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Special Features
- "Reliving our Fast Times at Ridgemont High" documentary
- Music highlights
- A video map and more
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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
Product Description
Sean Penn leads an all-star cast (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Ray Walston) in this hilarious portrayal of a group of southern California high school students and their most important subjects: sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Amy Heckerling's directorial debut brings to life first-time screenwriter Cameron Crowe's insider's view of teenage American life in the 1980's. Featuring decade-defining music from The Go-Go's, Oingo Boingo and The Cars.
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65 of 73 people found the following review helpful
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"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" Is a strong contender for the best teen movie from the eighties.
The case for the movie is easy to make: It is written by Cameron Crowe, who wrote Jerry Maguire, Say Anything, and Almost Famous. It is beautifully filmed and directed. (Director is Amy Heckerling, who apart from being awefully cute has made such wonderful movies as Clueless.) It is funny and real. And it has a magnificent cast of young actors who where unknowns then.
The surfer/stoner is famously played by Sean Penn in one of his first roles, and he is awesome. Jennifer Jason Leigh is perfect as the young innocent fifteen-year-old. (Amazingly she was about 20 when she played it, but you'd never know it.)
And Phoebe Cates... As Amy Heckerling says in a featurette: The boys just loves Phoebe... the rental cassettes always track a lot around the place where she takes off her top, they've been freeze-framed so much..." Which is as good a reason as any to get the DVD version, they slow-mo and freeze-frame a lot better... But seriously, Phoebe is a wonderful actress who has been woefully underused by Hollywood. And she is also just stunningly cute to boot. Even if this film had nothing else going for it, get it for her. (She is also excellent in the later film Princess Caraboo, and she is buck nude in the light "Paradise", which I hope they will put on DVD soon.)
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
One of the classic high school movies, Fast Times spawned a slew of teenage talent on the big screen, but no one was more memorable in this movie than Sean Penn as Spicoli. Amy Heckerling cuts out a slice of Southern Californian life from a San Bernardino high school that shows both honor students and misfits alike. While the signature moments belonged to Spicoli, there were many other great scenes such as the ongoing burger war in which Judge Reinhold finds himself on the short end of the spatula. Meanwhile his little sis, a seemingly innocent Jennifer Jason Leigh, experiments with dating and sex with an amusing pair of misfits, Brian Backer and Robert Romanus. Phoebe Cates tries to set her young prodigy straight but to no avail. Forest Whitaker even has a significant moment in this movie as the bruising defensive lineman who takes out the destruction of his prized car on the opposing team. Little did he know that Spicoli had a hand in it. But, it is the hilarious relationship between Spicoli and Mr. Hand (Ray Walston) that steals the show. Fast Times may appear a bit dated, but it hasn't lost any of its humor.
57 of 69 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I can't believe the director of this movie keeps standing for the out and out censorship of this! It's (at least) the third release of it on DVD, and this latest (Nov. 2004) try is still a dud. The big problem remains the scenes which they only include in the cable TV versions of this, but keep cutting from the DVD. Why the heck do they?
One of the missing scenes is a very cool safe sex/birth control scene in the mall, for instance. Fast Times sticks out as one of the very rare films that this odd censorship has been performed on. In fact, out of thousands of releases since DVDs started in 1995, this is almost the only one this has ever happened to!
So again we can only ask why? WHY?
One of the missing scenes is a very cool safe sex/birth control scene in the mall, for instance. Fast Times sticks out as one of the very rare films that this odd censorship has been performed on. In fact, out of thousands of releases since DVDs started in 1995, this is almost the only one this has ever happened to!
So again we can only ask why? WHY?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Those missing scenes are NOT in the theactrical version
This has got to be one of the most misremembered movies of all time.
ALL the DVD and Blu-ray versions have ALL the original music restored. Read more
ALL the DVD and Blu-ray versions have ALL the original music restored. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Margaret Clark
Great gift!
This was a gift for my dad. He loved this movie when he was younger and he was so excited to get it on DVD so that he could watch it anytime he wants. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sara L
Horrid transfer from video
This is not high-def. Just because it's 1080P doesn't mean a thing. This is very clearly a poor scan from a lousy print or from a video source. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Daneker
Not so Great Video for a Blu-Ray
Please describe the audio and video quality of any Blu-Ray you review. Thanks to those who do this.
The video (which is 1. Read more
The video (which is 1. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Cincinnati Dan
Good movie
This is a fun movie to watch. It takes me back to my high school years. I like the music that is played in the movie.
Published 4 months ago by Sugga40827
Fast Times At Ridgemont High Is Cooler On Blu (Ray, that is)
Okay, there's good news and bad news. For anyone who is wondering whether the Blu-Ray version is censored just like the DVD, yes! Read more
Published 5 months ago by L. Wong
great
I ordered this video from another company and got a message that it was sold out. I immediately got online and ordered it from this company and I received it within a couple days! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jenny Yates
I love this Movie... But something missing
You can watch this Movie on VH1. Jeff Spicoli Mick Jagger story is missing.Stacey seeing Ron's car in the parking lot and she telling Linda her plan to try to win Ron back. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Pgenter
Same Great Movie - Enhanced for modern times
Was great to watch this great 80's classic in Blu-ray, with enhanced graphics and sound. The sound track sounds ever better today than it did back in the day.
Published 7 months ago by BrianInMI
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Received the bluray disc in less than 2 weeks. Happy to find a movie in bluray with Phoebe Cates in it.
Published 8 months ago by Jeffrey A. Ramsay
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