Sixteen Candles (1984)
1h 33min
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Turning sixteen isn't easy, when you've fallen in love... for the first time.
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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.
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Directed by: John Hughes, James Giovannetti Jr., Newt Arnold
Written by: John Hughes
Produced by: Hilton A. Green, Ned Tanen, Michelle Manning
Composed by: Ira Newborn
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