Sixteen Candles(Movie, 1984)

Name: Sixteen Candles
Genre: Comedy, Romance / Love
Released: 1984
Duration: T01:33:00
Rating: 3.4

| 1h 33min | Genres: Comedy, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 928 votes)

Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. 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. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box-office success, earning $23.6 million against a $6.5 million budget, and launched Ringwald to fame. ()

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About Sixteen Candles

A teenage girl deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Illinois

Made by: Universal Pictures, Channel Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 25 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hindi (HI), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/04/1984

Cast: Molly Ringwald, Paul Dooley, Justin Henry, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling, Gedde Watanabe, Billie Bird, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, John Kapelos, Jami Gertz, Blanche Baker, Carole Cook, Edward Andrews, Haviland Morris, Max Showalter, Zelda Rubinstein, Liane Alexandra Curtis, Tony Longo, Brian Doyle-Murray

Director: John Hughes

Producer: Michelle Manning, Ned Tanen, Hilton A. Green

Screenwriter: John Hughes

Executive Producer: Ned Tanen

Film Editor: Edward Warschilka

Director of Photography: Bobby Byrne

Composer: Ira Newborn

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Se busca novio"

"Sixteen Candles - Das darf man nur als Erwachsener"

"16 velas"

"Seize Bougies Pour Sam"

"16 свічок"

"16 Candles"

Keywords: teenage crush, night vision goggles, convertible, crush, exchange student, birthday, high school, nerd

Budget: 6,500,000 USD

Revenue: 23,686,027 USD (= 364%)

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Sixteen Candles(Movie, 1984)

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