Schoeffling's final acting credit was as Al Carver in the 1991 film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. Jim Carrey auditioned for the role of Ted "The Geek". The 1974 Corniche, which Farmer Ted uses to drive drunk Caroline Mulford home, was John Hughes fathers friends car. On the VHS and some DVD versions, Anthony Michael Hall is credited as "The Geek". Brother and sister John and Joan Cusack co-star in Sixteen Candles. . He spoofed his own 80s teen stardom in 2010s Hot Tub Time Machine. The movie's line "Can I borrow your underpants for ten minutes?" 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. In addition to her acting roles, Ringwald released the jazz album Expect Sometimes in 2013. Laura Dern and Robin Wright auditioned for the role of Samantha Baker. John Hughes' birthday was 2/18/1950. 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. Molly Ringwald told Access Hollywood: "I really wanted him. John Cusack - Bryce; . But Universal thought Hughes other finished screenplay, Sixteen Candles, was more commercial, and therefore should be made first. 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). 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. But Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall had other plans. 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. His other film credits include Out of Bounds, Johnny Be Good, Edward Scissorhands, Six Degrees of Separation, The Photographer, The Dark Knight, Foxcatcher, Natural Selection, Live By Night, War Machine and Bodied. The film was a modest hit during its theatrical run (it opened second, behind Breakin' (1984)). On September 18, 2016, when television writer Alan Yang won an Emmy for Master of None (2015), he bemoaned the historical dearth and negativity of Asian-American representation on television and in movies, and in his acceptance speech, he specifically named "Long Duk Dong" as a low point in that history: "There's seventeen million Asian-Americans in this country, and seventeen million Italian-Americans. Niles East High School, the school where the movie was filmed, is now part of Oakton Community College, and has been compeletly remodelled. 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. Baker played Sam's older sister Ginny, who prepares for her wedding throughout the film. She has accumulated this vast money as a result of her successful acting career. Cusack was a cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1986. On top, the word "Confidential" can be seen misspelled. Despite not having a large role in the film, Justin Henry (Mike Baker) is second-billed in the end credits, and among one of the top-billed actors in advertisements and posters. Hughes agreed, and added the scene where Brenda tearfully apologizes to Samantha (Molly Ringwald). The original school building has since been demolished, and is now the location of Oakton Community College. The daughter of Oscar-nominated Baby Doll star Carroll Baker, Blanche Baker was already an Emmy-winning TV actress (Holocaust) when she landed at 27 the Sixteen Candles role of Ginny, Samanthas soon-to-be-married sister. When Farmer Ted walks up to Samantha on the dance floor. Molly Ringwald's mother pointed out that it was weird for a girl's father to ask that. There is also a scene in Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles where the Molly Ringwald character admits she's a virgin. (1980) and Sixteen Candles (1984). 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. In the essay, Ringwald questioned a scene when Ted (Hall) takes photos with Caroline (Morris) that imply they hooked up. Hughes clearly wanted to be a teenager again, and maybe was reliving this through Hall and Ringwald. According to Molly Ringwald, one of the things Gedde did was stick grapes up his nostrils. Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall dated briefly in real life. Long Waits, Short Appointments, Huge Bills. Morris retired from acting in 2014 and currently works in real estate. In addition to a new design, everything is served through the cloud and cached to speed up image loading. After the two break up, she ends up spending the night with Ted. Joan Cusack was born October 11, 1962, in New York City. After writing the screenplays for Mr. Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) is ready to make the most of her sweet sixteenth birthday if only someone in her family would remember it. "Sixteen Candles" was one of John Cusack's first films. Niles East is in Skokie, Illinois, and was closed for over ten years when the filming started. John Hughes cast Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and John Kapelos in The Breakfast Club (1985). Actor Age Check - How old was John Cusack in Sixteen Candles? Get the full list of cast and characters in the movie Sixteen Candles. This was due to the fact that while filming, Gedde Watanabe was doing things off-camera while reading his lines. By the end of the decade, with Say Anything, he became one of his generations favorite leading men. 