Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter. After calling her "fully aged sophomore meat" and promising his friends that he'd sleep with her, Ted walks up to Samantha on the dance floor. Somebody must've had a few beers.". When Samantha and Ted discuss his status as the king of the geeks, the movie manages to be funny and poignant all at once. Schoeffling's final acting credit was as Al Carver in the 1991 film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. Michael Schoeffling (Jake) had a serious girlfriend at the time, Valerie C. Robinson. Since her wedding day, Baker has appeared in the films Raw Deal, Shakedown, The Handmaid's Tale, Dead Funny, The Girl Next Door and Hypothermia. What's new in this update?It's much prettier and faster! Sixteen Candles is a 1984 comedy film about a young girl's "sweet sixteenth" birthday that becomes anything but special as she suffers from every . On the VHS and some DVD versions, Anthony Michael Hall is credited as "The Geek". The film follows the teenager on her 16th birthday as she tries to navigate high school, all while her family forgets to celebrate her big day. More on Sixteen Candles Navigation. But of all of Hughes' muses; and all the young actors he worked with; he worked with Anthony Michael Hall the most. Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall dated briefly in real life. The doll on the sweatshirt Joan Cusack wears has a wide stride and is offering her hand, but the paper doll image I found of Trixie Belden was much less active. The turntable shown spinning with the pizza on top is a Denon DP-62L. Between the Michael's and the John's in the cast, you pretty much have everyone covered! Hall played Ted, also known as the school nerd and "Farmer Ted." Ironically a year later they would both be cast members on Saturday Night Live. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $4,461,520 in 1,240 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, ranking second. In this movie, Kapelos appeared as Sam's future brother-in-law. Molly Ringwald, Director John Hughes and Mark Schoeffling, Universal Pictures; Kevin WinterGetty Images, Universal Pictures; Gilbert CarrasquilloGetty Images, Universal Pictures; Steve MackGetty Images, Universal Pictures; David LivingstonGetty Images, Universal Pictures; Luca TeuchmannGetty Images, How Black Filmmakers Are Reclaiming Their History Onscreen. Want proof? Glynn retired from acting in 2006. She famously followed the film up with starring roles in Hughes The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink. Mom and National Lampoons Vacation, Hughes' agents at ICM gave him a stack of photos of young actors. He said this was due to a "redundancy issue"; that it was too much like the love triangle where they squared off in Sixteen Candles. Samantha's dad's car has the license plate "V58", which stands for "Vacation '58", a story written by John Hughes for National Lampoon Magazine, which served as the basis of the screenplay for National Lampoon's Vacation (1983). Tora! Sams grandparents license plate read V 58 for Vacation 58, the National Lampoon Magazine story by John Hughes which led to the movie National Lampoons Vacation. The same people can be seen making the same movements in both movies. John Hughes agreed that it was creepy, and changed the line. Based on his performance inVacation, Hughes felt that Hall would be perfect for The Geek/Farmer Ted character, so he wrote the role specifically for the young actor. John Hughes cast Molly Ringwald after seeing her headshot. John Hughes grew up in Michigan and Illinois, and set most of his movies (including this one) in the suburbs around Chicago. As an unnamed geek, Cusack enjoyed a memorable sight gag involving a drinking fountain. Dooley has made a career of playing put-upon dads, from Robert Altmans A Wedding and Breaking Away to Sixteen Candles, in which he co-starred at age 55. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. This means that John Cusack owes a big debit of his career to Anthony Michael Hall! On TV, she did numerous guest spots on Law & Order and its spinoffs, as well as One Tree Hill and (most recently, in 2012) The Good Wife. Her other films included Gardens of Stone, Judy Berlin, and Whiskey School (her final feature, from 2005). She has accumulated this vast money as a result of her successful acting career. During this period, the early and mid eighties, when John Hughes was at the height of his powers, Hughes, Hall and Ringwald were essentially in a clique together (strange as that was, since Hall and Ringwald were teenagers, and Hughes was in his 30s). His