Directed by: John Hughes
Starring: John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, Justin Henry, Haviland Morris
Visible crew/equipment: When Samantha and her mother are talking in the kitchen you can see the boom mic's shadow on the cabinet between them.
Visible crew/equipment: The scene where the two jocks are talking about Sam (Molly Ringwald), they are doing chin ups, and as the camera rolls back you can see the camera's dolly tracks if you look closely.
Continuity mistake: When the family is getting into the car to go to the wedding one grandmother says to the other "let me in". The grandmother gets out to let the other grandmother in but the first grandmother never gets back in the car, she just pretends to. You can see her hiding behind the cars as it backs down the drive. Both grandmothers are in the car when they see Long Duk Dong on the lawn.
Ginny: I really love Rudy. 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.
Trivia: John Cusack's real-life sister, Joan Cusack, is wearing a neck brace on the bus at the beginning of the film.
Question: When Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall are sitting in the car at the dance, what is the humiliating secret that he tells her and she laughs at?
Answer: He hasn't "bagged a babe."
Answer: He tells her that he is a virgin. His friends think that he is a "stud" and has had sex when he hasn't.
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