You can only do that as an adult

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Movie
German title You can only do that as an adult
Original title Sixteen candles
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1984
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director John Hughes
script John Hughes
production Hilton A. Green ,
Ned Tanen
music Ira Newborn
camera Bobby Byrne
cut Edward Warschilka
occupation
synchronization

You can only do that as an adult (Original title: Sixteen Candles ) is an American high school film from 1984 by John Hughes , who made his directorial debut with this film.

action

Samantha's sixteenth birthday. However, the tenth grader finds that her entire family has forgotten about the preparations for her sister Ginny's wedding, which is due to take place the following day. Frustrated, she goes to school, where she exchanges secret letters with her friend Randy, confessing that she is hopelessly in love with the older and seemingly unreachable Jake. By chance he receives her letter and begins to be interested in Samantha - also because Jake no longer satisfies his relationship with the beautiful Caroline who is only interested in parties and luxury. On the bus ride home, farmer Ted, a nerdy ninth grader, tries to polish up his image by getting closer to Samantha. Despite constant rejection, he asks her to come to the dance in the school gym in the evening.

Samantha's four grandparents have now arrived because of the wedding and block their room, but do not remember their birthday either. A couple of grandparents brought along the Chinese exchange student Long Duk Dong, who lives with them. To avoid her grandparents and Long, she decides to go to the dance - but she has to take Long with her, who within a short time finds a friend in the tall sportswoman Marlene. Samantha, on the other hand, continues to grapple with Ted at the ball, who made a bet with his friends that he will get a girl today. In the school's workshop, Samantha and Ted finally have a serious conversation in which she also talks about her love for Jake. Ted reports that Jake has just asked him about Samantha and suggests that she just talk to him. In gratitude, she gives Ted her panties so that he can win the bet against his friends.

Samantha tries to speak to Jake, but she can't utter a word - which he understands as a refusal. Finally she makes her way home. Since Jake's parents are away, his girlfriend Caroline uses the opportunity after the ball to have a big house party with enormous destructive power. Jake is more interested in finally speaking to Samantha and calls her late at night (only her grandparents are on the phone, who think the caller is a pervert). After the party ends, Jake tries to clean up the mess and finds Ted trapped under a table. The two start a conversation about Samantha and make an agreement: Ted has to give him Samantha's underpants so that he can give them back to her and her reputation is not ruined, but Ted can follow the very drunk Caroline in his father's Rolls-Royce Corniche Drive home. Ted stops at his friends Bryce and Wease's house so they can take a photo of him and Caroline as proof that the bet is won.

The next morning: Samantha's parents remembered that they forgot their birthday, but their daughter forgives them. Jake drives to Samantha's house, but only meets the still drunk Duk Dong, as the rest of the family has left for Ginny's wedding. The drunkenness and accent of Dong let Jake understand that Samantha is getting married today, and he rushes off to church. In front of the church he meets the kissing Caroline and Ted, who seem to have liked each other and spent the night in the Rolls-Royce. Jake and Caroline split amicably. At the end of the service, Samantha, very surprised, suddenly sees Jake standing in front of the church. In the evening, Samantha and Jake kiss over a birthday cake with 16 candles. Jake tells her to make a wish, but she replies that her wish has already been granted.

background

This was one of their first films for the still unknown Cusack siblings Joan and John Cusack . While Joan played the student with the distinctive chin brace, John played one of Ted's two friends.

The original age rating from 16 years of age was reduced to 12 years in the course of a re-examination by the FSK in July 2020.

Film music

The Stray Cats play the title track "Sixteen Candles", a cover version of the hit by The Crests from 1958. The Thompson Twins contributed "If You Were Here". The following five songs from the film were sold as mini-albums in the USA in 1984:

However, Sixteen Candles contains over 25 other songs that did not appear on the film's album and are listed below. The selected songs diverge in some places between the German and English film versions: In the first scene with Samantha, Paul Young's Love of the Common People can be heard in the English version , which is not the case in the German version . When Ted and Jake talk to each other in the kitchen, New York, New York in the original version can be heard in the background , but another Sinatra song is played in the German synchronization with Strangers in the Night .

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Samantha Baker Molly Ringwald Susanne Sternberg
Farmer Ted Anthony Michael Hall Michael Harck
Jake Ryan Michael Schoeffling Wolfgang Jürgen
Jim Baker, father Paul Dooley Horst Stark
Long Duk Dong Gedde Watanabe Jens Wawrczeck
Caroline Mulford Haviland Morris Astrid Kollex
Ginny Baker Blanche Baker Heidi Schaffrath
Grandfather Howard Baker Edward Andrews Wolf Rahtjen
Grandmother Dorothy Baker Billie Bird Marianne Kehlau
Grandfather fred Max Showalter Rolf Mamero
Bryce, Ted's friend John Cusack Christian Stark
Cliff "Wease", Ted's friend Darren Harris Sascha Draeger
Rudy Ryszczyk, groom John Kapelos Rüdiger Schulzki
Organ player in church Zelda Rubinstein Gisela Trowe

criticism

On the US critics portal , Sixteen Candles has a positive rating of 86% based on 36 reviews. The critical consensus judges that the film is much more adult than most teen comedies and shows compassion and respect for its teenage characters. The film service agrees with this opinion and writes: "A puberty comedy told with a lot of humor and some depth, which is pleasantly different from the majority of this genre."

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of May 4, 1984 that Sixteen Candles was a “sweet and funny film”, the plot may not sound any better than the usual teen comedies, but which stood out from them through acting and directing: “He doesn't loathe his characters or be condescending like a lot of teenage films are; instead, he looks for a human comedy and finds it in the everyday life of the young people in his story. ”He particularly emphasized the scene between Samantha and Ted in the garage, where both characters turned out to be lonely and insecure. Ringwald is the "perfect center" of the story, while Paul Dooley, Blanche Baker and Gedde Watanabe offer "effective representations".

Awards

  • 1985 nominated for the "Artios" award under "Best Casting for Feature Film"
  • 1985 won the Young Artist Award for "Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama" (Anthony Michael Hall) and "Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama" (Molly Ringwald )
  • The film was voted one of the 50 best high school films in "Entertainment Weekly".

literature

  • Jonathan Bernstein: Pretty in Pink. The Golden Age of Teenage Cinema. New York 1997. ISBN 0-312-15194-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel: "US director John Hughes died" . August 8, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
  2. ↑ https://www.schnittberichte.com/ticker.php?ID=7801
  3. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | You can only do that as an adult. Retrieved September 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Sixteen Candles (Rotten Tomatoes). Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
  5. ↑ This is only allowed as an adult in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on August 10, 2009.
  6. ^ Roger Ebert: Sixteen Candles Movie Review & Film Summary (1984) | Roger Ebert. Retrieved September 21, 2018 .
  7. ↑ www.ew.com