mother Nancy Cusack worked as a mathematics teacher. Trivia Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were both sixteen years-old when the movie was released. When Ginny, Sam's sister, sits down in the church scene, she does so next to Agnes Belushi, mother of John Belushi and Jim Belushi. John Paul Cusack was born on June 28, 1966, in Evanston, Illinois, United States, into a Catholic Irish-American family. At 15, Ringwald became Hughes muse on the strength of her headshot alone; he wrote the lead role in Sixteen Candles with the Tempest actress in mind. Ringwald starred as Anne Jurgens on ABC Family's The Secret Life of the American Teenager from 2008 to 2013 and currently plays the recurring role of Mary Andrews on The CW's Riverdale. Sixteen Candles wasnt the first film that 21-year-old Joan Cusack appeared in alongside her brother John (that would be 1983s Class), and it was far from the last. In the initial script, Sams father ends his heart-to-heart with his daughter by flat out asking what happened to her underwear (she gave it to Farmer Ted.) Niles East is in Skokie, Illinois, and was closed for over ten years when the filming started. John Cusack: Career, Net Worth, and Awards. The '80s was a time filled rock and roll, leg warmers, and the Brat Pack. But it's funny, too, because at the same time I laugh at the character. Sixteen Candles Ringwald Schoeffling with Birthday Cake - H 2013. The two dated between this movie and The Breakfast Club (1985). That is one AWESOME movie moment. After his role in Sixteen Candles, Cusack starred in the films One Crazy Summer, Hot Pursuit, Tapeheads, Eight Men Out, Say Anything, Grosse Point Blank, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Must Love Dogs, 1408, Igor, 2012andThe Raven. who was born on October 11, 1962, is 59 years old today, January 3rd, 2022. Carlin Glynn, who plays Samantha's mother, is the real life mother of actress Mary Stuart Masterson who co-starred in the John Hughes production "Some Kind of Wonderful". The Cusacks are the only teens really from the Chicago suburbs, where the movie is set, in this movie. The following morning, Caroline wakes up with no recollection of the night before. . Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald initially disliked each other, so John Hughes took them to a record store and they bonded after they found out they like the same music. One of the groups they liked was The Rave-Ups which Molly scribbled on Samantha's notebook. Exactly a couple years earlier in the May 1, 1982 Love Boat episode April In Boston/Saving Grace/Breaks of Life, he portrayed a character named Herman Baker. "In fact, I was working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and I was accosted a couple of times by a couple of women who were just really irate and angry. Dooley said later on, he'd have viewers come to him and tell him that they wished he were their father, based on the scene. During the scene at the dinner table, many of the younger cast members can be seen trying to hold back laughter or smiles. It remains her highest profile to date, though she also appeared in such films as Critters 2: The Main Course, Girlfriend From Hell, Queens Logic, and Benny & Joon, as well as TV guest spots on such shows as ER and Sons of Anarchy. The cake that Jake Ryan and Samantha kiss over was made out of cardboard. The film, which was written and directed by John Hughes, follows high school student Samantha (Molly Ringwald) on her 16th birthday. The film pre-dates the PG-13 rating by several months which is the rating the film would have likely gotten had it existed when it was released. Her recurring characters on SNL included Salena, a socially inept girl who tries to ask out her boyfriend, Biff (played by Jon Lovitz), who is also socially inept. Joan is the geeky girl seen on the bus, and having trouble sipping water from a drinking fountain, while wearing a neck brace. The studio had to frantically edit out "F" bombs to avoid an R rating. Jim Carrey auditioned for the role of Ted "The Geek". He showed off a more dramatic side during his six-year stint as a nurse on ER. Pollack made her screen debut in Sixteen Candles as Marlene Lumberjack, an Amazon who takes an instant liking to Long Duk Dong. (Samantha Baker). Get the full list of cast and characters in the movie Sixteen Candles. Joan Cusack in Sixteen Candles (1984) We've waxed rhapsodic about Pretty in Pink, but we also love Sixteen Candles, another John Hughes classic starring Molly Ringwald. By the end of its run, it grossed $23,686,027 against a budget of $6.5 million. Her height is 1.75 meters, and