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 ...

who then reportedly convinced him to attend acting school. In 1983, director John Hughes, who was making his directorial debut with his teen rom-com Sixteen Candles, handpicked Schoeffling ...

There are plenty of nostalgic '80s high school movies that have aged pretty great, all things considered, but if you have gone back and watched John Hughes' Sixteen Candles as an adult ...

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 ...

Schoeffling followed up his breakthrough role in Sixteen Candles by playing a bruising high school wrestler in Vision Quest and later as the romantic lead in Cher's 1990 comedy Mermaids.

"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 ...

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