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Sixteen Candles is a 1984 coming-of-age film starring Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and Michael Schoeffling. The film was written and directed by John Hughes, and is often credited with the beginning of the Brat Pack film movement.

Taglines:

It's the time of your life that may last a lifetime.
When you're just sixteen anything can happen!

Cast

Molly Ringwald
as Samantha Baker
Michael Schoeffling
as Jake Ryan
Anthony Michael Hall
as The Geek aka "Farmer Ted"
Gedde Watanabe
as Long Duk Dong
Haviland Morris
as Caroline Mulford
Paul Dooley
as Jim Baker
Carlin Glynn as Brenda Baker
Blanche Baker as Ginny Baker
Edward Andrews
as Grandpa Howard Baker
Billie Bird
as Grandma Dorothy Baker
Carole Cook
as Grandma Helen
Max Showalter
as Grandpa Fred
Liane Curtis as Randy
John Cusack
as Bryce
Darren Harris as Cliff

Plot

Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald), a high school sophomore, has a terrible crush on Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling), whom she believes does not know she exists. On the eve of her sister's wedding, her entire family forgets her sixteenth birthday. Further complicating the day, an awkward foreign exchange student, Long Duk Dong (Gedde Watanabe), has come to visit the Bakers' home as the guest of his hosts Grandma and Grandpa Baker; Jake is dating the prom-queen; and a freshman geek, "Farmer Ted", (Anthony Michael Hall in a career performance) is hounding her.

To win a set of floppy disks, "Farmer Ted" bets his friends that he will sleep with Samantha ("By night's end, I predict me and her will interface") and bring back her underwear as proof. Following Samantha into the shop room, Ted makes a couple of unsuccessful attempts to accomplish his goal. Their ensuing conversation includes Ted's admission that he has "never bagged a babe" and Samantha exposing her crush on Jake. Ted's confrontation with Jake in the gym just prior revealed Jake's apparent interest in Samantha and Ted recounts what was said. After talking and getting to know each other, Ted confesses the wager and suggests an alternative. Samantha gives the geek her underwear to help him out.

Later (after a peep show of Samantha's underpants for $1 admission) the geek and his equally unwelcome friends, Bryce and Cliff, attend a senior after-party at Jakes ("party hardy dude-person"). At night's end, Jake finds Ted trapped under a table and they too chat. Ted explains to Jake the situation with Samantha and gives him her underwear. In return, Jake loans Ted a car, as well as his fully inebriated girlfriend.

Meanwhile, Samantha's family apologizes about forgetting her birthday. And Samantha confides to her father about her crush who "doesn't know she exists."

After a wild night with the drunken Caroline, during which he attempts to record his unbelievable fortune in a botched photo, Ted and Caroline wake up in a church parking lot in the back seat of a Rolls Royce.

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Movies - Sixteen Candles

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