The 2010 Academy Awards will feature a special tribute to writer/director John Hughes. Oscar hosts Steve Martin (Planes Trains & Automobiles) and Alec Baldwin (She’s Having A Baby) both had worked with Hughes. Not much is known about the tribute, but cast members who have worked with Hughes over the years are rumored to be involved. Hughes is best known for writing and/or directing some of the best films from the 1980’s – Hughes dropped out of filmmaking in 1991, retiring from the public eye, and rarely granting or giving interviews to the media. He wrote a couple screenplays and did some rare script and treatment work using his pseudonym, Edmond Dantès (a reference to the protagonist of Alexandre Dumas’ novel The Count of Monte Cristo). Those films include Beethoven, Maid in Manhattan (story) and Drillbit Taylor (story). He passed away in August of 2009, and is missed.
