that has followed. Then in 1991 he hung up his director’s hat and disappeared into obscurity ala J.D Salinger. In 2008, a group of young Canadian filmmakers set out to complete a documentary about the man with what they hoped would culminate with an interview, which would be his first since 1999.
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Andrew McCarthy as Self
Annie Potts as Self
Gedde Watanabe as Self
Justin Henry as Self
Judd Nelson as Self
Ally Sheedy as Self
John Kapelos as Self
Mia Sara as Self
Alan Ruck as Self
Scott Coffey as Self
Kelly LeBrock as Self
Ilan Mitchell-Smith as Self
Gene Siskel as Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert as Self
Howard Deutch as Self
Jason Reitman as Self
Jim Kerr as Self
Allan Moyle as Self
Richard Roeper as Self
Chris Wyatt as Self
David Anderle as Self
Mike Bender as Self
Jackie Burch as Self
Sean Covel as Self
Richard Elfman as Self
Jennifer Gibgot as Self
Andrew Gunn as Self
Kevin Smith as Self
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