5/30/2020 Semblance Candles
Contents.Plot Samantha 'Sam' Baker is hopeful her 16th birthday is the beginning of a great new year, but is shocked when her family forgets because her older, vain sister Ginny is getting married the next day. Her frustration is compounded by the fact that her crush, senior Jake Ryan, has no idea how she feels.At school, she reveals her feelings about Jake in a 'sex quiz' she tries to give her friend Randi which, unbeknownst to Sam, Jake intercepts. Meanwhile, Jake asks his friend Rock about Sam, having noticed her looking at him in their independent study class. Rock dismisses her as an immature child, but Jake says he is frustrated by his girlfriend Caroline's partying ways.On the ride home, Ted, who has a crush on Sam, repeatedly flirts with her only to have Sam reject him.At home, Sam's day gets worse when she discovers she must sleep on the sofa because her grandparents and a student named are all staying at the house for the wedding.
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Her grandparents also have forgotten her birthday and make Sam take Dong with her to a dance at school that night.At the dance, Sam pines after Jake as he slow dances with Caroline while it doesn't take long for Dong to attract the large-breasted, Marlene. Ted embarrasses Sam by dancing with her after bragging to his geek friends, Bryce and Cliff, that they are dating. When Sam runs away, the geeks bet Ted a dozen floppy disks that he can't get physical with Sam. Ted accepts, but Bryce and Cliff demand Sam's underpants as proof of his success. Jake, having seen Ted and Sam dance, asks Ted about Sam.Ted finds Sam in the auto shop where she opens up to him about her family forgetting her birthday and her feelings for Jake.
Ted tells her Jake asked about her and Sam excitedly asks if she should talk to Jake or wait for him to come to her. Ted, despite his feelings for Sam, encourages her to approach Jake. Before she leaves, Ted tells her about his bet and asks to borrow her.
Later, in the boys bathroom, Bryce, Cliff, and Ted charge the other geeks one to see Sam's underwear.At Jake's house, Caroline and her friends have started a wild party. Jake, angry with Caroline, retreats to his bedroom and tries calling Sam, but her grandparents yell at him for waking them up and tell him Sam isn't interested. After the party ends, Jake is furious at the damage left behind. He finds Ted hiding under a glass coffee table after he angered some jocks by knocking over their beer can pyramid. Ted gives Jake Sam's underwear and tells him Sam is interested in him. Jake says he is tired of his relationship with Caroline and offers to let Ted drive a drunken Caroline home in his father's.The next morning, Sam's mother apologizes to Sam for forgetting her birthday and everyone heads to the church for the wedding. Jake arrives at Sam's house where a hungover Dong miscommunicates that Sam is at church getting married.
In the church parking lot, Jake finds Caroline and Ted making out in the back of his dad's banged-up Rolls. Jake and Caroline agree to break up, but remain friends. Jake then drives to the church just in time to meet an incredulous Sam after her sister's wedding.That night at Jake's house, Jake gives Sam her underwear and a birthday cake with 16 candles on it. He tells her to make a wish, but she says her wish already came true. The two kiss as the film fades to black.Cast. as Samantha 'Sam' Baker. as Jake Ryan.
as Ted, a.k.a. 'Farmer Ted'. as Jim Baker. as Brenda Baker. as Mike Baker. as Caroline Mulford.
as Ginny Baker. as. as Grandpa Howard Baker. as Grandma Dorothy Baker. as Grandma Helen.
as Grandpa Fred. as Randy.
as Bryce. Darren Harris as Cliff (Wease). Deborah Pollack as Marlene, a.k.a. 'Lumberjack'.
as Geek Girl. as Rudy Ryszczyk. as Robin. as Reverend. as OrganistProduction had asked his agent for headshots of young actresses, and among those he received were those of Molly Ringwald. Sheedy had auditioned for the role of Sam, but was dropped because of Hughes thinking Ringwald was more fitting for the role, but he called her a year later to give her a role in.
Inspired by Ringwald's appearance, he put it up over his desk and wrote the film just over a weekend with her in mind for the lead role. For the male lead in the film, it had come down to Schoeffling. For the part of Ted, Hughes saw a number of actors for the role: 'Every single kid who came in to read for the part. Did the whole, stereotyped high school nerd thing.
You know - thick glasses, ball point pens in the pocket, white socks. But when Michael came in he played it straight, like a real human being. I knew right at that moment that I'd found my geek.' Sixteen Candles was filmed primarily in and around the suburban communities of, and during the summer of 1983, when leads Ringwald and Hall were 15 years old.
