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Trivia Time–John Hughes Week


John Hughes Trivia

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You might know by now that I’m a fan of movie and music trivia. So, I had to dig up a few little tidbits to test your knowledge of John Hughes’ movies.

1. How long did it take for John Hughes to write the script for Sixteen Candles?

2. What was the first movie he directed?

3. John Hughes makes a cameo in Breakfast Club — which scene?

4. Part of the filming of Pretty in Pink was shot at Marshal High School (LA)-what other famous movie was staged there?

5. Which girl was Eric Stoltz dating during filming of Some Kind of Wonderful (Watts or Amanda Jones)?

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Give it a shot in the comments. I’ll post the answers later

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2 Comments

  • Lynn Rush

    Km was the only one willing to venture a guess huh?

    1. How long did it take for John Hughes to write the script for Sixteen Candles? –2 days.
    2. What was the first movie he directed? –Sixteen Candles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hughes_(director)
    3. John Hughes makes a cameo in Breakfast Club, which scene? — Anthony Michael Hall’s mother Mercedes played his on-screen mother at the start of the film (and the girl in the backseat was Hall’s sister Mary), and John Hughes himself appeared as Anthony Michael Hall’s father picking him up at the end of the day.
    4. Part of the filming of Pretty in Pink was shot at Marshal High School (LA)—what other famous movie was staged there? — Grease. Pretty in Pink was filmed at Hancock Park High School in Los Angeles. It was also shot at Marshall High School, where Grease was filmed in 1978.
    5. Which girl was Eric Stoltz dating during filming of Some Kind of Wonderful? – Lea Thompson and Eric Stoltz were dating in real life during filming.

    Source: http://www.riverblue.com/hughes/trivia.html