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. Sixteen Candles was much more than your average teen comedy. for her efforts in Working Girl and In & Out. Sixteen Candles (1984) directed by John Hughes. The studio had to frantically edit out "F" bombs to avoid an R rating. He played the recurring role of Nurse Yoshi Takata on ER from 1997 to 2003. Joan is the geeky girl seen on the bus, and having trouble sipping water from a drinking fountain, while wearing a neck brace. But producer Michelle Manning said, "He was so stunning and dreamy that we cast him.". By the time 69-year-old Andrews appeared as Samanthas paternal grandfather, Howard, in Sixteen Candles, hed had a long and distinguished career as a film and TV character actor, with roles in such films as Tea and Sympathy, Elmer Gantry, The Absent-Minded Professor, Send Me No Flowers, and Tora! Hall, 15, had so impressed Hughes when he played Rusty Griswold in the Hughes-scripted National Lampoons Vacation that Hughes wrote for him the part of Farmer Ted, simply known as The Geek, in Sixteen Candles. 17. He had penned the scripts for National Lampoon's Class Reunion [1982], Mr. Sixteen Candles marked Ringwald's first major role, though she went on to become one of the biggest stars of the '80s. But underage binge drinking and a teen (also underage) girl's nude shower scene remained, though the shower scene was played by a nude body double in her 20s. Interesting parallels with another Cusack related movie: John Cusack and Joan Cusack were in this and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997). She was 75 when she played Samanthas paternal grandmother, Dorothy, in Sixteen Candles. She died in 2002 at age 94. Other cast members that year included Randy Quaid, Hall's co-star from Vacation and Robert Downey Junior, his co-star from Weird Science. Jonathan Chapin plays Jimmy Montrose, a friend of Sam and Randi's that meets them at the dance. You have reached your limit of free articles. 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. The Reverend is played by Brian Doyle-Murray, Bill Murrays older brother. Some of those old movies star Cusack and his favorite co-star, one of his older sisters, Joan. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. 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. He also starred in the Ron Howard comedy Gung Ho (1986) with Michael Keaton. She went on to a recurring role on the soap Santa Barbara and other TV guest roles on such shows as St. And at that point the terrible trio broke up, and infact they rarely if ever spoke to Hughes much again after that. Home / Movies . Magazines, Digital 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. 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. Her grandfathers, played by Edward Andrews and Max Showalter, starred separately in two different episodes. 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. 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. 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 . Five years later, the 44-year-old played Ringwalds mother in Sixteen Candles. 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". While we're on the topic of the Cusacks,. Naturally. Sixteen Candles, Grandview, Class, U . Michael Schoeffling, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Dooley, Carlin Glynn, Haviland Morris, Blanche Baker, Gedde Wantanabe and John Cusack round out the cast. After a year, he got two movies Sixteen Candles and 'Grandview, U.S.A.' in 1984. 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. Want proof? The leading men in this movie are both named Michael: Anthony Michael Hall and Michael Schoeffling. At least Ringwald got to decorate her characters room with items from her own dwelling. Her height is 1.75 meters, and she weighs 65 kg. Other music posters in Samantha's house include: Culture Club, The Stray Cats (over her bed), and Sammy Hagar. His character's name is "Ted Farmer", but due to some teacher's habits of doing role call by calling out the students' names as they are printed out, he probably earned the nickname of "Farmer Ted" because of his name being printed out as "Farmer, Ted", and subsequently called out that way. "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. She graduated to more mature roles in The Pick-Up Artist, Fresh Horses, and Betsys Wedding, but her movie career never returned to its Hughes-era heights. Watanabe went on to play memorable comic roles in Volunteers, Gung Ho, and Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Free shipping for many products! The 51-year-old is due later this year in the comedy-drama Welcome to Me. Jake is always going to be hot. How can it have been 30 years since that iconic film opened in May 1984? Filmed at Niles East High School. 