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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.
- (123K)
- Comedy, Romance
- John Hughes
- 1984-05-04
John Cusack as Bryce; Darren Harris as Cliff "Wease" Deborah Pollack as Marlene "Lumberjack" Joan Cusack as Geek Girl; Brian Doyle-Murray as Reverend; Jami Gertz as Robin; Tony Longo as Rock; John Kapelos as Rudy Ryszczyk; Zelda Rubinstein as Organist
- $23.6 million
- May 4, 1984
- $6.5 million
- Ira Newborn
Mar 28, 2024 · Sixteen Candles will be celebrating its 40 th anniversary on May 4 (that’s right, the movie itself will have 40 candles!) and while we have to admit that certain elements of the movie haven’t aged particularly well, we’re marking the major teen movie milestone with 16 fun facts about the Sixteen Candles cast.
- HUGHES WAS INSPIRED BY MOLLY RINGWALD BEFORE HE EVEN MET HER. After writing the screenplays for Mr. Mom and National Lampoon’s Vacation, Hughes' agents at ICM gave him a stack of photos of young actors.
- VIGGO MORTENSEN ALMOST GOT THE ROLE OF JAKE RYAN. Mortensen and Ringwald kissed during the audition, which made the future The Lord of the Rings star Ringwald's pick to play her love interest.
- JAKE RYAN WAS 23 YEARS OLD. Michael Schoeffling, who beat Mortensen out for the part of Jake, was 23 years old during filming, unlike Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall, who were both 15.
- HUGHES WROTE FARMER TED SPECIFICALLY FOR ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL. Based on his performance in Vacation, Hughes felt that Hall would be perfect for “The Geek/Farmer Ted” character, so he wrote the role specifically for the young actor.
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John Cusack ... Bryce: Darren Harris ... Cliff: Debbie Pollack ... Lumberjack (as Deborah Pollack) Ross Berkson ... Ray Gun Geek #1: Jonathan Chapin ... Jimmy Montrose: Joan Cusack ... Geek Girl #1: Brian Doyle-Murray ... Reverend: Bekka Eaton ... Female D.J. Paula Elser ... Shower Double: Steven Farber
May 5, 2014 · Joan Cusack (Geek Girl #1) Sixteen Candles wasn’t the first film that 21-year-old Joan Cusack appeared in alongside her brother John (that would be 1983’s Class), and it was far from...