she weighs 65 kg. Since starring in Sixteen Candles, the actress has appeared in the films The Trip to Bountiful, Resurrection, Continental Divide, The Escape Artist, Gardens of Stone, Blood Red, Night Game, Convicts, Judy Berlin and Whiskey School. Echoing the racial stereotyping in this film, Xgung Wo mispronounces English phrases to comic effect. Her last film was Pauly Shores Jury Duty in 1995. Additionally, she has acted in Broadway productions of Arcadia, Tartuffe: Born Again and Ring Round the Moon. The license plate number on Jake's car "21850" was John Hughes' birth date - February 18, 1950. The song playing in the background, while Rudy's father explains his "business activities" to the Bakers, is the Love Theme from The Godfather (1972). In Weird Science (1985), Kapelos can be seen at the table in the bar. Mom [1983], and National Lampoon's Vacation [1983], but the latter two comedies . Now a music producer, the 48-year-old Curtis will be seen on screen in Body High, a comedy due for release this spring. "Sixteen Candles" was one of John Cusack's first films. You know, the one in the back brace that can't get a drink of water at the dance. Where: Hyatt Regency Orlando, 9801 International Drive, Orlando. Of the four actors who portrayed the grandparents, Carole Cook is the longest lived at 98 (she died in 2023 only three days shy of 99). Dooley has guest starred on a number of television shows including The Golden Girls, ALF, The Wonder Years, Chicago Hope, My So-Called Life, Grace Under Fire, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, ER, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ally McBeal, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Parenthood, The Good Doctor and The Kids Are Alright. A number of interior/exterior shots involving the high school (in real life, Niles East, Skokie, Il) were also used in Risky Business (1983) which included interior scenes in the school's hallways, a classroom, the wrestling workout area, plus its main outdoor stairway entrance; the same one Joel Goodson (Tom Cruise) uses during his nightmare of being late to school to take an exam. a car, and maybe some cake. It was closed in 1980, just a few years before filming began. Baker played Sam's older sister Ginny, who prepares for her wedding throughout the film. Friday, May 4 1984 (38 years ago), Powered by Rocket Loader | Developed in Canada . He is also known for voicing the character of Ling in the animated film Mulan (1998) and its sequel, Mulan II (2004). Joan Cusack was in it too. Morris portrayed Caroline, the most popular girl at school and Jake's girlfriend. And this wound up convincing Dooley to accept the role. Naturally. He really did.". Geek Girl #1 in actionSixteen Candles 1984. Max Showalter (as Casey Adams) was Ward Cleaver in the first pilot episode for Leave It To Beaver, and Edward Andrews was first George Baxter in the original pilot for Hazel. When Molly Ringwald was asked about the character during a 2010 interview with John Meroney in The Atlantic, she defended Hughes by saying that "Comedy can be cruel, and while political correctness is important in many instances, it would pretty much be the death of comedy if it were taken to the extreme." Read on to see what the cast of Sixteen Candles has been up to since the film's debut. Ringwald insisted. Five years later, the 44-year-old played Ringwalds mother in Sixteen Candles. They asked, 'How could you do a role like that?' Twice actor Max Showalter has portrayed a character with the surname Baker. The main thing . Do you get the sense that their parents either weren't too good at naming them or were trying to be cute? "Sixteen candles make a lovely light, but not as bright as your eyes tonight!". Filmed at Niles East High School. The film was a modest hit during its theatrical run (it opened second, behind Breakin' (1984)). Cast summaries include actors who played the part along with character descriptions. The license plate number on Jake's red car at the end of the movie is 21850. Chaos ensues when she gets her period on the day of the ceremony. He continued to act sporadically during the 1980s in such films as Martins Day and Sweet Hearts Dance. John Hughes only wanted one redhead in the movie, therefore she had to wear a wig. (1980) and Sixteen Candles (1984). Ringwald's reign as the queen of 1980s teen flicks began with this film, which was Hughes's directorial debut and . The movie's line "Can I borrow your underpants for ten minutes?" Dooley said it's typical if you turn down a role, you get offered more money but turned it down again, due to the character's development. By the end of the decade, with Say Anything, he became one of his generations favorite leading men. John Hughes called Dooley personally and told him that he wrote a scene with Dooley and Ringwald's character, which became an iconic moment in the film. By most accounts, he moved to Virginia with his wife and kids, where he works as a carpenter. because an almost 24-year-old Justin Henry played Ringwald's love interest, which . She was married to actor, director, producer and writer Peter Masterson, who died in 2018. At the age of nine, he attended 'Piven Theatre Workshop.'