Sixteen Candles Page #3

Synopsis: Samantha's life is going downhill fast. The sixteen-year-old has a crush on the most popular boy in school, and the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her. Her sister's getting married, and with all the excitement the rest of her family forgets her birthday! Add all this to a pair of horrendously embarrassing grandparents, a foreign exchange student named Long Duk Dong, and we have the makings of a hilarious journey into young womanhood.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): John Hughes
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
PG
Year:
1984
93 min
4,328 Views


He's an exchange student

that's living with them.

Yeah, well, he's totally bizarre.

He is not.

He is a very

sweet boy.

I just hope you burn the sheets

and mattresses after he leaves.

I don't suppose it makes

any difference to you,

but there's

a very weird Chinese guy

up in Mike's room.

Ginny dumped Rudy.

He's her new fiancee.

[ Brenda ]

Mike, stop it.

Sam, honey,

do you think you could help

the grandmothers with supper?

Dad and I have to go to the club

for dinner with the Rice Chex.

Rizczechs.

Oh. Rizczechs.

Uh, do you think

that there's any reason...

that I should

possibly stay home tonight?

Well, it might be nice

if you'd visit...

with your grandparents

and Long Duk Dong.

Who?

[ Gong Clangs ]

The weird Chinese guy

in Mike's room.

Oh.

- I think I have a dance to go to.

- Well, that's okay.

Oh, can you remember

to turn off the stove in 20 minutes?

I can remember lots of things.

[ Laughs ]

[ Sighing ] This is the single

worst day of my entire life.

What the hell

are you bitchin' about?

I gotta sleep

under some Chinaman

named after a duck's dork.

Well, where am I sleeping?

Sofa City, sweetheart.

~~ [ Heavy Metal ]

Do you think Grandpa Fred's

going to embarrass me?

I don't know why not.

He does to everyone else.

He already asked me if Rudy

was the oily variety bohunk.

Is he?

Don't be cute.

I really love Rudy.

And he is totally

enamored of me.

I mean, I've had men

who've loved me before,

but not for six months

in a row.

I think I'm in love.

So how long have you been

in love, hmm?

Well, it hasn't

really happened yet.

So what's the deal?

I'm not sure

that he knows I exist.

Sam, I really don't

have time for this.

[ Sighing ]

Well, I'm sorry.

I always listen to you talk

about your boyfriends.

Darling, is something

bothering you?

You're really acting like...

an a**hole.

And I think

I know what it is.

I think you're jealous

that I'm getting married...

and that I'm getting

all the attention, hmm?

[ Sighing ]

You know, everybody

in this family...

has just gone

totally Outer Limits.

No, Sam.

I think you're just being

a little selfish and immature.

[ Sighing ]

Oh, yes. That's it.

That's exactly it.

[ Laughing ]

Unbelievable.

You make someone a bridesmaid,

and they sh*t all over you.

[ Gong Clangs ]

Very clever dinner.

Appetizing food fit neatly

into interesting round pie.

- It's a quiche.

- Hmm. How do you spell?

Well, you don't spell it, son.

You eat it. [ Guffawing ]

Dong has only been in

our country a short time, Fred.

- I think we could all

help him assimilate.

- [ Chortling ]

[ Dorothy ]

Long Duk Dong is

about your age, Sam.

You two should have

a lot to chat about.

I love, uh, visiting

with Grandma and Grandpa...

and writing letters

to parents...

and pushing

lawn-mowing machine...

so Grandpa's hyena

don't get disturbed.

Hernia!

[ Fred Chortling ]

Oh, yes, yes, yes, indeedy-heeby.

He does the dishes

and helps with the laundry.

You betcha.

May I be excused?

Where are you going?

I have a dance to go to...

at school.

It's a very important dance.

Uh, we're being graded on it...

for gym.

Wait a minute.

I have a wonderful idea.

Would you like to go

to the dance with Sam?

