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== Later life == In 1994, Hughes retired from the public eye and moved back to the Chicago area. The following year, Hughes and Ricardo Mestres, both of whom had production deals with [[Walt Disney Pictures]], formed the short-lived joint venture [[production studio]] Great Oaks Entertainment.<ref name=variety1994>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1995/film/features/hughes-and-mestres-team-in-disney-based-great-oaks-ent-99124577/|title=Hughes And Mestres Team In Disney-based Great Oaks Ent.|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Anita M.|last=Busch|date=February 19, 1995|access-date=December 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Petrikin |first1=Chris |title=Variety power players 2000: movers and shakers, power brokers and career makers in Hollywood |date=1999 |isbn=0399525696 |page=[https://archive.org/details/varietypowerplay00chri/page/50 50] |publisher=Perigee Books |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/varietypowerplay00chri/page/50}}</ref> Hughes worked in Chicago, while Mestres was based in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite book|title=John Hughes: A Life in Film|date=2015|publisher=Race Point Publishing|first=Kirk|last=Honeycutt|isbn=9781631060229|page=188}}</ref> The company produced the films ''[[Jack (1996 film)|Jack]]'', ''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]'', and ''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]'', but Hughes and Mestres ended their partnership in 1997.<ref name=variety1997>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/mestres-takes-root-at-disney-111661086/|title=Mestres takes root at Disney|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Dan|last=Cox|date=November 4, 1997|access-date=December 6, 2018}}</ref> The 1998 film ''[[Reach the Rock]]'', which was produced as part of the partnership between Hughes and Mestres, was subsequently credited as "a [[Gramercy Pictures]] release of a John Hughes and Ricardo Mestres production".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/reach-the-rock-2-1117487790/|title=Reach the Rock|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Lael|last=Loewenstein|date=October 16, 1998|access-date=December 7, 2018}}</ref> In the following years, Hughes rarely granted interviews to the media, save a select few in 1999 to promote the soundtrack album of ''[[Reach the Rock]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ink19.com/issues_F/99_03/screen/john_hughes.shtml |title=1999 interview with Hughes |last=Diaz |first=Julio |date=March 1999 |publisher=Ink 19 |access-date=June 8, 2008 |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222081155/http://www.ink19.com/issues_F/99_03/screen/john_hughes.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was compiled by Hughes's son, John Hughes III, and released on his son's Chicago-based record label [[Hefty Records]].<ref>{{cite news |title=John Hughes' imprint remains. He's still revered in Hollywood, but whatever happened to the king of the teens? |last=Goldstein |first=Patrick |date=March 24, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> He also recorded an [[audio commentary]] for the 1999 DVD release of ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''.
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