Amy Heckerling's adaptation of Cameron Crowe's Fast Times at Ridgemont High is often considered one of the finest films of a disreputable genre (the teen sex comedy), and kick-started the careers of many future stars. The center of this ensemble film is Jennifer Jason Leigh as Stacy Hamilton. She is a young, innocent high-.. Read more
| Starring | Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold |
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| Director | Amy Heckerling |
| Genres | Comedy, Teen |
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Amy Heckerling's adaptation of Cameron Crowe's Fast Times at Ridgemont High is often considered one of the finest films of a disreputable genre (the teen sex comedy), and kick-started the careers of many future stars. The center of this ensemble film is Jennifer Jason Leigh as Stacy Hamilton. She is a young, innocent high-school student who, as the film opens, is asking for advice from her friend, the sexually outspoken Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates). Stacy takes a liking to nebbish Mark Ratner (Brian Backer), but he is too afraid to make a move even after Stacy all but throws herself at him. She eventually hooks up with Mark's more confident best friend, Mike Damone (Robert Romanus). When not concerning itself with these four characters, the film spends time with stoned surfer dude Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) and his ongoing feud with history teacher Mr. Hand (Ray Walston). The film includes brief appearances by such future stars as Nicolas Cage, Eric Stoltz, and Forest Whitaker.~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
| 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 VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, Teen |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | Czech, German, Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Dutch, Russian, German, Hebrew, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, french, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1982 To Rent: DVD: 10 Apr 2003 Blu-ray: Unavailable for rental Blu-ray: 25 Jul 2011 |
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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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 ... read more »
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Quite good early 80s High School comedy
By no means a laugh a minute, this early 80s comedy/dramedy has nevertheless just about withstood the test of time. Written by Cameron Crowe, and featuring a ... read more »
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Save by the bell!
Watching this movie remember me of Save by the bell! More of a drama than comedy. This not the same kind of movie as American Pie it's more like Breakfast ... read more »
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slightly disturbing times at ridgemont high
This film just show’s how much the world has changed since 1982.
A 15yr old girl losing her virginity with a 26yr old is treated as little more ... read more »
Actor Topher Grace handed out '80s kits' to the cast of his new period movie Take Me Home Tonight, so the youngsters could relive the decade of yuppies, Van Halen and MTV. Grace came up with the idea for the party film and produced the movie, in which he also stars, but he realised castmates like Teresa Palmer might not share his love for the 1980s. Palmer tells WENN, "We were given little '80s kits by Topher and his producing partner. It was great for me, who was born in 1986; I didn't know... Read more
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