Write by: . Although it currently has an oldies format, in 1984, WLS was a top-40 station in Chicago, Illinois. Before his turn at 66 as Samanthas wisecracking maternal grandfather in Sixteen Candles, Showalter had been a movie character actor for four decades in such films as Niagara and Bus Stop (both with Marilyn Monroe) and Elmer Gantry (with future fellow Sixteen Candles grandpa Edward Andrews). . 17. On top, the word "Confidential" can be seen misspelled. 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. Similarly, Haviland Morris, who played Caroline, is now a real estate agent in New York City. Hall then did infact choose the actors who would play Bryce and Wheeze, Farmer Ted's wingmen in the movie. Michael Schoeffling (Jake) had a serious girlfriend at the time, Valerie C. Robinson. The movie's costume designer begged Molly Ringwald not to wear the hat she wore in the beginning of the movie. She said Hughes held a grudge against them for rejecting him, and effectively stopped making teen movies all together. 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. Molly Ringwald's real-life sister, Beth Ringwald, appears in the film as Patty Baker. Hughes clearly wanted to be a teenager again, and maybe was reliving this through Hall and Ringwald. If Ringwald and her schoolmates held a 30th class reunion, these are the stories they might tell of their lives. A life filled with writing, producing, and directing, John Hughes was a jack of all trades. Scene 1; Scene 2; Scene . somebody mustve had a few beers.. It's missing a bunch of stuffIt's definitely not perfect, and I'm always working to improve the site. Schoeffling's final acting credit was as Al Carver in the 1991 film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. Hes continued to play such roles on film and TV, including Dream On, Waiting for Guffman, The Practice, ER, Desperate Housewives, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Cars (and Cars 2), and Super Fun Night. Elsewhere, Newhart, and ER. In actuality, Haviland Morris was 25 years old during filming. 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 Off Dead.2014-05-05 The film, which was written and directed by John Hughes, follows high school student Samantha (Molly Ringwald). The license plate number on Jake's red car at the end of the movie is 21850. The best GIFs are on GIPHY. In an article published in Salon, Amy Benfer considers whether the film directly condones date rape. He played the recurring role of Nurse Yoshi Takata on ER from 1997 to 2003. Not in the theatrical cut, the VHS copies, or even as a DVD extra, a scene set in the school cafeteria fills an additional minute of time. But I know we can get there, I believe in us, it's just gonna take a lot of hard work.". ''He flipped through and saw one he liked and put it on his bulletin board." 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. But she also admitted that the actress who played that role, Haviland Morris, told her she wasn't bothered by the scene. Molly Ringwald got to decorate Samantha's bedroom with items from her own dwelling. Haviland Morris is actually a natural redhead. So we have a long way to go. Both Blanche Baker, (Ginny Baker, Samantha's sister) and Justin Henry, (Mike Henry, her brother), had just come off of starring in hit shows with Merryl Streep; Baker appearing in 1978s critically acclaimed Holocaust with Streep, and Henry starring in the Oscar Winning 1979 blockbuster Kramer vs Kramer with her. "Bohunk" is a disparaging slur against immigrants from Eastern Europe, especially Hungary. 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. One scene, which was cut from the final theatrical version, but later shown in the television version, was shot in the cafeteria at one of Niles East's two sister schools, Niles North. John Cusack began his career in the 1983 movie Class in which he played the role of Roscoe Maibaum. He moved to Newfoundland, Pa., married, raised a family, and worked as a carpenter building custom furniture. Now 42, he appears on screen in the sci-fi/horror feature Reaper, due in theaters later this year. Her later films included Whos That Girl?, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (alongside Gedde Watanabe), Home Alone 3, and The Baxter. 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." The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. Naturally. His next appearance was in the 1984 John Hughes classic, "Sixteen Candles," in which big sister Joan also had a part. The Bakers six-bedroom brick house, in northwestern Evanston, Illinois, was sold for $1,250,000 in 2006. How can it have been 30 years since that iconic film opened in May 1984? But theyve moved on, as we all do, some to greener pastures, some not so green. John Hughes cast Molly Ringwald after seeing her headshot. Viggo Mortensen auditioned for the role of Jake Ryan. a car, and maybe some cake. He really did.". So they had a body double for her. Ringwald starred as high school sophomore Samantha Baker. According to Molly Ringwald, one of the things Gedde did was stick grapes up his nostrils. Search, discover and share your favorite Sixteen Candles GIFs. John is Bryce, one of Anthony Michael Hall's geeky friends. who was born on October 11, 1962, is 59 years old today, January 3rd, 2022. Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies. 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. On the eve of her sister's wedding, suburban teenager Samantha ( Molly Ringwald) suffers silently as her family forgets her birthday. Now 85, Dooley made his most recent appearance earlier this year on an episode of Parenthood. While he doesnt know Sam at the beginning of the film, he eventually develops a crush on her. Cusack, along with his sister Joan (who plays the nerdy girl in a neck brace), grew up in Evanston, Illinois, only miles from where the movie was shot. The "I" and the "A", at the end of the word, are in the wrong order. It's been 35 years since Sixteen Candles was released in theaters on May 4, 1984. 