Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. 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. The film was a box office success, earning $23.6 million against a $6.5 million budget, and launched Ringwald to fame.
Plot
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.
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| author | John Hughes |
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| contentLocation | Illinois |
| director | John Hughes |
| editor | Edward Warschillka |
| genre | comedy romance |
| keywords | begin birthday cake bus bus ride chicago church exchange student floppy disk foreign exchange foreign exchange student freshman geek getting married jock long duk dong married morning new year party rolls-royce rolls-royce corniche school bus senior sophomore student exchange program suburban suburban chicago think trap wake wed wild party |
| musicBy | Ira Newborn |
| producer | Hilton A. Green Michelle Manning Ned Tanen |
| productionCompany | Channel Productions Universal Pictures |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | dance high school romantic comedy teen romance |