which followed the drama around the pursuit of her high school crush on her birthday. Molly Ringwald, John Hughes, Michael Schoeffling on the set of "Sixteen Candles," 1984. Universal/Kobal ...

Sixteen Candles, his 1984 directorial debut ... In the film, Ringwald played a girl navigating all the ups and downs high school has to offer as she approaches her 16th birthday (which her ...

"Sixteen Candles" is celebrating its 40th anniversary ... Audiences then watched as Sam pined for the popular boy in school, while also dodging the advances of a classmate. Originally released ...

Here’s how it works. Japanese-American actor Gedde Watanabe had a prominent role in one of the best high school movies of all time: Sixteen Candles. He made his film debut playing Long Duk Dong ...

"I think he married his high school sweetheart and he moved back to Pennsylvania," said Hall. "In the late '80s, he did a movie called Vision Quest after we did Sixteen Candles, and then he ...

Although “Sixteen Candles” was released several months ... the crew to build a library set in the closed Maine North High School in Des Plaines, Ill. They shot there over 35 days.