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. As Samantha's family prepares for her older sister's wedding, they forget to acknowledge her milestone birthday. John Hughes agreed that it was creepy, and changed the line. "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. Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 America's Greatest Music in the Movies for the song "If You Were Here.". In a 2008 National Public Radio piece titled "Long Duk Dong: Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes?" Inspired by Ringwald's appearance, he put it up over his desk and wrote the film just over a weekend, with her specifically in mind for the lead role. Some of the students in the big party scene are wearing Niles East Trojans jackets and shirts. Sixteen Candles (1984) Starring Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Paul Dooley, and Michael Schoeffling. Schoeffling portrayed high school heartthrob and Sam's crush Jake Ryan. John Hughes only wanted one redhead in the movie, therefore she had to wear a wig. His father Richard Cusack was an actor and documentary filmmaker. The Bakers six-bedroom brick house, in northwestern Evanston, Illinois, was sold for $1,250,000 in 2006. 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. A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible. Cusack co-wrote the filmsGrosse Point Blank, High FidelityandWar, Inc. and has produced the filmsGrace Is Gone, Hot Tub Time MachineandCell. She went on to star on the ill-fated 1985-86 season of Saturday Night Live (along with Anthony Michael Hall) before moving on to acclaimed comic roles in such films as Broadcast News, Working Girl (which earned her an Oscar nomination), Addams Family Values, Grosse Pointe Blank (a collaboration with John), In & Out (another Oscar-nominated role), Runaway Bride, Toy Story 2 (and 3), School of Rock, and Chicken Little. Now 42, he appears on screen in the sci-fi/horror feature Reaper, due in theaters later this year. 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! All Rights Reserved. Cusack was a cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1986. 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. Both Hall and Ringwald, as well as others, have spoken extensively about this in interviews. Ringwald starred as high school sophomore Samantha Baker. The two underage thespians had nothing to do when filming wrapped on weekends and some of their fellow castmates abandoned them to go to bars. During the scene at the dinner table, many of the younger cast members can be seen trying to hold back laughter or smiles. 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. Molly Ringwald's real-life sister, Beth Ringwald, appears in the film as Patty Baker. There is also a scene in Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles where the Molly Ringwald character admits she's a virgin. In addition to her acting roles, Ringwald released the jazz album Expect Sometimes in 2013. Following his role as the nerd, Hall went on to collaborate with Hughes again in The Breakfast Club and Weird Science. Brother and sister John Cusack and Joan Cusack appeared in this movie. More on Sixteen Candles Navigation. Mortensen and Ringwald kissed during the audition, which made the future The Lord of the Rings star Ringwald's pick to play her love interest. 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. Casie's look: I am Joan Cusack's character. 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. "Sixteen Candles" was one of John Cusack's first films. 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. When Sam sees her grandparents for the first time, the theme song from The Twilight Zone (1959) is playing. 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. But Hughes insisted there would be more layers to this character, at which point he wrote a scene which Jim apologizes to Sam for forgetting her birthday and also consoles her about the situation with Jake. Hughes agreed that it was creepy and changed the line. The Sixteen Candles role of bridegroom Rudy was one of 27-year-old Kapelos first film roles. He spoofed his own 80s teen stardom in 2010s Hot Tub Time Machine. Her other films included Gardens of Stone, Judy Berlin, and Whiskey School (her final feature, from 2005). He also never really spoke to either one of them again either, up until the time he died, and never collaborated in any other films. Hughes stopped making teen movies and started making kids movies, Uncle Buck, and the incredibly successful Home Alone, which at that point was the most successful comedy ever made. 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. He followed that up with such indelible films as The Grifters, Bullets Over Broadway, Grosse Pointe Blank, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, and 2012. In actuality, Haviland Morris was 25 years old during filming. Hughes, who was known for writing while chain-smoking and blaring music, wrote the Sixteen Candles script over a single Fourth of July weekend. Similarly, Haviland Morris, who played Caroline, is now a real estate agent in New York City. Dick Biondi: Chicago radio legend is heard on the radio (uncredited) in the opening bedroom scene where Molly Ringwald is looking in her mirror. The following morning, Caroline wakes up with no recollection of the night before. Niles East High School, the school where the movie was filmed, is now part of Oakton Community College, and has been compeletly remodelled. Morris has had guest starring roles on Law & Order, Diagnosis: Murder, Sex and the City, One Tree Hill, The Good Wife and Blue Bloods. 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.) "In her mind, Caroline bears some responsibility for what happens, because of how drunk she gets at the party." Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies. Dooley also declined Hughes' offer to star in the movie because he thought Jim Baker was a buffoonish Hollywood father stereotype and he had already played an iconic irritated dad character in Breaking Away. You have reached your limit of free articles. 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. Sam's insecure, just like we all are at sixteen. 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 had already worked with Anthony Michael Hall; since he was the screenwriter for Vacation the year before Hughes was planning for Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald and him to team up again in both Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller, and have the three of them keep making movies like that, almost like Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland made all those Andy Hardy teen pictures back in the 40s, one after the other, playing different characters and in different movies and with the same actors. Somebody must've had a few beers.". Niles East is in Skokie, Illinois, and was closed for over ten years when the filming started. somebody mustve had a few beers.. This is amazing because Bryce was played by none other than John Cusack. In an article published in Salon, Amy Benfer considers whether the film directly condones date rape. Michael Schoeffling (Jake Ryan) was 24. There was a scene in both The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles where the Anthony Michael Hall character confesses he is a virgin. Sep 5, 2018 - Explore Maizie Cole's board "Sixteen Candles" on Pinterest. She also played the role of Claire Baxter on One Life to Live from 2001 to 2003. Watanabe claimed that the sound effect was added in post-production, and quipped that somebody mustve had a few beers. He was also surprised that his performance would be deemed racist by several Asian-American groups. John Cusack - Bryce; . 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. Filmed at Niles East High School. 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. Its tempting, then, to see the kids of Sixteen Candles as icons frozen in time. 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