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Sixteen Candles (1984)

Sixteen Candles (1984)

Comedy Romance

Turning sixteen isn't easy, when you've fallen in love... for the first time.

Release Date: 1984, May 4
Directors: John Hughes
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, Channel Productions
Cast: Andy Hirsch, Anthony Michael Hall, Max Showalter, Gedde Watanabe, Joan Cusack, John Kapelos, Paul Dooley, Tony Longo, John Cusack, Robert Minkoff, Brian Doyle-Murray, Edward Andrews

Overview:

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.

Keywords:

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