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). After college, he seldom acted but remained in showbiz, as the founder of the short-life Slamdunk film festival (1998-2003) and as an executive at streaming video site Veoh. At the beginning of the film, Molly Ringwald is filling out a questionnaire. The two grandfathers (Edward Andrews and Max Showalter) both appeared in the classic film Elmer Gantry (1960); Andrews as one of town leaders, and Showalter in an uncredited role as a deaf man. 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! They didn't have enough money to air condition the gym, so it was over one hundred degrees during filming. The same moving shot of the exterior of the high school was used for the beginning of this movie, as well as the end of Weird Science (1985). 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. The main thing . When Ginny, Sams sister whose pending marriage takes the attention away from Sams sixteenth birthday, sits down in the church scene, she does so next to John and Jim Belushis mother Agnes. "Sixteen candles make a lovely light, but not as bright as your eyes tonight!". The 90-year-olds last acting appearance was a 2006 guest spot on Greys Anatomy. 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. Similarly, in The Breakfast Club, Anthony Michael Hall's mother, Mercedes Hall, and his little sister, appear as his mother and sister in the movie. Mccaulley Culkin was actually tied for #2; as he was in Uncle Buck; Home Alone and Home Alone 2. "I was in that stack," Ringwald recalled to Entertainment Weekly in January. He is also known for voicing the character of Ling in the animated film Mulan (1998) and its sequel, Mulan II (2004). But a bunch of her problems would be solved if she wished for what every sixteen-year-old needs: some self-confidence. John Hughes fathers friends car. When Caroline and Ted wake up next to each other in the car, Caroline says she's fairly certain they had sex though neither of them remember it. Additionally, she has acted in Broadway productions of Arcadia, Tartuffe: Born Again and Ring Round the Moon. In "Sixteen Candles", "The Breakfast Club" and "Weird Science" the Anthony Michael Hall character reveals that he is a virgin. Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall weren't the only stars to have their breakout roles in "Sixteen Candles." The film also features two future stars in minor roles, John Cusack and his. Hughes genius was to see teens as they saw themselves, to appreciate that their seemingly trivial moments of high drama really were high drama, and to let them know that, no matter how freakish they felt, they were not alone. He spoofed his own 80s teen stardom in 2010s Hot Tub Time Machine. After a year, he got two movies Sixteen Candles and 'Grandview, U.S.A.' in 1984. John will star in 2019's "Never Grow Old" and "Distorted." . The Cusacks were initially prominently cast in The Breakfast Club, with John cast as Bender (eventually played by Judd Nelson) and Joan set to play Allison (Ally Sheedy.) The actors who played Samantha's two grandfathers both played the original father characters in two classic sitcoms before both roles were re-cast. Like Ringwald, Gertz was an alumna of the prep-school sitcom The Facts of Life when she landed a role in Sixteen Candles; at 18, she got to play Carolines scissor-wielding friend Robin. The 51-year-old is due later this year in the comedy-drama Welcome to Me. 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. Afterwards, she was a series regular on Benson, appeared in two Police Academy sequels, and acted in the Hughes-scripted comedies Home Alone and Dennis the Menace. All of this ended after Breakfast Club, when Hall rejected Hughes for the Duckie role in Pretty in Pink, and then Ringwald rejected Hughes' pitch for them to be in Ferris Bueller and Some Kind of Wonderful, (which were originally going to star Ringwald and Hall just like Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles.) Now 57, she stars as a vengeful housewife in the thriller Jersey Justice, debuting on DVD this month. John Kapelos, Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald were all in Sixteen Candles in 1984, and then Breakfast Club in 1985.. Later that year Anthony Michael Hall and John Kapelos appeared in Weird Science together. Haviland Morris didn't want to do the shower scene, because the point was that she had bigger breasts than Sam and Randy, which she didn't. Hughes liked working with his stock company of young muses, Kapelos, Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall; etc. She took a 14-year absence to raise a family and get a stockbrokers license, but she returned to TV in recent years with guest spots on Criminal Minds (2011) and American Horror Story (also 2011). Samantha says that Caroline "must have flunked nine grades" because of her mature figure for a high school student. Gedde Watanabe's accent isn't real. Niles East was in Skokie, Illinois. His television credits include a short stint as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1986, as well as guest appearances on The Jamie Foxx Show, Diagnosis: Murder, Entourage, Community, Z Nation, Murder in the First and Riverdale. Morris retired from acting in 2014 and currently works in real estate. The film has also been criticized for its racist portrayal of Long Duk Dong, a Chinese foreign exchange student who stays with the Bakers over the wedding weekend. All Rights Reserved. Read on