Most of the exterior scenes and some of the interior scenes were filmed at, close to downtown Skokie, the setting for Hall's driving the Rolls Royce. A cafeteria scene and a gym scene, were filmed at. The auto shop scene was filmed at in the auto shop. The Baker house is located at 3022 Payne Street in. The church (Glencoe Union Church - 263 Park Avenue) and parking lot where the final scenes take place are in. Soundtrack and songs Sixteen Candlesby.
August 29, 1984. Retrieved April 18, 2015. ^. Retrieved June 27, 2009. Rocca, Mo (April 17, 2011). Retrieved May 1, 2011.
Cook, Bruce (September 11, 1985). Retrieved May 1, 2011.
April 30, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
Lyman, Rick (May 21, 1984). Retrieved May 1, 2011. Susannah Gora (2010).
William A. Gordon (1995).
Archived from on December 7, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
Thomas, Alex; Wiemer, Dave (March 5, 2002). Retrieved February 18, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
Variety Staff (January 1, 1984). Retrieved April 10, 2018. ^ Ebert, Roger (May 4, 1984). Retrieved April 7, 2017. Maslin, Janet (May 4, 1984). C14. Siskel, Gene (May 7, 1984).
'Sixteen Candles': Teenage comedy matures'. Section 5, p.
3. Kael, Pauline (May 28, 1984). 'The Current Cinema'. 101. Benson, Sheila (May 4, 1984). 'Sixteen Candles' Soon Loses Its Glow'. 9.
Arnold, Gary (May 5, 1984),. C1. (May 4, 1984). Retrieved April 7, 2017. MacAdam, Alison (March 4, 2008). Retrieved April 7, 2017. Gross, Michael Joseph (May 9, 2004).
The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2017. ^ Benfer, Amy (August 11, 2009). Retrieved April 7, 2017. Bleach, Anthony C. (Spring 2010).
49 (3): 36–37. Park, Andrea (October 2, 2018). Retrieved December 15, 2019.
Retrieved January 28, 2015. Entertainment Weekly.
July 31, 2008. Bonin, Liane (October 15, 2003). Entertainment Weekly.
Retrieved December 15, 2019. Keck, William (June 5, 2005). Retrieved August 29, 2018.
Bowles, Cheryl (June 7, 2005). Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
Reynolds, Simon (July 1, 2008). Retrieved December 15, 2019. July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2019.External links.
Contents.Plot Samantha 'Sam' Baker is hopeful her 16th birthday is the beginning of a great new year, but is shocked when her family forgets because her older, vain sister Ginny is getting married the next day. Her frustration is compounded by the fact that her crush, senior Jake Ryan, has no idea how she feels.At school, she reveals her feelings about Jake in a 'sex quiz' she tries to give her friend Randi which, unbeknownst to Sam, Jake intercepts. Meanwhile, Jake asks his friend Rock about Sam, having noticed her looking at him in their independent study class. Rock dismisses her as an immature child, but Jake says he is frustrated by his girlfriend Caroline's partying ways.On the ride home, Ted, who has a crush on Sam, repeatedly flirts with her only to have Sam reject him.At home, Sam's day gets worse when she discovers she must sleep on the sofa because her grandparents and a student named are all staying at the house for the wedding. Her grandparents also have forgotten her birthday and make Sam take Dong with her to a dance at school that night.At the dance, Sam pines after Jake as he slow dances with Caroline while it doesn't take long for Dong to attract the large-breasted, Marlene. Ted embarrasses Sam by dancing with her after bragging to his geek friends, Bryce and Cliff, that they are dating.
When Sam runs away, the geeks bet Ted a dozen floppy disks that he can't get physical with Sam. Ted accepts, but Bryce and Cliff demand Sam's underpants as proof of his success. Jake, having seen Ted and Sam dance, asks Ted about Sam.Ted finds Sam in the auto shop where she opens up to him about her family forgetting her birthday and her feelings for Jake. Ted tells her Jake asked about her and Sam excitedly asks if she should talk to Jake or wait for him to come to her.
Ted, despite his feelings for Sam, encourages her to approach Jake. Before she leaves, Ted tells her about his bet and asks to borrow her.
Later, in the boys bathroom, Bryce, Cliff, and Ted charge the other geeks one to see Sam's underwear.At Jake's house, Caroline and her friends have started a wild party. Jake, angry with Caroline, retreats to his bedroom and tries calling Sam, but her grandparents yell at him for waking them up and tell him Sam isn't interested.
