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By Katherine Schaffstall. The film, which was written and directed by John Hughes, follows high school student Samantha Molly Ringwald on her 16th birthday. As Samantha's family prepares for her older sister's wedding, they forget to acknowledge her milestone birthday. While the film is beloved by many, Ringwald penned an essay for The New Yorker in in which she reevaluated problematic aspects of the movie. In the essay, Ringwald questioned a scene when Ted Hall takes photos with Caroline Morris that imply they hooked up. The following morning, Caroline wakes up with no recollection of the night before.

Sweet sixteen movie 1984 cast

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. In suburban Chicago , high school sophomore Samantha "Sam" Baker is hopeful her 16th birthday is the beginning of a great new year, but is shocked when her family forgets the occasion because her older, beautiful, self-absorbed sister Ginny is getting married the next day. At school, Sam fills out a friend's sex quiz where she reveals her crush on senior Jake Ryan. Meanwhile, Jake, having noticed Sam's looks at him, asks his friend Rock about her. Rock dismisses her as immature, but Jake says he is frustrated by his girlfriend Caroline's partying ways. On the bus ride home, Sam fends off repeated flirtations from geeky freshman Ted. At home, Sam's day gets worse when she discovers she must sleep on the sofa because her grandparents and a foreign exchange student named Long Duk Dong are all staying at the house for the wedding. She is further upset when her grandparents also do not remember her birthday and have Dong go with her to a dance at school that night. At the dance, Sam pines for Jake while Dong has attracted the powerful and strong jock , Marlene. Ted, in an effort to impress his friends Bryce and Wease, dances with Sam, who runs off in tears. In an effort to salvage his reputation with all the geeks, Ted bets Bryce and Wease a dozen floppy disks that he will get physical with Sam before the dance ends. As proof, Bryce and Wease demand Sam's underwear.

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The film follows a teenage girl who moves to a small Texas town, after which a series of brutal murders plague the young men there. In a small town in Texas , Native American Jason Longshadow is harassed by racist patrons of a local bar, spurring a physical altercation. As Jason leaves, fifteen-year-old Melissa Morgan, who has just moved there, arrives, having become lost. Jason warns her that she is in a seedy part of town, and urges her to leave. Johnny takes Melissa to a rural location and the two begin to make out, but Melissa asks him to bring her home after he tells her they are at the site of an Indian burial ground. While parked outside Melissa's house, Melissa tells Johnny that they have moved there because her father, John, is an archeologist overseeing a local excavation of Native American artifacts, and that her mother, Joanne, was raised in the area.

A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible. The Geek : [to Samantha] Can I borrow your underpants for 10 minutes? Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Sixteen Candles PG 1h 33m. Play trailer Comedy Romance. Director John Hughes. John Hughes.

Sweet sixteen movie 1984 cast

By Katherine Schaffstall. The film, which was written and directed by John Hughes, follows high school student Samantha Molly Ringwald on her 16th birthday. As Samantha's family prepares for her older sister's wedding, they forget to acknowledge her milestone birthday. While the film is beloved by many, Ringwald penned an essay for The New Yorker in in which she reevaluated problematic aspects of the movie. In the essay, Ringwald questioned a scene when Ted Hall takes photos with Caroline Morris that imply they hooked up. The following morning, Caroline wakes up with no recollection of the night before. The film has also been criticized for its racist portrayal of Long Duk Dong, a Chinese foreign exchange student who stays with the Bakers over the wedding weekend. Read on to see what the cast of Sixteen Candles has been up to since the film's debut. Ringwald starred as high school sophomore Samantha Baker. The film follows the teenager on her 16th birthday as she tries to navigate high school, all while her family forgets to celebrate her big day.

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Marge Kotlisky Irene. Bus Driver. James Vallo Bandie uncredited. Sam's father apologizes for forgetting her birthday, and tells her that if Jake does not see what a wonderful person she is, then he is not worth Sam's time. Agnes Belushi Wedding Guest uncredited. Janet Maslin of The New York Times called the film "a cuter and better-natured teen comedy than most, with the kinds of occasional lapses in taste that probably can't hurt it in the circles for which it is intended. In , Ringwald was said to be producing a sequel after having turned down previous offers. At school, Sam fills out a friend's sex quiz where she reveals her crush on senior Jake Ryan. John Hughes. Archived from the original on August 9,

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Bus Driver. The actor's next film, Distorted , will be released in June. Retrieved April 7, By Katherine Schaffstall. Molly Ringwald Samantha. Newspaper Delivery Man uncredited. Archived from the original on September 3, Paul Dooley Jim Baker. Archived from the original on August 15, Adam Rifkin Head Nerd uncredited. Jackie Burch. Archived from the original on March 14, He called her a year later to give her a role in The Breakfast Club. Carlin Glynn.