Michael Schoeffling: Where Did Jake Ryan Go?
The opening strains of Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” still evoke a potent sense of teen angst and cinematic longing. But before the Brat Pack established their dominance, before John Hughes cemented his status as a teen whisperer, there was *Sixteen Candles*, and there was Michael Earl Schoeffling. As Jake Ryan, the impossibly … Read more
