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Sixteen Candles (1984)
Released By: MCA Universal Home Video   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: MCA Universal Home Video
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Hughes
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling, Molly Ringwald
Published ID: 375
UPC: 014381427028, 025192114021, 025195018678, 025192028922, 025192028236, 025192039805,
Plot: On the eve of her sister's wedding, suburban teenager Samantha (Molly Ringwald) suffers silently as her family forgets her birthday. 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). Moving from Samantha's family home as it's invaded by outre relatives to a high-school dance where nothing seems to go her way, this bittersweet teen comedy traces the hopes and disappointments of not only Samantha, but also a host of incidental but memorable characters, from a hapless Japanese exchange student to a prom queen and a posse of barely pubescent nerds. A climactic party scene at which these various strata of young America overcome their rigid hierarchies sets the stage for resolutions both tender and torrid. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
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High School Tribulations
Added 2/6/2010

This is an old favorite of mine. Trying to keep up with the cliques while maintaining your real friends never stops being a challenge to teens ... then and today. Great DVD.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Not this version
Added 1/4/2010

I love this movie, but not this version. Buy a different edition than this. It's okay if you just want to watch the movie. I don't like the extra features at all. People who had nothing to do with the movie were talking about it. The features were not special. Buy this movie, but not this edition.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Should Be Rated R
Added 12/18/2009

Like most thirty-something females, this film is a cult classic - Or should I say was. This particular DVD release is not the same edit they released in the theaters or to TV. Beware, within the first 15 min, you hear an f-bomb, s-bomb, a few other mild swears, and frontal female nudity for more than a few seconds. I only wish we would have known this before we'd hyped it up to our 12 and 13 year old daughter and son for family movie night...A little embarrassed to say the least. As read in previous reviews, most of the music that became popular with the film originally, got canned due to outrageous licensing fees on this version and is not present on this product. Steer clear. Look for the Theatrical release, if one exists. Shame on Universal for squeaking this one by. Consumers remember things like this.
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
This is getting good
Added 12/3/2009

Revolutionary in its time, now it plays just as well; however, you spend a lot of time thinking about this is where it all started. We all have our favorite parts and people. What is that at the fountain? No it can't be, Joan Cusack? And this is the last time you will see Jamie Gertz on the bench.

You will have to watch it several times to take it all in.
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It is a double due for Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald). It is her birthday and the school dance. Tomorrow her sister is getting married. So Grand Parents are converging with their grandparent quirks.

Turns out hat Samantha like Jake who is going with Caroline. Mean time back at the dance other agendas arise with the geeks challenging Farmer Ted (a young Anthony Michael Hall) to do it with Samantha or fork over several floppies. We see parties and their aftermath. In the end can Farmer Ted place all the people where they belong? In the mean time he says, "This, is getting good."

Weird Science (Flashback Edition)

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Amazing movie!
Added 10/11/2009

An amazing movie from the 80s.
Funny and realistic.
A perfect portrait of the american society.
Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald... Great!!

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
High School Tribulations
Added 2/6/2010

This is an old favorite of mine. Trying to keep up with the cliques while maintaining your real friends never stops being a challenge to teens ... then and today. Great DVD.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Not this version
Added 1/4/2010

I love this movie, but not this version. Buy a different edition than this. It's okay if you just want to watch the movie. I don't like the extra features at all. People who had nothing to do with the movie were talking about it. The features were not special. Buy this movie, but not this edition.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Should Be Rated R
Added 12/18/2009

Like most thirty-something females, this film is a cult classic - Or should I say was. This particular DVD release is not the same edit they released in the theaters or to TV. Beware, within the first 15 min, you hear an f-bomb, s-bomb, a few other mild swears, and frontal female nudity for more than a few seconds. I only wish we would have known this before we'd hyped it up to our 12 and 13 year old daughter and son for family movie night...A little embarrassed to say the least. As read in previous reviews, most of the music that became popular with the film originally, got canned due to outrageous licensing fees on this version and is not present on this product. Steer clear. Look for the Theatrical release, if one exists. Shame on Universal for squeaking this one by. Consumers remember things like this.
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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