Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Amy Heckerling (in her feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Cameron Crowe, based on his 1981 book Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story, and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Robert Romanus, and Ray Walston. Crowe went undercover at Clairemont High School in San Diego and wrote about his experiences.
Plot
In the town of Ridgemont, there are different stories taking place in its teenager community:
Cast
- Amanda Wyss
- Anthony Edwards
- Blair Tefkin
- Brian Backer
- Eric Stoltz
- Forest Whitaker
- Hallie Todd
- James Russo
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Judge Reinhold
- Kelli Maroney
- Lana Clarkson
- Martin Brest
- Nicolas Cage
- Pamela Springsteen
- Ray Walston
- Robert Romanus
- Scott Thomson
- Sean Penn
- Steven M. Martin
- Stuart Cornfeld
- Vincent Schiavelli
More details
| author | Cameron Crowe |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California San Diego |
| director | Amy Heckerling |
| editor | Eric Jenkins |
| events | abortion virginity |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | 7-eleven abandon abnormal psychology abortion clinic armed robbery baseball field best friend birthday party bowling alley brooke shields buick lesabre buick lesabre#first generation business deal chevrolet camaro convenience store date drown even force game history teacher make up movie theater one night ozzy osbourne photo album postscript reward rock band san fernando valley scalp science class swimming pool van halen want |
| musicBy | John Bonham |
| producer | Art Linson Irving Azoff |
| productionCompany | Refugee Films |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | California Los Angeles Santa Monica |
| theme | high school stoner |