to see what the cast of Sixteen Candles has been up to since the film's debut. In the initial script, Sam's father ends his heart-to-heart with his daughter by asking what happened to her underwear (which she gave to Ted Farmer). His mission in the film is to prove to his friends that he can hook up with Sam, though his night doesn't go according to plan and he ends up waking up next to Caroline (Haviland Morris). A protge of Lucille Balls, comic actress Cook had appeared in such films as The Incredible Mr. Limpet, The Gauntlet, and American Gigolo when, at 59, she got to co-star in Sixteen Candles as the grandma who feels up pubescent granddaughter Samantha. She played the girl in the neck brace. The Long Duk Dong character is suspiciously similar to another character in a story John Hughes wrote for National Lampoon Magazine, titled "Christmas '59". I could violate her ten different ways if I wanted to." while sister Joan Cusack appears as Geek Girl #1. (1980) and Sixteen Candles (1984). There was a scene in both The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles where the Anthony Michael Hall character confesses he is a virgin. Before she starred as Samantha's snotty sister Ginny in Sixteen Candles, Blanche Baker won a Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the television mini-series Holocaust in 1978, playing alongside such heavy weights as Meryl Streep and Joseph Bottoms. Pollack made her screen debut in Sixteen Candles as Marlene Lumberjack, an Amazon who takes an instant liking to Long Duk Dong. Casie's look: I am Joan Cusack's character. His father Richard Cusack was an actor and documentary filmmaker. After his immortal performance in that film, followed by his similar roles in Hughes The Breakfast Club and Weird Science, Hall was typecast forever more in geeky parts. Twice actor Max Showalter has portrayed a character with the surname Baker. They also appear together in Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity, and The Cradle Will Rock. Write by: There is a poster of Heather Thomas on the back of Mike's bedroom door. Ringwald's and Hall's rejection of Hughes at this point hurt him deeply, and in fact led to end of his whole John Hughes teen movie genre. Sixteen Candles (1984) directed by John Hughes. See more ideas about sixteen candles, john hughes movies, 80s movies. He refocused on Molly, hoping she would star in Ferris Bueller and Some Kind of Wonderful, which again were teens caught in a love triangle type movies, but at this point, after appearing on the cover of Time, Molly wanted to spread her wings and try other projects. At the time of the release of Sixteen Candles, Roger Ebert defended Gedde Watanabe's performance as Long Duk Dong, writing that Gedde Watanabe "elevates his role from a potentially offensive stereotype to high comedy". Reportedly John Hughes was hurt and never got over the grudge. (Ted Farmer, or "Farmer Ted" as he is nicknamed in the movie). Originally rated R by the MPAA due to language and nudity, it was re-rated PG on appeal. 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. Wantanabe played Long Duk Dong, a Chinese foreign exchange student who stays with the Bakers as they prepare for Ginny's wedding. Five years later, the 44-year-old played Ringwalds mother in Sixteen Candles. Molly Ringwald and writer-director John Hughes share the same birthday, 18th February. But when Molly Ringwald saw it, she asked to wear it. Gertz went on to star in such iconic 80s movies as The Lost Boys and Less Than Zero. 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. Dick Biondi: Chicago radio legend is heard on the radio (uncredited) in the opening bedroom scene where Molly Ringwald is looking in her mirror. Cusack was a cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1986. The two shared three children, including actress Mary Stuart Masterson. 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). The 45-year-old will be back on the big screen in November, alongside Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, and Steve Carell, in the indie drama Foxcatcher. The following year, she co-starred in The Trip to Bountiful, directed by her husband. Among the films in which she has appeared alongside her brother, John, are Sixteen Candles, Grandview, Class, U.S.A., High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank, Martian Child, Cradle Will Rock, Say Anything . Sixteen Candles was much more than your average teen comedy. Share the best GIFs now >>> Playing nice-guy dreamboat Jake Ryan was Michael Schofflings big break at age 23; he won the part over fellow unknown Viggo Mortensen. She also played the role of Claire Baxter on One Life to Live from 2001 to 2003. The next movie the Cusacks filmed together was Seattle's Say Anything in 1989. He has four siblings. Even in a randy teen comedy, you would never see two sympathetic male characters conspiring to take advantage of a drunk chick these days.". The dress that Sam wears to the school dance was supposed to be worn by Liane Curtis (who played Randy). A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible. He played Bill Gates in the 1999 TV movie Pirates of Silicon Valley, the Christopher Walken role on USAs The Dead Zone for five seasons, and villain Walter Sykes on SyFy series Warehouse 13 (2011-12). He says that John Hughes actually tickled his feet to get him to laugh hysterically in the "drunk as a skunk" scene. But it's funny, too, because at the same time I laugh at the character. Filmed at Niles East High School. With popular films like the Home Alone film series and 101 Dalmatians, we're celebrating his popular '80s classic, Sixteen Candles. Ironically; these two; who were frenemies in both movies; would wind up dating each other during the production of Breakfast Club. Other than Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos was the only actor to appear in all three of John Hughes' teen films which were made under contract with Universal. Writer/director John Hughes, plus actors John Cusack and John Kapelos all have the same first names. 