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.
| Actor | Role |
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 Andrew McCarthySelf | Self |
 Annie PottsSelf | Self |
 Gedde WatanabeSelf | Self |
 Justin HenrySelf | Self |
 Judd NelsonSelf | Self |
 Ally SheedySelf | Self |
 John KapelosSelf | Self |
 Mia SaraSelf | Self |
 Alan RuckSelf | Self |
 Scott CoffeySelf | Self |
 Kelly LeBrockSelf | Self |
 Ilan Mitchell-SmithSelf | Self |
 Gene SiskelSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Roger EbertSelf | Self |
 Howard DeutchSelf | Self |
 Jason ReitmanSelf | Self |
 Jim KerrSelf | Self |
 Allan MoyleSelf | Self |
 Richard RoeperSelf | Self |
 Chris WyattSelf | Self |
| DDavid AnderleSelf | Self |
| MMike BenderSelf | Self |
| JJackie BurchSelf | Self |
 Sean CovelSelf | Self |
 Richard ElfmanSelf | Self |
| JJennifer GibgotSelf | Self |
| AAndrew GunnSelf | Self |
 Kevin SmithSelf | Self |