[ Gong Clangs ]

~~ [ Dance ]

[ Indistinct Arguing ]

[ Band ] 'Filene'

- [ Whooping ]

- 'Filene'

I wonder if Jake's here.

I don't think it's healthy

to get jacked about some guy

that isn't a thing yet.

Yeah, when you don't have

anything, you don't have

anything to lose, right?

That's a cheerful thought.

Let's go make

ourselves available.

"[ "Peter Gunn" ]

[ Kids Chattering ]

That's the one, dude.

Scope it out.

She doesn't look

like a freshman.

Sophomore, dude. Sophomore.

Fully aged sophomore meat.

[ Sonar Pinging ]

We do the bus

together.

You talk to her?

Talk? Dude, I have

a relationship with her.

Get out.

Figure to, like,

1 7 digits.

You are such a liar.

We'll see about that,

my man.

By night's end, I predict

me and her will interface.

"[ Slow, Romantic ]

'Ahh '

'Ahh '

'I know this '

'Much is true '

'Ahh '

'I know this..."

Check it out,

Wease.

Pretty intense, huh?

Over.

To the max. Over.

- [ Gasping ]

- All right.

"[ New Wave Rock ]

I knew you'd come around.

Whoa.

Christ.

Crank that, sister!

~ Whoa ~

Very hot. Very hot.

This night... This night

is happenin'.

~ Whoa, whoa, whoa ~~

I'm blowing your mind,

aren't I?

I'm just getting warmed up.

[ Growls ]

[ Ted Farts ]

[ Boys Laughing ]

Ow. Excuse me.

"[ Continues In Distance ]

[ Cheering ]

Way to go, dick-face.

She took off.

Don't spaz out. Okay, Wease?

The situation'll come on-line.

Yeah? I'll bet you

a dozen floppy disks

you don't even get tit.

You got a bet, scumbag.

I'll get it all.

Take off.

You wouldn't be able

to prove it anyway.

"A," don't hit me.

Secondly, what kind

of proof do you want?

[ Both ] Video.

No way. I can just see

the thing getting duped

a thousand times...

and winding up on cable

somewhere.

Try again.

[ Both ] Underpants.

No problem,

butt-lick.

[ Man ] 'Wild sex'

'In the working class'

'Wild sex, wild sex'

[ Together ]

Girls' underpants.

' One, two '

'And your girlfriend

swears that she's 1 7 '

[ Groans ]

'She's got her layered hair

and her flared jeans '

' You know what that means

She's just a little queen '

'She shares your London flat '

'She thinks that London's

where it's at '

'Although it stinks and when it rains

you wear your hat '

'And your plum-colored PVC

wet-look maxi mac '

' You tie your ginger hair

back in a bun '

[ Dong Blowing Nose ]

' You're the ugliest creature

under the sun '

"[ Continues ]

So what's your name?

Dong.

What's your first name?

Long.

What's your middle name?

Duk.

I bet all the boys chase you

plenty in the school, huh?

Nobody's caught me yet.

Hmm. I betcha you big teaser, huh?

[ Laughing ]

No. I run the 40

in five flat.

Flat?

Hey.

Oh, I'm really sorry, man.

Whatever I did was an accid...

l-l-I didn't mean to...

Relax.

You... You were dancin'

with a girl?

Oh, man, I'm really...

I'm really sorry, man.

I must've been on drugs

five minutes ago.

Do you know her?

She grabbed me, guy.

I'm totally innocent.

Is she yours?

"[ Ends ]

What do you know

about her?

[ New Song Begins ]

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John Hughes

An American filmmaker. Beginning as an author of humorous essays and stories for National Lampoon, he went on to write, produce and sometimes direct some of the most successful live-action comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s. Most of Hughes's work is set in the Chicago metropolitan area. He is best known for his coming-of-age teen comedy films which often combined magic realism with honest depictions of suburban teenage life. more…

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