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Fast Times At Ridgemont High
1982
Modern cult classic that follows the exploits of a group of High School students who all get up to mischief and mayhem. There's Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Linda (Phoebe Cates) who go from one sexual misadventure to the other, the go getter Brad(Judge Reinhold) and the ultimate surf dude Spicoli (Sean Penn). With an all .. Read more
| Starring | Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold |
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| Director | Amy Heckerling |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Modern cult classic that follows the exploits of a group of High School students who all get up to mischief and mayhem. There's Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Linda (Phoebe Cates) who go from one sexual misadventure to the other, the go getter Brad(Judge Reinhold) and the ultimate surf dude Spicoli (Sean Penn). With an all star cast and a host of famous cameos, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is not to be missed!
| Starring | Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus, Ray Walston, Nicolas Cage |
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| Director | Amy Heckerling |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 10 Apr 2003 Production year: 1982 |
| Format | DVD |
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The success of Animal House spawned a spate of dreadful teen sex comedies best typified by the crass Porky's series. However, Amy Heckerling's insightful, sympathetic and still very funny foray into high school life was a stunning exception. Thoughtfully adapted by Cameron (Jerry Maguire) Crowe from his own novel, on the surface it's just another episodic story of high school students trying to lose their virginity — except this also chronicles serious issues such as teenage pregnancy along with the usual hi-jinks. It also boasts a quite astonishing cast of then unknowns: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, Anthony Edwards and, best of all, Sean Penn as a permanently stoned surfer, the template from everybody from Bill and Ted to Beavis and Butthead.
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Although nominally based on journalist Cameron Crowe's investigative study of high school kids, this is essentially a... read more on Time Out
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14 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Without Fast Times... there would be no American Pie
Moving and frequently hilarious this comedy/drama still stands as one of the most influential 80s teen movies, dealing with serious topics such as drugs, sex and pregnancy while still maintaining a healthy sense of humour. The cast list reads like a who's who of washed-out C-list actors and actresses, but Judge Reinhold, Jennifer Jason Lee, Pheobe Cates and the rest put in some strong performances. Sean Penn is especially outstanding, stealing every scene he's in thanks to his spot-on portrayal of Jeff Spicoli, a typical surfer dude who has some of the funniest moments and serves as a template for stoned teenagers in every film that followed.
Perfect for anybody who enjoyed Clueless, Ten Things I Hate About You or The Breakfast Club. -
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Under-rated classic
This is one of those rare films that - to borrow from the theatrical jargon - speaks to each generation. Having seen it when it was first released and now, 24 years later, it has humour, or characters, or situations that crop up in every high school setting you care to name, from 'The Breakfast Club' to 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'.
There is no story to speak of, just episodes in these people's lives, a moment in time; these are not where the humour comes from, it is from the characters and the quality of the acting.
Anyone care to guess how much it would cost to get the same cast back together in a film?
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Nick and Norah's Inifinite Playlist
- 26 Jan 2009
Every generation deserves its own too-cool-for-school teen movie. For some of us it was Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Others had Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Heathers, or Dazed and Confused, or Human Traffic… They may not seem cool to older folk, but what do the young care about that? Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist sets out to be such a film. It relates a night in the life of two teen misfits. Nick (a typically decent and befuddled Michael Cera) might be cool - he’s... Read more
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Modern cult classic that follows the exploits of a group of High School students who all get up to mischief and mayhem. There's Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Linda (Phoebe Cates) who go from one ... -