Sixteen Candles
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Sixteen Candles is a 1984 coming-of-age teen comedy film directed by John Hughes that follows a girl whose sixteenth birthday is overshadowed by her sister’s wedding and family chaos.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sixteen Candles canonical | 8 |
| 16 Candles | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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teen comedy film ⓘ |
| basedIn | suburban Chicago area ⓘ |
| character |
Ginny Baker
NERFINISHED
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Jake Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Duk Dong NERFINISHED ⓘ Samantha Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Bobby Byrne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | John Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Edward Warschilka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Samantha Baker dealing with being overlooked on her birthday ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age film
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romantic comedy film ⓘ teen comedy film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adolescence
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family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Samantha Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ira Newborn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being John Hughes’s directorial debut ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Brat Pack era teen films ⓘ |
| plotElement |
family forgets girl’s sixteenth birthday
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sister’s wedding causes family chaos ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Samantha Baker’s sixteenth birthday is forgotten by her family and overshadowed by her sister’s wedding. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hughes Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Samantha Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | PG ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1984-05-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Anthony Michael Hall
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Carlin Glynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Gedde Watanabe NERFINISHED ⓘ Haviland Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Justin Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Schoeffling NERFINISHED ⓘ Molly Ringwald NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Dooley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | John Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
16 Candles