Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles is a 1984 coming-of-age film starring Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and Michael Schoeffling. The film was written and directed by John Hughes, and is often credited with the beginning of the Brat Pack film movement.

Plot

Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald), a high schooler, has a terrible crush on Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling). On the eve of her sister's wedding, her entire family forgets her sixteenth birthday. To make matters worse, Jake does not notice her. Further complicating the day, a foreign exchange student, Long Duk Dong (Gedde Watanabe), has come to live at the Bakers' house. Her crush has a girlfriend, Caroline (Havilland Morris), and a geek, "Farmer Ted", (Anthony Michael Hall in a scene-stealing performance) is hounding her.

Related Topics:
Molly Ringwald - High school - Michael Schoeffling - Foreign exchange - Long Duk Dong - Gedde Watanabe - Havilland Morris - Geek - Anthony Michael Hall

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To win a set of floppy disks, "Farmer Ted" promised his friends that he would sleep with Samantha—but eventually, to make it seem like sexual activity took place, Samantha gives the geek her underwear. She also tells him about her crush. This prompts "Farmer Ted" to tell Jake, whom he also gives the underwear (after a peep show—which charged one dollar's admission). Jake loans the geek his car, as well as his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Samantha's family apologizes about forgetting her birthday.

Related Topics:
Floppy disks - Geek - Underwear

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After a wild night with the drunken Caroline, "Farmer Ted" and she wake up in a church parking lot—in each other's arms. In the end, Samantha gets Jake. Presumably, "Farmer Ted" gets Jake's old girlfriend.

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