Don't You Forget About Me

Don't You Forget About Me

74 mins | Documentary | July 13, 2010

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.

Don't You Forget About Me

74 mins | Documentary | July 13, 2010

Don't You Forget About Me
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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Stay the Course Productions
Original title Don't You Forget About Me
Directors Matt Sadowski-Austin
Writers

Cast

David Anderle

as Himself

Mike Bender

as Himself

Jackie Burch

as Herself

Scott Coffey

as Himself

Sean Covel

as Himself

Howard Deutch

as Himself

Roger Ebert

as Himself

Richard Elfman

as Himself

Jennifer Gibgot

as Herself

Andrew Gunn

as Himself

Justin Henry

as Himself

John Kapelos

as Himself

Jim Kerr

as Himself

Kelly LeBrock

as Herself

Andrew McCarthy

as Himself

Ilan Mitchell-Smith

as Himself

Allan Moyle

as Himself

Judd Nelson

as Himself

Annie Potts

as Herself

Jason Reitman

as Himself

Richard Roeper

as Himself

Alan Ruck

as Himself

Mia Sara

as Herself

Ally Sheedy

as Herself

Gene Siskel

as Himself (archive footage)

Gedde Watanabe

as Himself

Chris Wyatt

as Himself

Kevin Smith

as Himself