John Hughes

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q311263: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Easy A (2010); Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). Count them as director (7 films), writer (10 films), producer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

1980s bully movies: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: 1980s bully movies ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Van loves the Lucas Lee fight because it recalls cheesy 80s bully fights and flips them, Scott winning through wiliness.
    “the fights that I love from, uh, bully fights are like from 80s, cheesy 80s movies.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:33:29 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them)

Anthony Michael Hall: 1 line

  1. people (falling out) · them, directly: Anthony Michael Hall ⇒ John Hughes (the maker said so: Vanity Fair). Hall says Hughes wrote Ducky, Ferris and other roles for him, then they split after Weird Science.
    “he believes Hughes wrote the roles of Ducky and Pretty and Pink and Ferris Bueller for him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:55 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Drunken Master 2: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: Drunken Master 2 ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Jason says Matthew Patel's leg-gyrating move echoes a Ken Lo move in Drunken Master 2.
    “Matthew Patel even does some of the moves that Ken Lo, as Johnny does in Drunken Master 2”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:31:56 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

Election (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they were tied to as influence on: Election ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). Olive's unbothered, stronger-than-the-bully stance continues the Tracy Flick character through Book Smart's Beanie Feldstein.
    “the Tracy Flick character that we have seen just grow and grow all the way up to like the most recently book smart with Beanie Felsian's character.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:56:33 · Juliet Litman (0.50 sure it was them)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they were tied to as influence on: Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ Easy A (the maker said so). Director Will Gluck has said Ferris Bueller is his favorite movie, and Olive's Mohawk and guitar bits echo it.
    “I think the director, Will Gluck, has like talked about how Ferris Bueller is, I think, his favorite movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Five Deadly Venoms (1978): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: Five Deadly Venoms ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Edgar says that before shooting he watched Shaw Brothers mystical kung fu like Five Deadly Venoms to get in the mood.
    “Shaw Brothers type movies like, um, um, 5 deadly venoms”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:37 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Jackie Chan: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: Jackie Chan ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Edgar says he was a huge Jackie Chan fan going in.
    “I was a huge Jackie Chan fan.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:20 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

John Hughes: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they were tied to as influence on: John Hughes ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). Easy A is in open dialogue with Hughes: Olive says her life is not a John Hughes movie and the finale has a Hughes montage.
    “But also she, like, literally says in the dialogue, my life isn't a John Hughes movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:55 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

King Boxer (1972): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: King Boxer ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Also on Edgar's pre-production kung fu watch list.
    “5 fingers of death”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:37 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

One Tree Hill: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Easy A (2010), which they were tied to as influence on: One Tree Hill ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). The webcam broadcasting echoes Peyton on One Tree Hill, so there was a precedent.
    “There's 2 pieces of this movie that have strong callbacks to one Tree Hill.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:47:17 · Juliet Litman (0.60 sure it was them)

Phantom of the Paradise (1974): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: Phantom of the Paradise ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Phantom of the Paradise is named as one ingredient of the film's rock-and-spectacle mix.
    “It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

The Matrix (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: The Matrix ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Sean breaks the staging down into influences: Bruce Lee, The Matrix, and Phantom of the Paradise.
    “It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

The One-Armed Boxer: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: The One-Armed Boxer ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Part of the same Shaw Brothers viewing list Edgar did before the shoot.
    “one arm boxer”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:37 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Easy A (2010), which they were tied to as influence on: The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version) ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). The movie nods to the Scarlet Letter and its puritanical heritage; Olive jokes about watching the Demi Moore version.
    “does its best or at least at times nods to the Scarlet letter and kind of like, you know, the puritanical heritage”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:52:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Baby Driver (2017): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Baby Driver (the host's read). Sean says Wright's music-synced action staging, perfected in Baby Driver, begins with Scott Pilgrim.
    “The perfectly synchronized music to action staging the Wright Perfected and Baby Driver starts with Scott Pilgrim.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:02:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Baby Driver (the host's read). Sean says Wright used this film to work out his rhythm, pacing and use of music, so Baby Driver does not exist without it.
    “there is no baby driver without this movie in terms of like the rhythm and the pacing and the way that he uses music.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:39:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Deadpool (2016): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Deadpool (the host's read). Same claim: Deadpool's fourth-wall breaking was made possible by this movie breaking it down.
    “Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Easy A (2010): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: John Hughes ⇒ Easy A (the host's read). Easy A is in open dialogue with Hughes: Olive says her life is not a John Hughes movie and the finale has a Hughes montage.
    “But also she, like, literally says in the dialogue, my life isn't a John Hughes movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:55 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Emma Stone: 1 line

  1. verdict (verdict) · through Easy A (2010), which they were tied to as influence on: Easy A ⇒ Emma Stone (the host's read). Easy A isn't Stone's peak, but she doesn't reach it without this movie.
    “it's not technically her Apex Mountain, but she doesn't get to her Apex Mountain without this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 1:26:57 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): 1 line

