Judge Reinhold ( Beverly Hills Cop) plays Brad Hamilton as a young man who wants normalcy, as in a steady girlfriend and a stable gig. What a cast of actors Amy Heckerling and her producers assembled! Among the ensemble, we have: Speaking of the characters, let’s talk about those who portrayed them a little bit. That being the case, I think it is easy to care about or relate to them, and in doing so recall times when we were faced with similar circumstances, like dealing with overbearing teachers, trying to win the heart of a dream girl/guy, or just trying to gain the acceptance of peers. Indeed, I would bet that most of us either knew people just like these characters or were these characters in high school. There is also a sequence relating to abortion, which is another of the many serious consequences of teen sex, but enough of the depressing real-life stuff… Fast Times at Ridgemont High is just as much about fun, and about provoking memories of the times we went to high school, regardless of the decade it was in! During this sequence, the expression on her face makes it evident that she is not enjoying the experience as much as she thought she would, despite all of the kind “advice” offered by her more experienced friend Linda (Phoebe Cates). ![]() In this regard, I think Amy Heckerling’s endeavor to show that painful experiences are part-and-parcel of the high school experience, and sometimes adolescents’ early experiences with sex, paid big dividends.įor example, some of Fast Times’ sexual encounters play out in a rather realistic and uncomfortable manner than in other “high school” films, such as when Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh) loses her virginity to a much older man in the dugout of a baseball field. Thankfully, fate intervened, and audiences ended up with a really fun movie, and definitely one of the best exposes on high-school life in the early 1980s! True enough, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is by and large a comedy, but I think what really makes it cook are its more serious moments, which helps make the characters “real” people that we can love, hate, identify with, and so forth. Indeed, the film made it into theaters relatively quickly, despite battles with both the MPAA (over ratings) and the studio, which thought the film would be a dismal failure, especially on the East coast. Heckerling and her producers rounding up an impressive cast of up-and-coming actors and getting the production rolling. From there, freshman director Amy Heckerling ( Clueless) was penciled in as director, and the project was shifted into high gear, with Ms. Shortly thereafter, Universal Studios picked up the rights to Crowe’s best-selling book, and tasked him with adapting it for the screen as well. Apparently, Crowe’s youthful appearance enabled him to pass himself off as a teenager, and he posed as a high school senior for an entire year, subsequently writing a novel that chronicled the experience. Perhaps the quintessential commentary on high school life during the 1980s, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is the product of a very interesting and ambitious experiment by then 22-year-old journalist Cameron Crowe (writer director of Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire). Fast Times At Ridgemont High: Special EditionĪspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)Īudio: English – Dolby Digital 5.1 & DTS 5.1 Spanish Mono (2.0)
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