Sixteen Candles
Short description
Samantha Baker is turning sixteen, but her family is so consumed with preparations for her older sister's wedding that the day passes almost unnoticed. At school she is drawn to Jake Ryan, a popular senior who seems unaware she exists, while the awkward Ted keeps pursuing her. Her grandparents' arrangements, including an exchange student staying with the family, add to the confusion of an already difficult day.
John Hughes wrote and directed the film, the first title in a run of comedies he directed during the 1980s, followed by The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, She's Having a Baby, Uncle Buck and Curly Sue. Molly Ringwald plays Samantha, with Michael Schoeffling as Jake, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Anthony Michael Hall and Justin Henry among a credited cast of 49 and crew of 79.
Made for 7 million dollars, it took about 24 million dollars worldwide, a solid return for a teen comedy of its time. On IMDb it holds 7 out of 10 from over 123,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.8 out of 10 from a much smaller pool of 2,263 votes. A critics' rating of 7.1 out of 10 from 43 reviews places professional assessments in similar territory to the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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.
- Jim Carrey was considered for the role of Ted "The Geek."
- According to Gedde Watanabe (Long Duk Dong), a scene of him singing at a disco was cut from the film.
- 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'.
- Jake's car license plate number is 21850. John Hughes, the film's director, was born on February 18, 1950.
- 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."
- 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 film was shot at Niles East High School, located in Skokie, Illinois.
- 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".
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