. Her grandfathers, played by Edward Andrews and Max Showalter, starred separately in two different episodes. And Hall and Ringwald genuinely liked him, he was like their crazy, funny older brother, who also happened to be a Hollywood power player who had vaunted them both to the top of the A-List. There is a rule by the ratings board which still stands that if you have more than two F bombs uttered in the script the movie gets an R Rating; which is why Breakfast Club gets an R and this gets a PG. Unlike his co-stars, Schoeffling did not remain in the world of acting for long. Not because she was against being naked, but because the point was that her character had bigger breasts than the other girls in the movie, but Morris' breasts weren't bigger. Hughes clearly wanted to be a teenager again, and maybe was reliving this through Hall and Ringwald. In actuality, Haviland Morris was 25 years old during filming. Long Waits, Short Appointments, Huge Bills. Wantanabe played Long Duk Dong, a Chinese foreign exchange student who stays with the Bakers as they prepare for Ginny's wedding. The gym in which the school dance was filmed didn't have air conditioning due to a lack of funds, so it was over 100 degrees during the filming. She also played mother to Molly Pruitt, played by Scarlett Johansen. If Ringwald and her schoolmates held a 30th class reunion, these are the stories they might tell of their lives. So we have a long way to go. In the book "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, And Their Impact on a Generation" by Susannah Gora, Molly Ringwald says that because she and Anthony Michael Hall were too young to entertain themselves at bars or nightclubs, they often spent their Saturdays off from filming Sixteen Candles (1984) crashing the Bar and Bat Mitzvah receptions that were being held at the hotel in Skokie, Illinois, where the cast was being housed. Originally rated R by the MPAA due to language and nudity, it was re-rated PG on appeal. The story, which seemingly also formed the storyline for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), has "Grandma and Grandpa Swenson" visiting for Christmas, with exchange student "Xgung Wo" along for the ride. He played the recurring role of Nurse Yoshi Takata on ER from 1997 to 2003. He was 12 when he played Ringwalds bratty brother in Sixteen Candles. She also played the role of Claire Baxter on One Life to Live from 2001 to 2003. Magazines, Digital Some of the students in the big party scene are wearing Niles East Trojans jackets and shirts. Montrose is a popular street in Chicago, where John Hughes is from. See more ideas about sixteen candles, john hughes movies, 80s movies. According to Gedde Watanabe (Long Duk Dong), there was a deleted scene where he sings at the dance. "I don't even think he's aware of this," Hall says in the interview. Despite such prominent films as Twister, Gertz has focused in recent years on TV roles, including long sitcom stints on Still Standing and Entourage. The Sixteen Candles role of bridegroom Rudy was one of 27-year-old Kapelos first film roles. Gedde Watanabe's accent isn't real. Ringwald starred as high school sophomore Samantha Baker. The Bakers six-bedroom brick house, in northwestern Evanston, Illinois, was sold for $1,250,000 in 2006. The teen is in love with an older senior and never notices the boy who has always paid her attention. Paul Dooley, and Glynn Carlin, who play Molly'/Sam's parents in the movie, the Bakers, both convinced John Hughes to add scenes of parental support so that they would not look so cartoonish in the movie. Cusack had a brief appearance in the film as Bryce, a nerdy high school student who's friends with Ted. "Miss Popularity" Caroline's shower scene (played by a body double for Haviland Morris) was named #9 on its Top 20 Gratuitous Nude Scenes of The 1980s by website Flashbak in July 2014. Sixteen Candles A teenage girls deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob. 