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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and

Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the

film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.

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As a genre, the teen sex comedy doesn't get a lot of respect. Still, many films of this set have earned a permanent spot on the pop culture landscape - like

Porky's (1982), Risky Business (1983) and American Pie (1999). And leading the pack is 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, a film that not only amused a

generation and set the pace for the teen movies that followed, but a film that has, over the intervening two decades, evolved into a cult classic. Fast Times

also launched the careers of practically everyone involved - from its up-and-coming stars (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold and Phoebe Cates)

to director Amy Heckerling and most especially its talented young screenwriter Cameron Crowe.

Anyone who's seen Almost Famous (2000) already knows Cameron Crowe's backstory. The semi-autobiographical Almost Famous, written and directed by Crowe, spins

the seemingly fantastic tale of a 15-year old rock journalist -- inspired by Crowe's own teen years. When he was just 16, Crowe wrote his first cover story

for Rolling Stone and soon quit high school to go on the road, interviewing bands and musicians the likes of Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin. At 22, Crowe decided

to go back to high school - this time as a journalist. He spent the 1979-80 school year posing as a student at a San Diego high school. Crowe's experiences

became the novel Fast Times at Ridgemont High (with names changed to protect the innocent, though Crowe claims "all the incidents are true"). Oddly, Crowe's

main discovery about his classmates was how conservative they were. "They're Reagan children," he commented. "It's scary." Crowe was called on to adapt his

own work for the screen - unusual for a first time writer - and by age 24 he had a published novel and a produced screenplay to his credit.

Crowe followed Fast Times (and made his directorial debut) with another teen classic Say Anything (1989) and then turned out a little something for the

twentysomething GenXers with Singles (1992). But his biggest success came in 1996 with Jerry Maguire. The Tom Cruise sports agent comedy-drama was nominated

for five Academy Awards, including one for Crowe's original screenplay. But Crowe would have to wait a few years to finally win an Oscar®. The award for Best

Screenplay came in 2000 for Almost Famous.

Crowe wasn't the only film novice at work on Fast Times. It was also director Amy Heckerling's first time out of the gate. She would go on to direct comedies

like National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) and Look Who's Talking(1989), but Heckerling's most notable post-Fast Times success came with another teen

hit -- Clueless (1995). Fast Times also featured the work of some talented and relatively unknown young actors. Sean Penn had only Taps (1981) and some TV

work to his credit before the film. And likewise, Jennifer Jason Leigh had appeared mainly in TV movies. Fast Times would be a breakthrough film for both

stars. Other early performances featured in the film come from actor-director Forest Whitaker and Eric Stoltz. There's also a young Nicolas Cage, credited

for the only time as Nicolas Coppola.

Reviews for Fast Times were mixed, though most critics noted it was a grade above typical teen sex romps. Pauline Kael for The New Yorker remarked, "I was

surprised at how not-bad it is." Newsweek perhaps put it best, saying, "Fast Times...restores to kids their divine right to be silly, fumbling creatures with

their own...dignity."

Producer: Irving Azoff, C.O. Erickson, Art Linson
Director: Amy Heckerling
Screenplay: Cameron Crowe
Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Film Editing: Eric Jenkins
Art Direction: Dan Lomino
Music: Joe Walsh
Cast: Sean Penn (Jeff Spicoli), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Stacy Hamilton), Judge Reinhold (Brad Hamilton), Robert Romanus (Mike Damone), Brian Backer (Mark

Ratner), Phoebe Cates (Linda Barrett).

Comedy / Drama / Romance

Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)

Sean Penn ... Jeff Spicoli

Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Stacy Hamilton

Judge Reinhold ... Brad Hamilton

Robert Romanus ... Mike Damone

Brian Backer ... Mark 'Rat' Ratner

Phoebe Cates ... Linda Barrett
Ray Walston ... Mr. Hand
Scott Thomson ... Arnold

Vincent Schiavelli ... Mr. Vargas

Amanda Wyss ... Lisa

D.W. Brown ... Ron Johnson

Forest Whitaker ... Charles Jefferson

Kelli Maroney ... Cindy
Tom Nolan ... Dennis Taylor
Blair Tefkin ... Pat Bernardo (as Blair Ashleigh)

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