Sixteen Candles (1984)
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Wikidata Q572616, film, IMDb tt0088128, TMDB 15144: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits John Hughes as director (‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan); 1 more episode agrees.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Rewatchables
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Anthony Michael Hall: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Anthony Michael Hall → Sixteen Candles.
Ebert wrote that Hall was the geek in 16 Candles and the intellectual in The Breakfast Club.
“he wrote that Hall was the geek in 16 candles in the intellectual Breakfast Club.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:17:55 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
Flesh and Blood: 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Sixteen Candles → Flesh and Blood.
Sixteen Candles is as gross as Flesh+Blood but thinks it's a whimsical teen comedy.
“that movie doesn't think it's a whimsical comedy for teenagers.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 1:34:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- dismissed in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood, first at 1:34:07, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt, first at 0:04:55, 6 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 1:01:12, 1 time
- passing in The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished, first at 0:25:30, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free), first at 0:44:06, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
career (1)
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career (career):
Anthony Michael Hall → Sixteen Candles.
Ebert wrote that Hall was the geek in 16 Candles and the intellectual in The Breakfast Club.
“he wrote that Hall was the geek in 16 candles in the intellectual Breakfast Club.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:17:55 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
contrast (1)
-
contrast (contrast):
Sixteen Candles → Flesh and Blood.
Sixteen Candles is as gross as Flesh+Blood but thinks it's a whimsical teen comedy.
“that movie doesn't think it's a whimsical comedy for teenagers.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 1:34:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- John Hughes: director (The Rewatchables, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- John Hughes: director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Flesh+Blood)
- John Hughes: writer-director (The Big Picture, 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished)
- John Hughes: writer/director (The Rewatchables, ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt)
- John Hughes: writer-director (directing half) (The Big Picture, 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished)
- John Hughes: writer/director (directing half) (The Rewatchables, ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt)
- Anthony Michael Hall: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt)
- Anthony Michael Hall: actor (Blank Check — Patreon, Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free))
- Adam Fields: producer (The Big Picture, 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished)
- John Kapelos: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt)