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Summary: Aloha.....
Review: This is an all time classic from the 80's
I was a freshman in High School when this movie was in theatres.
I thought my next four years were going to be like that LOL.
But even 20 yrs later this is still a cool movie, no one can stand to watch it with me because I talk along word for word.
I just wish the DVD had all the scenes from all the different versions... IE the television scenes etc.... I will wait for a Directors Cut before purchasing. But this disc is still great for the casual Fast Times fan. Buy it
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Summary: Phoebe Cates is Hot
Review: Sean Penn is pretty hilarious as the strung out sufer dude, but the real reason to see this is if you're a guy and haven't had the opportunity to ever see the Phoebe Cates poolside fantasy sequence, wow.
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Summary: Excellent Movie But The DVD Lacks
Review: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH is a classic teen film. Its like the CITIZEN KANE of the "Rated R Teen Films". FAST TIMES is a timeless classic. I was somewhat dissapointed at the DVD. I was dissapointed cause they didn't bother to put any of the "deleted scenes" or "additional scenes" on this disc. I think they should have put out a Director's Cut of this movie cause evendentally they show alot of deleted stuff on TV. The commentary track on this DVD is great also, the commentary track was longer than the movie. What was with the "HANGOUTS" featurette thing. The featurette was informative. Overall the movie is excellent but the DVD is missing a lot.
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Summary: Hidden Screens and Quotes
Review: On the main menu, the special features menu, language menu and the cast biography menu you will see some footprints either at the right top or the bottom of the screen. Highlight them and then press 'Enter', and you will get to see different screens with 'famous quotes' from the movie. Each of these screens contains a number of quotes and if you select a quote, the disc takes you directly to the scene in the film where the quote is coming from.
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Summary: This DVD does NOT have any scenes changed!
Review: Someone posted a review saying that this DVD had some scenes missing, particularly those of Eric Stoltz. Hey dude, he's all over the place! He's the guy with long red hair who hangs out with Spicoli. He's got several scenes. That reviewer also mentioned problems with audio synchronization. Not on the dvd I rented, bud! Perhaps this guy got a hold of some copy that was sold to some other country and re-edited and dubbed. That can be the only excuse because this DVD has all the scenes in tact, the audio is fine, and the commentaries by Heckerling and Crowe are great fun and will point out where you can peek at Stoltz and other soon-to-be-famous dudes like Forest Whitaker and Nicolas Cage. Seriously man, this DVD totally has it all (pizza optional)!
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Summary: Funny 'Fast Times'
Review: Oh, the memories! I just graduated high school and saw this hilarious romp about typical teenagers living the good life! The surfer dude (Sean Penn) was great as the rebellious student who moved mountains. The two girlfriends (Jennifer Jason Leigh and Phoebe Cates) and who can forget Judge Reinhold! The movie has its funny moments which involve a tough teacher and Jeff Spicoli driving the top football player's car. The movie also tackles some serious issues dealing with teenage pregnancy. Poignant! Almost immortal. All I have to say is "you're a nerd!" and don't forget Phoebe Cates! This was based upon Cameron Crowe's research and directed by Amy Heckerling.
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Summary: Was anyone's High School actually like this?
Review: I felt that the movie itself had serious problems (not knowing what direction it wanted to go in, leading to pacing catastrophes) but was made watchable and occasionally really funny by its exellent cast. Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh (who looked about 12) were very good, but my favourite by far was Phoebe Cates as Leigh's good-natured, Promiscuous friend. She had an energy and charm beyond everyone else.
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Summary: All-time classic movie in a nice package
Review: Fast Times at Ridgemont High is quite simply THE movie that sums up high school for the generation of suburbanites that graduated in the early-to-mid-1980s. Amy Heckerling tried to recapture that lightning for the next decade's graduates with her "Clueless" and did a fair job, but it was really the writing of Cameron Crowe, who actually went underground and attended high school for a year to come up with this material, which made Fast Times so much more authentic and enduring than the spate of contrived and formulaic modern teen comedies.The DVD is a good package, with a very nice "making of" documentary which catches you up with the actors/actresses and tells a very thorough behind-the-scenes story about everything from the casting (Nick Cage would have been Brad if he hadn't been too young to work full time? Judge Reinholdt was Heckerling's neighbor and best friend's boyfriend?) to the release (the studio HATED the film...? Said it was too raunchy and mean-spirited to be a high school movie!) The documentary lacks any participation by Crowe, but he does join Heckerling for the commentary track, which is also nice. The DVD also features shortcuts to some of the more famous lines from the movie, and to some of the featured songs, as well as an interactive map to the movie locations. Those added features alongside a classic movie make the DVD very much worth owning.
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Summary: A fun, at times thoughtful, movie.
Review: Don't come here looking for an aesthetic experience, but do come here for the fun. This movie has some decent acting and pretty good directing. Its storyline gets a little jumpy trying to cover one year's time in the lives of about six characters, but not so much that you can't follow it. There are a few moments of actual thoughtfullness (such as Stacey's disturbing first sexual experience, or Rat's pining for a girl who's not as innocent as she seems), but overall this is a movie you watch for fun, not enlightenment.
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Summary: awesome...totally awesome...well, almost
Review: I had picked up the dvd this past weekend in Edmonton. My wife just knew I was going to play it right away when we got back home. Its awesome, even after 20 years. Except for the fact that on the case it's labeled as being anamorphic widescreen. The films true aspect ratio is 1.85 NOT 2.35! Anamorphic is optically stretched, while 1.85 is simply matted on the top and bottom of the picture to simulate widescreen. There are lots of extras on the disc, including some timbits about behind the scenes and even about the locations where the film was shot. Amy Heckerling looks good, she must have been just out of film school when she made Fast Times. I do wish that there were interviews with all of the cast, especially PHOEBE CATES, JENNIFER JASON LEIGH, NICHOLAS CAGE (Coppola) and FOREST WHITAKER. They were not included in the one hour documentary. There was also 3 minutes of footage that was in the TV version but not included on the dvd. The on-screen menus are great. I hope there will be a complete collector's edition out soon. Cameron Crowe did a great job on the screenplay, based on his book! Totally realistic but funny as well!
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