Uncle Buck (John Candy) tries to make Miles’ (Macaulay Culkin) birthday special. Even if that means turning away Pooter-the-Clown (Mike Starr). TM & © Universal (2011) Buy Movie: www.amazon.com Scene: Happy Birthday, Miles – movieclips.com Movie Details: Uncle Buck (1989) – movieclips.com Cast: John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Mike Starr, Gaby Hoffmann Director: John Hughes Producer: John Hughes, Ramey E. Ward Screenwriter: John Hughes Film Description: Uncle Buck is a 1989 comedy film starring John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffman, and Macaulay Culkin, and co-stars Jay Underwood and Laurie Metcalf. Plot: Bob Russell (Garrett M. Brown), his wife Cindy (Elaine Bromka), and their three kids, 15-year-old Tia (Jean Louisa Kelly), 8-year-old Miles (Macaulay Culkin), and 6-year-old Maizy (Gaby Hoffman), have recently moved from Indianapolis to Chicago due to Bob’s job promotion. Tia resents her parents for their move, assuming they prefer their jobs to their family’s happiness. Cindy and Bob receive a phone call from Indianapolis informing them that Cindy’s father has suffered a heart attack. The couple makes plans to leave Chicago immediately to be with him. Upon being told the news, Tia angrily accuses Cindy of abandoning her own father. Unable to find an adult to watch the children, Bob suggests they ask his brother Buck (John Candy) to do so, something Cindy rejects. While Bob and Cindy are decidedly upper middle class suburbanites, the shiftless, unemployed …