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Sixteen Candles
1984
Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) is approaching her sixteenth birthday, but sees little to celebrate about: her family have, in any case, forgotten her big day, and she is suffering from a severe bout of unrequited love. Worse still, the object of her affections is being courted by the school's most desirable student - can .. Read more
| Starring | Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Paul Dooley, Blanche Baker |
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| Director | John Hughes |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Sixteen Candles
Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) is approaching her sixteenth birthday, but sees little to celebrate about: her family have, in any case, forgotten her big day, and she is suffering from a severe bout of unrequited love. Worse still, the object of her affections is being courted by the school's most desirable student - can Samantha trust her quarry to value brains over beauty?
| Starring | Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Paul Dooley, Blanche Baker, Michael Schoeffling |
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| Director | John Hughes |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1984 To Rent: DVD: 12 Sep 2005 |
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In which writer/director Hughes reinvented the teen movie by introducing real emotions and anxieties behind the usual... read more on Time Out
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enjoyable fantasy
comic fairytale of a girls overlooked sixteenth birthday.
under the shadow of her elder sisters wedding molly ringwalds all important aniversary is ... read more » - 89470
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An early John Hughes classic....
I rented this as it's the only John Hughes movie I didn't see as a teenager in the 80s. Hughes manages to capture the anxiety of turning 16 and the ... read more »
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The pain and anguish of turning 16
Sixteen Candles perfectly captures the anxieties, angst and highs and lows of growing up in high school. It’s about the pain of crushes and adolescence, ... read more »
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pathetic
If this was made today it would never have been so popular (or at least I f#ckin hope not).
I really do not like John Huhes' early stuff. Crap, ... read more » - 841431
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Ringwald pays a visit to John Hughes film class to talk kissing Viggo
- WENN Newsdesk
- 29 Apr 2011
Actress Molly Ringwald thrilled film students at the University of Southern California earlier this week (beg25Apr11) when she dropped in for a class all about the films of her late movie mentor John Hughes. Students are analyzing the work of the 1980s director as part of their film classes, and Ringwald, who starred in Hughes films Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, jumped at the chance to help them understand the moviemaker's themes better. As part of her chat with the... Read more
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Sixteen Candles
Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) is approaching her sixteenth birthday, but sees little to celebrate about: her family have, in any case, forgotten her big day, and she is suffering from a severe bout of unrequited love. Worse still, the object of her affections is being courted by the school's most ...
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