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 German title of the film, "Das darf man nur als Erwachsener", translates to "One may do that only as an adult". They asked, 'How could you do a role like that?' Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall dated briefly in real life. Ironically a year later they would both be cast members on Saturday Night Live. Who is Joan CusackView the latest Biography of Joan Cusack and also find Married Life, estimated Net Worth, Salary, Career & More. The famous siblings have acted together in several movies throughout their . Molly Ringwald told Access Hollywood: "I really wanted him. Jonathan Chapin plays Jimmy Montrose, a friend of Sam and Randi's that meets them at the dance. 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. Cliff a.k.a. Dewey's whole ambition in life was to be a part of rock band and once he was kicked of the group he'd been a part of for a while he was left without . But producer Michelle Manning said, "He was so stunning and dreamy that we cast him.". Watch Sixteen Candles Online Full production credits: "What was he wearing? . She's the daughter of famous actress Carol Baker; an actress who was often compared to Marylin Monroe, and starred in many movies in the 1950s and 1960s like How The West Was Won, Baby Doll and Giant. See what the 'Sixteen Candles' cast, including Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall, have been up to since the John Hughes comedy movie hit theaters 35 years ago, on May 4, 1984. In fact, Sixteen Candles was his last appearance. Sixteen Candles (1984) Starring Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Paul Dooley, and Michael Schoeffling. At least Ringwald got to decorate her characters room with items from her own dwelling. When Samantha is in her room talking on the phone with her friend, a promotional poster can be seen on the wall for the rock group Squeeze and their album entitled "Singles", which was released in 1982. 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. Gedde Watanabe says the gong sound effect wasn't included in the script: "I think the gong was something they added. 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. 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 . Brother and sister John and Joan Cusack co-star in Sixteen Candles. 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. The original school building has since been demolished, and is now the location of Oakton Community College. What is this?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). John Hughes agreed that it was creepy, and changed the line. He followed that up with such indelible films as The Grifters, Bullets Over Broadway, Grosse Pointe Blank, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, and 2012. Even a late-teen growth spurt that had him playing jocks in Johnny Be Good and Edward Scissorhands couldnt erase his geek cred. Amy Benfer writes "The scene only works because people were stupid about date rape at the time. Somebody must've had a few beers.". Written and directed by John Hughes. So they used a body double who was more endowed for in that scene. Written and directed by John Hughes in his directorial debut, it was the first in a string of films Hughes would direct centering on teenage life. And this wound up convincing Dooley to accept the role. Watch for the 47-year-old in several 2014 films, including thriller The Bag Man, David Cronenbergs Maps to the Stars, and Beach Boy Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy. He worked with him in Vacation, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club and Weird Science. The same people can be seen making the same movements in both movies. was more commercial, and therefore should be made first. 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. Hughes, a former gag writer for old-style stand-up comics and a contributor to National Lampoon, was a novice Hollywood screenwriter when he landed the opportunity to direct Sixteen Candles. Free shipping for many products! Her most recent appearance was as a mystery woman during the 2012 series finale of Desperate Housewives. Hughes, who was known for writing while chain-smoking and blaring music, wrote the Sixteen Candles script over a single Fourth of July weekend. 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. Sixteen Candles Ringwald Schoeffling with Birthday Cake - H 2013. Rihannas Puma x Fenty Is Coming Back Heres Where You Can Still Buy Those Cult-Fave Creepers, Most Memorable SAG Awards Moments: Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeohs Historic Wins, Jamie Lee Curtis Nepo Baby Comment, Sally Fields Iconic Career Honored, SAG Awards: F. 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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. 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. 61 of 66 found this interesting | Share this The dress that Sam wears to the school dance was supposed to be worn by Liane Curtis (who played Randy). Hughes may have been a couple of decades past his high school years when he wrote the movie, but he managed to accurately capture the teen experience. Brenda confronted Hughes and told him he has to have Brenda Baker apologize to Sam about forgetting her birthday, otherwise she's a terrible mother and Hughes can't pretend they're such a perfect family if she's doing stuff like that. 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