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. He has since retired from acting and now resides in Pennsylvania with his wife. They also appear together in Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity, and The Cradle Will Rock. (Samantha Baker). See more ideas about sixteen candles, john hughes movies, 80s movies. The girl lead's name in this movie is Baker. 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. Director John Hughes Writer John Hughes Stars Molly Ringwald Anthony Michael Hall Justin Henry See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video included with Prime More watch options In actuality, Haviland Morris was 25 years old during filming. Molly Ringwald almost lost the part of Samantha Baker to Ally Sheedy, her future co-star in The Breakfast Club (1985). The Bakers six-bedroom brick house, in northwestern Evanston, Illinois, was sold for $1,250,000 in 2006. 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. Mom [1983], and National Lampoon's Vacation [1983], but the latter two comedies . Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. They've done so in . But a bunch of her problems would be solved if she wished for what every sixteen-year-old needs: some self-confidence. Chaos ensues when she gets her period on the day of the ceremony. . 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. John Paul Cusack was born on June 28, 1966, in Evanston, Illinois, United States, into a Catholic Irish-American family. In actuality, Haviland Morris was 25 years old during filming. Send your feedback! Watanabe eventually admitted to Hughes at the table read that the accent wasnt real. 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 the cafeteria scene, seen in television broadcasts, the lunch menu reads as follows (in all-uppercase changeable letters): MEATBALL SALAD - .80 SENIOR BURGER & FRIES - $1.00 CHIPPED PORK ON A BUN - .55 JUMBO FISHDOG - .75 CORNAROOS - .55 GELATIN BALLS - .30 CANNED BROWNIES IN LIGHT SYRUP - .50 VITAMIN COBBLER - FREE ICED TEA - .15 GRAPE BEVERAGE - .15 WARM MILK - .10HAVE A NICE DAY. In a recent podcast with interviewer Michael Rosenbaum, Anthony Michael Hall admitted when the cattle call of teen actors showed up to be cast as extras in the movie, John Hughes told Hall to "just pick two to be your buddies. 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. Sep 5, 2018 - Explore Maizie Cole's board "Sixteen Candles" on Pinterest. It's an odd animal.". 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. More on Sixteen Candles Navigation. They're your buddies, you choose them.". In The Breakfast Club (1985), Kapelos serves as the janitor. The next movie the Cusacks filmed together was Seattle's Say Anything in 1989. The best GIFs are on GIPHY. His retirement lasted 16 years until his death at 83 in 2000. Joan Cusack was in it too. They asked, 'How could you do a role like that?' Some of the students in the big party scene are wearing Niles East Trojans jackets and shirts. Joan Cusack and Anthony Michael Hall appeared in the 1985-1986 season of Saturday Night Live (1975). Jake's father's 1974 Rolls-Royce Corniche Series I is worth more than $66,000 today. In a 2008 National Public Radio piece titled "Long Duk Dong: Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes?" Watch for the 57-year-old in Augusts action film Underdogs. The dress that Sam wears to the school dance was supposed to be worn by Liane Curtis (who played Randy). Cusack was born in New York City and raised in Illinois in a family of performers - her father as well as her four siblings Ann, Bill, Susie, and John have all been actors, and Joan has. Geek Girl #1 in actionSixteen Candles 1984. 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. 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). This was one of her earliest roles too and the first time she starred with her brother on the big screen. Michael Schoeffling (Jake) had a serious girlfriend at the time, Valerie C. Robinson. Sam's insecure, just like we all are at sixteen. Say Anything is the only movie where they play siblings. Watch Sixteen Candles Online Full production credits: "What was he wearing? 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. Elsewhere, Newhart, and ER. was more commercial, and therefore should be made first. 15. (That's like 4 out of the six lead characters!). a car, and maybe some cake. A lot of actors tend to work together over and over but a lot of actors aren't brother and sister like John and Joan Cusack. It's been 35 years since Sixteen Candles was released in theaters on May 4, 1984. He is also known for voicing the character of Ling in the animated film Mulan (1998) and its sequel, Mulan II (2004). 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. Gedde Watanabe says the gong sound effect wasn't included in the script: "I think the gong was something they added. This was probably due to his popularity in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). Tora! In 1991, Hall was fifteen years old and he beat Molly Ringwald for the role. Dick Biondi: Chicago radio legend is heard on the radio (uncredited) in the opening bedroom scene where Molly Ringwald is looking in her mirror. He worked with him in Vacation, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club and Weird Science. 