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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition)
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In Theaters : 13 August, 1982
DVD Release : 02 November, 2004
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition) description
Before he became an overrated filmmaker, Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire) was a reporter for Rolling Stone who was so youthful looking that he could go undercover for a year at a California high school and write a book about it. He wrote the script for this film, based on that book, and it launched the careers of several young actors, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, and, above all, Sean Penn. The story line is episodic, dealing with the lives of iconic teen types: one of the school's cool kids, a nerd, a teen queen, and, most enjoyably, the class stoner (Penn), who finds himself at odds with a strict history teacher (a wonderfully spiky Ray Walston). This is not a great movie but very entertaining and, for a certain age group, a seminal movie experience. --Marshall Fine
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition) Customer Reviews
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♥♥♥♥♥ Dated, but Still the Best High School Movie Ever Made
Look past what people were wearing in this movie. There is no better high school comedy out there. The cast is ridiculously stacked with successful actors. Nicholas Cage and Eric Stoltz were basically extras as was Forest Whitaker. Sean Penn was absolutely amazing. I'm surprised he was ever able to do anything that wasn't Jeff Spicoli. He became that character and is lucky he wasn't type cast for the rest of his career.

What makes this movie really work is that it never treated high schoolers like they were idiots. Sure, there was the usual high school stupidity, but it was the stuff we've all seen in real life but presented with a great sense of humor. Cameron Crowe wrote a fantastic story, and Amy Heckerling worked it to perfection. Young people who haven't seen this movie need to check it out. Those of us not so young people need to watch it to remind us what problems face today's young people. Most of all, everyone should watch it for the laughter.
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