Sixteen Candles

Name: Sixteen Candles
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1984-05-04
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Anthony Michael Hall

Turning sixteen isn't easy, when you've fallen in love... for the first time.

Sixteen Candles (1984)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

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Release date

1984-05-04

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Channel Productions

Genre

Drama, Comedy, Romance

Budget

$6 500 000

Revenue

$23 686 027

Website

Director

John Hughes

Actors

Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry, Paul Dooley, Carlin Glynn, Blanche Baker, Edward Andrews
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

John Hughes

Producer

Hilton A. Green, Ned Tanen

Operator

Bobby Byrne

Composer

Ira Newborn

Artist

Audition

Jackie Burch

Editing

Edward Warschilka
All team (78)

Short description

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. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.

What's left behind the scenes

Towards the end of 2003, rumors emerged that a sequel titled "32 Candles" was being made specifically for television, set sixteen years later and focusing on the grown-up main characters from "16 Candles".
In the VHS version of the film, Anthony Michael Hall's character is credited as "Geek," while in the television version, he is credited as "Farmer Ted."
Jake's car license plate number is 21850. John Hughes, the film's director, was born on February 18, 1950.
Jim Carrey was considered for the role of Ted "The Geek."
The film was shot at Niles East High School, located in Skokie, Illinois.
Ellie Sheedy could have played the role of Samantha.
When Sam (Molly Ringwald) and her friend are standing in the lunch line, one of the menu items reads – 'canned chocolate cookies in syrup'.
According to Gedde Watanabe (Long Duk Dong), a scene of him singing at a disco was cut from the film.
When Samantha is in her room talking on the phone, a poster of the rock band 'Squeeze' and their album 'Singles', which was released in 1982, can be seen on the wall.
The license plate of Samantha's father’s car contains the letters and numbers – V58. This abbreviation stands for 'Vacation`58'. This was also the title of a story written by John Hughes for 'National Lampoon Magazine'.
The cake seen at the end of the film was made of cardboard.

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