Word: samantha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...film begins on Samantha Baker's (Molly Ringwald) sixteenth birthday, but soon shows that turning sixteen is not "sweet," adolescence not as idyllic as it seems in retrospect. The film is packed with the special pains of the age--embarassing crushes, parents who never fail to miss the point, and a perpetual crisis of self-confidence Sixteen Candles is also filled with the familiar cast of characters, however, Hughes explores the stereotypical "geek," "studly guy" and "awkward freshman" with little of the predictability that characterizes most films about adolescence. Hughes instead captures these awkward years with a rare blend...
...opening scenes, Samantha awakes on her birthday. Instead of the usual birthday bounty, however, Samantha finds that her brother Mike (Justin Henry of Kramer vs Kramerfame) has locked her out of the bathroom and her mother (Carlin Glynn) has forgotten both her daughter's lunch and her daughter's birthday. What's more, Samantha doesn't feel quite as different as she'd like; as she looks in the mirror at her angular form she says disappointedly, "I look exactly the same as I have since summer, utterly forgettable...
Meanwhile, relations with the U.S. rapidly deteriorated. Andropov may have had success in persuading Samantha Smith, the fifth-grader from Manchester, Me., who wrote to him, that the Soviet Union was interested in improving relations "with such a great country as the U.S." But the Reagan Administration was quick to voice skepticism about the sincerity of those sentiments. Following the Korean-airliner disaster, President Reagan accused the Soviet Union of committing "a crime against humanity." Moscow responded by taking the offensive. After Reagan unveiled new arms-control proposals last September, Andropov issued a statement with the most comprehensive denunciation...
American tourist Samantha Smith still qualifies this month for "Newsmakers." She'll go back to school in Manchester, Me., the column reveals. "Officials say they'll ask her to talk about her trip later this year...
...local news in Chicago this past summer and, afterwards, she complained that anchors on local stations across the country always asked her the same questions. Somehow it seems appropriate that, weeks after her trip abroad, weeks after her overexposure on local broadcasts, USA Today is still talking about Samantha Smith...