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But to turn the campaign of 2008 into a remake of every 1980's Brat Pack movie with Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald is a little odd and not exactly what the Founding Fathers envisioned, I don't think.

February 2006 2006

On tracks like "When We're Dancing" or "Shooting Holes" you are transported to the set of some old John Hughes film starring Cusack or Ringwald.

Marc Ruxin: The Bestest 2010 -- Tunage Marc Ruxin 2011

This week marks the 25th anniversary of Pretty In Pink, the poignant tale of a very poor, very brave girl (Molly Ringwald) and a wealthy, sensitive boy (Andrew McCarthy) struggling to make their romance work in spite of clashing backgrounds.

Susannah Gora: Pretty in Pink at 25: Still a Class Act Susannah Gora 2011

"You absolutely sensed that Hughes came from the other side of the tracks, at least in his perception," Jon Cryer told me when I interviewed him for my book You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation, for which I was also fortunate enough to have interviewed Ringwald, McCarthy and Deutch.

Susannah Gora: Pretty in Pink at 25: Still a Class Act Susannah Gora 2011

"You absolutely sensed that Hughes came from the other side of the tracks, at least in his perception," Jon Cryer told me when I interviewed him for my book You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation, for which I was also fortunate enough to have interviewed Ringwald, McCarthy and Deutch.

Susannah Gora: Pretty in Pink at 25: Still a Class Act Susannah Gora 2011

On tracks like "When We're Dancing" or "Shooting Holes" you are transported to the set of some old John Hughes film starring Cusack or Ringwald.

Marc Ruxin: The Bestest 2010 -- Tunage Marc Ruxin 2011

In addition to Rudd, several other celebrities were in attendance, including Orlando Bloom (a longtime friend of the Hubbards), J.J. Abrams (who said he's in the midst of finishing the first cut of "Super 8"), Rudd pals David Wain and Joe Lo Truglio, emcee Donal Logue, Molly Ringwald and Jon Hamm, another friend of Rudd's who happened to sit smack in front of this reporter.

Paul Rudd declares 'I am humbled and I'm Irish' at Oscar Wilde party, where Julia Roberts pays tribute 2011

She played the role of Helene opposite Molly Ringwald in a national tour of Sweet Charity.

The Francesca Harper Project Premieres New Works « 2010

Among his other movies were "The Big Brass Ring," a 1999 adaptation of an Orson Welles screenplay, and "Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade," a 1994 short film with Billy Bob Thornton and Molly Ringwald.

George Hickenlooper dies: Emmy-winning director was 47 Emma Brown 2010

Any true Brat Pack devotee knows that the ending of Pretty in Pink was changed -- originally, Ringwald's character ended up with her adorably dweeby best friend, Duckie, who came from a similarly challenged economic background.

Susannah Gora: Pretty in Pink at 25: Still a Class Act Susannah Gora 2011