After the party ends, Jake is furious at the damage left behind. He finds Ted hiding under a glass coffee table after he angered some jocks by knocking over their beer can pyramid. Ted gives Jake Sam's underwear and tells him Sam is interested in him. Jake says he is tired of his relationship with Caroline and offers to let Ted drive a drunken Caroline home in his father's.The next morning, Sam's mother apologizes to Sam for forgetting her birthday and everyone heads to the church for the wedding.
Jake arrives at Sam's house where a hungover Dong miscommunicates that Sam is at church getting married. In the church parking lot, Jake finds Caroline and Ted making out in the back of his dad's banged-up Rolls. Jake and Caroline agree to break up, but remain friends. Jake then drives to the church just in time to meet an incredulous Sam after her sister's wedding.That night at Jake's house, Jake gives Sam her underwear and a birthday cake with 16 candles on it. He tells her to make a wish, but she says her wish already came true. The two kiss as the film fades to black.Cast.
as Samantha 'Sam' Baker. as Jake Ryan. as Ted, a.k.a. 'Farmer Ted'.
as Jim Baker. as Brenda Baker. as Mike Baker. as Caroline Mulford.
as Ginny Baker. as.
as Grandpa Howard Baker. as Grandma Dorothy Baker.
as Grandma Helen. as Grandpa Fred. as Randy.
as Bryce. Darren Harris as Cliff (Wease). Deborah Pollack as Marlene, a.k.a. 'Lumberjack'. as Geek Girl.
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as Rudy Ryszczyk. as Robin.
as Reverend. as OrganistProduction had asked his agent for headshots of young actresses, and among those he received were those of Molly Ringwald.
Sheedy had auditioned for the role of Sam, but was dropped because of Hughes thinking Ringwald was more fitting for the role, but he called her a year later to give her a role in. Inspired by Ringwald's appearance, he put it up over his desk and wrote the film just over a weekend with her in mind for the lead role. For the male lead in the film, it had come down to Schoeffling. For the part of Ted, Hughes saw a number of actors for the role: 'Every single kid who came in to read for the part. Did the whole, stereotyped high school nerd thing. You know - thick glasses, ball point pens in the pocket, white socks. But when Michael came in he played it straight, like a real human being.
I knew right at that moment that I'd found my geek.' Sixteen Candles was filmed primarily in and around the suburban communities of, and during the summer of 1983, when leads Ringwald and Hall were 15 years old.
Most of the exterior scenes and some of the interior scenes were filmed at, close to downtown Skokie, the setting for Hall's driving the Rolls Royce. A cafeteria scene and a gym scene, were filmed at. The auto shop scene was filmed at in the auto shop. The Baker house is located at 3022 Payne Street in. The church (Glencoe Union Church - 263 Park Avenue) and parking lot where the final scenes take place are in. Soundtrack and songs Sixteen Candlesby.
August 29, 1984. Retrieved April 18, 2015. ^.
Retrieved June 27, 2009. Rocca, Mo (April 17, 2011). Retrieved May 1, 2011. Cook, Bruce (September 11, 1985). Retrieved May 1, 2011.
April 30, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011. Lyman, Rick (May 21, 1984). Retrieved May 1, 2011. Susannah Gora (2010). William A.
Gordon (1995). Archived from on December 7, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2011. Thomas, Alex; Wiemer, Dave (March 5, 2002). Retrieved February 18, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2019. Variety Staff (January 1, 1984).
Retrieved April 10, 2018. ^ Ebert, Roger (May 4, 1984). Retrieved April 7, 2017.
Maslin, Janet (May 4, 1984). C14. Siskel, Gene (May 7, 1984). 'Sixteen Candles': Teenage comedy matures'. Section 5, p. 3.
Kael, Pauline (May 28, 1984). 'The Current Cinema'. 101. Benson, Sheila (May 4, 1984).
'Sixteen Candles' Soon Loses Its Glow'. 9. Arnold, Gary (May 5, 1984),. C1. (May 4, 1984).
Retrieved April 7, 2017. MacAdam, Alison (March 4, 2008). Retrieved April 7, 2017. Gross, Michael Joseph (May 9, 2004).
The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2017. ^ Benfer, Amy (August 11, 2009).
Retrieved April 7, 2017. Bleach, Anthony C. (Spring 2010). 49 (3): 36–37. Park, Andrea (October 2, 2018). Retrieved December 15, 2019.
Retrieved January 28, 2015. Entertainment Weekly. July 31, 2008. Bonin, Liane (October 15, 2003). Entertainment Weekly.
Retrieved December 15, 2019. Keck, William (June 5, 2005). Retrieved August 29, 2018. Bowles, Cheryl (June 7, 2005).
Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 15, 2019. Reynolds, Simon (July 1, 2008). Retrieved December 15, 2019. July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2019.External links.
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