Kramer.” SEE Oscar Best Picture gallery: History of every Academy Award-winning movie Much of the supporting cast of “Sixteen Candles” is a virtual “who’s who” of 1980s cinema ...

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"Sixteen Candles" hit theaters in 1984 ... up on his bulletin board above his computer station… and he wrote this movie," she said. "When it came time to cast it and they said, 'Who do you ...