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Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age teen 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 follows newly 16-year-old Samantha Baker (Ringwald ...
He appeared in eight additional films after Sixteen Candles, including roles in Vision Quest and Mermaids, and starring roles in the 1986 action film Let's Get Harry and 1991's Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. [1]
Long Duk Dong is a fictional character who appears in Sixteen Candles, a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by John Hughes.Played by Japanese American actor Gedde Watanabe, the character is a Chinese foreign exchange student and a supporting character in the film set at a US suburban high school.
Speaking at the Miami Film Festival in April 2024, Ringwald weighed in on how a remake of Hughes hits like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink would have to differ from their ...
Ringwald was a rom-com darling throughout the 1980s and starred in several legendary movies, including Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. Alongside her phenomenal performances ...
Besides "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club," Hall starred in other films like "Weird Science" and "Edward Scissorhands." Already a full-fledged movie star by then, Hall became a cast member ...
Anthony Michael Hall (born Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall; [2] April 14, 1968) [2] is an American actor, producer and comedian. He starred in the teen-centered John Hughes films Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science.
Gary "Gedde" Watanabe (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ d i ˌ w ɑː t ə ˈ n ɑː b i /; [1] born June 26, 1955) is an American actor. [2] He is known for voicing the character of Ling in the animated film Mulan (1998) and its sequel Mulan II (2004), as well as playing Long Duk Dong in the film Sixteen Candles (1984) and Takahara "Kaz" Kazihiro in Gung Ho (1986), and Nurse Yosh Takata in the NBC medical drama ER ...