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. For better or worse, we still wait. "In her mind, Caroline bears some responsibility for what happens, because of how drunk she gets at the party." "Wease" Deborah Pollack - Marlene, aka "Lumberjack" Joan Cusack - Geek Girl #1; Brian Doyle-Murray - Reverend at Wedding; Jami Gertz - Robin; John Kapelos . 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. Echoing the racial stereotyping in this film, Xgung Wo mispronounces English phrases to comic effect. Between the Michael's and the John's in the cast, you pretty much have everyone covered! They didn't have enough money to air condition the gym, so it was over one hundred degrees during filming. The film, which was written and directed by John Hughes, follows high school student Samantha (Molly Ringwald) on her 16th birthday. Pollack made her screen debut in Sixteen Candles as Marlene Lumberjack, an Amazon who takes an instant liking to Long Duk Dong. Tags: 16 candles, 80s, 80s movies, funny, jake ryan, molly ringwald, mother, nostalgia, sixteen candles, ryan 16 candles funny, car scene, red car Molly Ringwald and writer-director John Hughes share the same birthday, 18th February. After the film's success, the houses have become tourist attractions. Hmm? He is a son of filmmaker Dick Cusack, and his older sisters are actresses Joan and Ann Cusack.. Cusack began acting in films during the 1980s, starring in coming-of-age dramedies such as The Sure Thing (1985), Better Off Dead (1985), and Say Anything. Mollys mother pointed out that it was weird for a girls father to ask that. All the others are essentially Hollywood extras. 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. 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 ). Additionally, she has acted in Broadway productions of Arcadia, Tartuffe: Born Again and Ring Round the Moon. In late 2003, USA Network announced that a made-for-television sequel, to be called "32 Candles", was being planned, showcasing the original characters sixteen years after the original film. 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. Cusack began working in the early 1980s as side characters in teen comedy films, the most notable of which being a small role in John Hughes' Sixteen Candles. 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. Write by: . 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. For what its worth, Molly Ringwalds birthday is also February 18th. She feels so uncomfortable in his presence that she starts crying and runs out of the gym. The turntable shown spinning with the pizza on top is a Denon DP-62L. His mother Nancy Cusack worked as a mathematics teacher. 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. #2 would be Molly with SIxteen Candles, Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink. The license plate number on Jake's car "21850" was John Hughes' birth date - February 18, 1950. One of the groups they liked was The Rave-Ups which Molly scribbled on Samantha's notebook. The boy's lead name in this movie is Farmer. The two shared three children, including actress Mary Stuart Masterson. Her arms and legs were next to her sides, which meant I had to employ some Frankenstein-ian cutting and taping to get her to . 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. How old is John Cusack in the movie Sixteen Candles? With John as Farmer Teds buddy Bryce and Joan as Geek Girl #1, a.k.a. Despite such prominent films as Twister, Gertz has focused in recent years on TV roles, including long sitcom stints on Still Standing and Entourage. 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. Now 85, Dooley made his most recent appearance earlier this year on an episode of Parenthood. He played Bryce, one of the geeky friends of "the Geek." Soon after his appearance as Bryce, Cusack shot to fame with a series of cult teen films, including "Say Anything" and "The Sure Thing." Throughout the '80s and '90s, Cusack was a Hollywood heartthrob. When he went to audition for the role of Long Duk Dong, he borrowed the accent from his South Korean friend. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. He made me weak in the knees," she told Access Hollywood. Michael Schoeffling (Jake Ryan) was 24. According to Gedde Watanabe (Long Duk Dong), there was a deleted scene where he sings at the dance. Brother and sister John Cusack and Joan Cusack appeared in this movie. She played the girl in the neck brace. (Ted Farmer, or "Farmer Ted" as he is nicknamed in the movie). Gedde Watanabe's accent isn't real. Tora! 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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