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. Watanabe eventually admitted to Hughes at the table read that the accent wasnt real. On IMDb, he is credited as "Geek". The original soundtrack was released as a specially priced mini-album containing only five songs. Danny Elfman, leader of Oingo Boingo, which is on the soundtrack of this film, and uncle of Bodhi Elfman, whose wife, Jenna Elfman, wore a neck brace in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) at the dance scene, as Joan's character wore the neck brace in this film. When he went to audition for the role of Long Duk Dong, he borrowed the accent from his South Korean friend. Similarly, Haviland Morris, who played Caroline, is now a real estate agent in New York City. However, by 2018, her thinking had evolved on this as she became more aware of the negative effect that many Asian Americans felt the character had on their upbringings; in an article she wrote for the New Yorker about John Hughes regarding sexual and racial aspects of his films that she now perceived as insensitive, Ringwald said, "the character of Long Duk Dong, in "Sixteen Candles," is a grotesque stereotype, as other writers [including NPR's Kat Chow] have detailed far more eloquently than I could.". Introduction; Summary. Geek Girl From Sixteen Candles - Finishing The Paper Doll. A very young Joan Cusack may not have been given an actual name for her Candles character, but that didn't stop Geek Girl #1 from stealing every scene she was in. somebody mustve had a few beers.. Ann Cusack was an American actress born in Manhattan, New York on May 22, 1961, the eldest sibling of the Cusack acting family, the daughter of actor/producer Dick Cusack and political activist Nancy Cusack. His Sixteen Candles role as geek sidekick Bryce was only 17-year-old Cusack's second film role, but by the following year, he'd graduated to lead in such films as The Sure Thing and Better. Molly Ringwald's real-life sister, Beth Ringwald, appears in the film as Patty Baker. So basically the scene with Jim/Sam and the scene with Brenda/Sam are the same scene; both invented by the writer/director at the last minute to convince actors Glynn and Dooley to stay with the movie even though they are playing what are otherwise teen movie parent stereotypes. Michael Schoeffling was so shy during his audition, it almost cost him the job. Written and directed by John Hughes. I could violate her ten different ways if I wanted to." Who is Cusack sister? Now 45, Ringwald has yet to announce any new projects since the five-year run of Secret Life ended in 2013. So for a year or two, 1984-1985, during the filming of Sixteen Candles , Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and Weird Science, the three of them would hang out, go to restaurants and clubs and concerts and were friends. Jonathan Chapin plays Jimmy Montrose, a friend of Sam and Randi's that meets them at the dance. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital Anyway, the two have been in a handful of movies together and a lot of times it seems as though they've been on opposite ends of the film, bound only to be in . She has also guest starred on the television shows The Equalizer, Nobody's Child, Law & Order, Clarissa Explains It All, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Chris Gethard Show. Share the best GIFs now >>> Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for NEW--Sixteen Candles (DVD, 1984, Flashback Edition) JOHN HUGHES' at the best online prices at eBay! Joan Cusack Geek Girl #1 . She went on to appear in the movies Raw Deal and The Handmaids Tale and on TV in Law & Order and the 2009 HBO movie Taking Chance. . for her efforts in Working Girl and In & Out. Now 54, Morris has a day job as a Manhattan realtor, but she continues to act; her next film, naval drama Burning Blue, is due in theaters next month. For his first performance, as Dustin Hoffmans son in Kramer vs. Kramer, seven-year-old Henry became the youngest actor ever nominated for an Oscar. Wantanabe has gone on to appear in the films Gung Ho, Vamp, Perfect Alibi, Mulan, Mulan II, Two for the Money, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Parental Guidance and 47 Ronin. Bird had a long career in vaudeville and theater before enjoying her film breakthrough as a comic actress in her sixties in The Odd Couple. Michael Schoeffling was 23 years old when the movie was made, Haviland Morris was 24, Gedde Watanabe was 28, and Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were both 15. ActorAgeCheck is a free service that allows you to quickly view the age of an actor/actress along with their age in a specific movie (it's important to note that the age of a person