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Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. Written and directed by John Hughes in his directorial debut, it was the first in a string of films Hughes would direct, centering on teenage life.
May 4, 1984 · Sixteen Candles: Directed by John Hughes. With Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris. A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
Sixteen Candles (1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha (Molly Ringwald) faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly ...
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A small group of beer-chugging jocks pin Farmer Ted under a glass table, abduct his two geek friends, and take them for a joyride in the trunk of their car before releasing them unharmed at their home. At night's end, Jake finds Ted trapped under the table and they begin to talk.
"Sixteen Candles" is a sweet and funny movie about two of the worst things that can happen to a girl on her sixteenth birthday: (1) Her grandparents shrieking "Look! She's finally got her boobies!" and (2) her entire family completely and totally forgetting that it's even her birthday.
A girl's family forgets her birthday. 13,085 IMDb 7.0 1 h 32 min 1984. X-Ray PG. Comedy · Romance · Serious. Watch with a free Prime trial. Watch with Prime. Start your 30-day free trial. Rent. HD $3.99.
May 5, 2014 · Thirty years after Sixteen Candles defined the teen movie, what's become of its exceptional cast?
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior.
John Hughes' 1980s classic Sixteen Candles has been called out for glorifying rape culture and Molly Ringwald could not agree more.