  1. people (auteur culmination) · them, directly: John Hughes ⇒ Ferris Bueller's Day Off (the host's read). Cameron is the culmination of five years of Hughes teen movies trying to get that character right.
    “the Cameron character is a culmination of 5 years of John Hughes teen movies, him trying to get this character correct, and then I feel like he finally did.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:56 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read). Sean says Deadpool, the Lego movie and Spider-Verse could not happen without this film having broken the fourth wall first.
    “Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

The Breakfast Club (1985): 1 line

  1. career (creator self-projection) · them, directly: John Hughes ⇒ The Breakfast Club (the host's read). Hughes is a cross between Hall's Breakfast Club character and Cameron, and did his best writing for those guys.
    “my guess would be he was kind of a cross between Anthony Michael Hall's breakfast club character and Cameron in a lot of ways”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:32 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

The Lego Movie (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as filmmaker named in the original pitch: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ The Lego Movie (the host's read). Same claim: the Lego movie's self-aware tone follows Scott Pilgrim.
    “Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (19) everyone in directing

Writing (15) everyone in writing

Other (2) everyone in other

Producing (1) everyone in producing

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): John Hughes → Weird Science. Weird Science feels like Hughes heat-checking, coming right after Breakfast Club.
    “Also, the weird science to me feels heat checking for Hughes too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:16:35 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Lawrence Kasdan → John Hughes. Kasdan's first five years beat Hughes in a screenwriting final.
    “So it's John Hughes versus him in the finals and cast and wins.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:22:26 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (creator self-projection): John Hughes → The Breakfast Club. Hughes is a cross between Hall's Breakfast Club character and Cameron, and did his best writing for those guys.
    “my guess would be he was kind of a cross between Anthony Michael Hall's breakfast club character and Cameron in a lot of ways”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:32 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Adam Fields → John Hughes. Fields worked on Hughes's Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club before Donnie Darko.
    “By that point, Fields had worked on several big films, including 16 candles in the breakfast club.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:25:30 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Stanley Kubrick → John Hughes. Kubrick loved John Hughes movies, which is why he wanted Hall.
    “So Stanley Kubrick, for some reason, love John Hughes movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:21:53 · Kyle Brandt (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Easy A → John Hughes. Easy A is in open dialogue with Hughes: Olive says her life is not a John Hughes movie and the finale has a Hughes montage.
    “But also she, like, literally says in the dialogue, my life isn't a John Hughes movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:55 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → John Hughes. Same pitch: the film sits between John Hughes teen comedy and Kill Bill action.
    “they said, it's like John Hughes meets Kill Bill.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:51:06 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

people (6)

  1. people (people): Uncle Buck → John Hughes. Uncle Buck is a John Hughes movie.
    “That's a John Hughes movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 1:33:17 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): John Hughes → Anthony Michael Hall. Hughes loved Hall and pitched the next movie on the Breakfast Club set.
    “He wants to make every movie with him and he's like, I got our next movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:16:54 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): John Hughes → Anthony Michael Hall. Hughes saw Hall as his proxy, Scorsese to De Niro.
    “This is like, I'm Scorsese and you're De Niro, basically.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:20:27 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  4. people (auteur culmination): Ferris Bueller's Day Off → John Hughes. Cameron is the culmination of five years of Hughes teen movies trying to get that character right.
    “the Cameron character is a culmination of 5 years of John Hughes teen movies, him trying to get this character correct, and then I feel like he finally did.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:56 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. people (falling out): Anthony Michael Hall → John Hughes. Hall says Hughes wrote Ducky, Ferris and other roles for him, then they split after Weird Science.
    “he believes Hughes wrote the roles of Ducky and Pretty and Pink and Ferris Bueller for him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:55 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. people (falling out): John Hughes → Bill Paxton. Paxton turned down the garage attendant role as too small and was never offered work by Hughes again.
    “he offered him the role of the garage attendant, Ferris, and Paxton turned it down.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:00:37 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): John Hughes → Taylor Sheridan. Bill's notes pair Hughes and Taylor Sheridan as the two greatest creative forces, as if on the limitless drug.
    “Hughes and Taylor Sheridan are the 2 greatest creative creative forces we've ever had.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:16:21 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. theme (analogy): John Hughes → The Godfather. Hughes's vindictiveness toward slighters is compared to Michael Corleone.
    “Hughes was weirdly vindictive for somebody who had such a, like that in like a dangerous Michael Corleone kind of way”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:00:16 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Steven Spielberg → John Hughes. Movie swap: Spielberg directs Weird Science and Hughes directs The Goonies, which he produced.
    “I would have Spielberg direct, weird science, and I would have Hughes direct, uh, the Goonies, which he produced”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:26:44 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about John Hughes: Cameron wears a Red Wings jersey, not Blackhawks, because Hughes grew up in Michigan and idolized Gordie Howe, which still bothers Bill.
    “John Hughes grew up 1st 12 years of his life in Michigan, loved the local hockey team, the Red Wings.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:55 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about John Hughes: Who won the movie: Hughes first, Broderick second, Cameron third. Bill argues Hughes is the most-seen, most-loved director since 1980 and had no rival in his lane.
    “I think you could make the case that since 1980, he is the director who more people have a serious relationship to his movies than any other person”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:36:40 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)