Home Alone
1990
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3 hours ago · John Hughes was a highly influential filmmaker within the coming-of-age genre because he developed films that felt emotionally authentic; Ferris Buller, The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles are ...
4 days ago · Here are ten things you should know about Sixteen Candles. 1. From Jokes to Ads to The Lampoon. John Hughes got his start in entertainment writing jokes for stand-up comedians like Joan Rivers and Rodney Dangerfield. He parlayed that experience into writing ad copy, securing work at different firms.
3 days ago · Save for The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off stands tall as the best film attached to filmmaker John Hughes’ name. A rip-roaring study of teen freedom and rebelliousness, it also ...
4 days ago · Heathers takes a stick of dynamite to the sticky-sweet John Hughes-era of teen comedies, smothering the optimism of youth in drain cleaner and trading doodled diary entries for forged suicide ...
4 days ago · Answer: John Hughes. John Hughes, the writer and director of Sixteen Candles, is known for his relatable coming-of-age films that often depicted the struggles of teenagers in the 80s. He was a pioneer of the teen movie genre and went on to create iconic movies such as The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
- Who forgets Sam's birthday?Answer: Her family The whole movie is based around the fact that Sam's family forgets her birthday because they are too caught up in her sister...
- Who plays Samantha Baker?Answer: Molly Ringwald Molly Ringwald is the ultimate '80s teen icon. She also starred in other popular '80s flicks such as "The Breakfast Clu...
- What did the geeks first want as proof of Ted 'bagging' Samantha?Answer: video They first wanted video, but Ted exclaimed that it would just end up getting duplicated and on cable somewhere. He easily agreed...
- Who was the story about?Answer: Samantha Baker It was her sixteenth birthday.
- By what name did everyone in the family refer to Rudy's family?Answer: Ricechex In the movie, Sixteen Candles, one of the memorable scenes involves a party at Otis' house. He invites his friend, Rudy, and e...
- Sixteen Candles was directed and written by who?Answer: John Hughes John Hughes, the writer and director of Sixteen Candles, is known for his relatable coming-of-age films that often depicted...
- Which class did Samantha take the sex ed test in?Answer: Independent Study If you will recall she took the test and was supposed to pass it to her friend Randy, but Jake ended up with it instead.
- What happened to the car that Long Duk Dong borrowed?Answer: Driven into a lake When Grandpa Baker asked what happened to his 'auto-mo-bile' Dong answered 'Lake. Big Lake.' and started making spla...
2 days ago · I had the great honor of meeting filmmaker Sean Wang back in December 2023 screening his documentary short Nai Nai and Wài Pó and again in February 2024 after the short was nominated for an Oscar. Because of that experience, I was excited to learn that Sean’s first feature length film, DÌDI (弟弟), was opening the San Francisco Film ...
6 days ago · Everett. “ Sixteen Candles ” actor Gedde Watanabe says it “didn’t really occur” to him in 1984 that his character Long Duk Dong “was a stereotype.”. “It didn’t really occur to me ...