in a particular movie is based on the movies release date, and may not represent the actual filming date). Even worse, some total dork ( Anthony Michael Hall) keeps propositioning her with sophomoric innuendo when she really craves romantic attention from high-school hunk Jake ( Michael Schoeffling ). They're your buddies, you choose them.". But producer Michelle Manning said, "He was so stunning and dreamy that we cast him.". But theyve moved on, as we all do, some to greener pastures, some not so green. Magazines, Or create a free account to access more articles. Her later films included Whos That Girl?, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (alongside Gedde Watanabe), Home Alone 3, and The Baxter. How can it have been 30 years since that iconic film opened in May 1984? Morris was 24 when she made her film debut in 1984s Reckless, the same year she played Jakes beautiful, bored girlfriend in Sixteen Candles. Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies. Morris retired from acting in 2014 and currently works in real estate. These scenes were later cut, but it explains why there is a tray on the side of grandpa's car. In the essay, Ringwald questioned a scene when Ted (Hall) takes photos with Caroline (Morris) that imply they hooked up. Since then, hes appeared in countless TV shows and movies, including Roxanne, Internal Affairs, Forever Knight, Seinfeld, The West Wing, Legally Blonde, The Dead Zone (which reteamed him with Hall), Queer as Folk, Desperate Housewives, Modern Family, and Justified. There was a scene in both The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles where the Anthony Michael Hall character confesses he is a virgin. Although it currently has an oldies format, in 1984, WLS was a top-40 station in Chicago, Illinois. 32 is 16 doubled. Jake's car is a 1983 Porsche 944 Automatic. . Jake's father's 1974 Rolls-Royce Corniche Series I is worth more than $66,000 today. Niles East High School, the school where the movie was filmed, is now part of Oakton Community College, and has been compeletly remodelled. Write by: . John Hughes wrote the role of Ted Farmer especially for Anthony Michael Hall, having worked with him on National Lampoon's Vacation (1983). Molly Ringwald got to decorate Samantha's bedroom with items from her own dwelling. When Ted is walking up the aisle of the bus to sit next to Samantha, the theme from Dragnet (1951) plays. Since her role in Sixteen Candles, Morris has appeared in movies, on television and in Broadway productions. Sixteen Candles, Grandview, Class, U . John Hughes cast Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and John Kapelos in The Breakfast Club (1985). Writer/director John Hughes, plus actors John Cusack and John Kapelos all have the same first names. Born Gary Watanabe, the 28-year-old actor was so convincing in his audition (and later, on screen) in the role of hard-partying Chinese exchange student Long Duk Dong that few observers realized he was born and raised in Utah. A fresh look at "Sixteen Candles" will see young versions of John and Joan Cusack, as well as veteran actors Paul Dooley, Billie Bird, and Max Showalter (per IMDb ). On May 4, 1984 30 years ago yesterday, with the release of "Sixteen Candles," which made its baby-faced young stars, Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall, household names nearly overnight. Amy Benfer writes "The scene only works because people were stupid about date rape at the time. On the eve of her sister's wedding, suburban teenager Samantha ( Molly Ringwald) suffers silently as her family forgets her birthday. Based on his performance as another father character in Breaking Away, Paul Dooley was offered his role in this film but turned it down as he felt the character was just a stock Dad character without much development. Michael Schoeffling (Jake Ryan) was 24. "Bohunk" is a disparaging slur against immigrants from Eastern Europe, especially Hungary. In The Breakfast Club (1985), Kapelos serves as the janitor. It was so hot that Haviland Morris changed dresses between takes, due to all the sweat. Glynn played Sam's mother Brenda. She played the girl in the neck brace. He reunited with Hughes (and Anthony Michael Hall) in Weird Science and The Breakfast Club (where he played all-knowing janitor Carl, perhaps his best-known role). It was bracing a few years back, at least for those of us of a certain age, to see Molly Ringwald cast as a grandmother on TVs The Secret Life of the American Teenager. "Sixteen Candles" marked the second of 10 times that Joan Cusack . 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