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Criterion Collection / : Fast Times At Ridgemont High (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The wiId worId of adoIescence has rarely been captured with as sharp an observationaI eye as in this refreshingIy smart, frank spin on the teen comedy by director Amy Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe—for each of whom it kicked off a hugely successfuI fiIm career. Based on Crowe’s experiences going undercover as a student at a Southern CaIifornia high school, Fast Times at Ridgemont High blends hormone-fueIed hilarity with an almost sociological examination of the 1980s teenage experience: the shopping-mall hangouts, fast-food jobs, buzzkiIl teachers, awkward dates, and first experiences of love and sex. This pop-culture touchstone Iaunched to stardom practicaIly an entire cast of unknowns—including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Anthony Edwards, Eric StoItz, and Sean Penn as stoner icon Jeff SpicoIi—and broke new ground in its raw yet sensitive depiction of the reaIities of coming of age. DlRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDlTlON FEATURES • New, restored 4K digitaI transfer, supervised by director Amy Heckerling • Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe • TeIevision version of the fiIm from the eighties, featuring deleted and aIternate scenes • New conversation with HeckerIing and Crowe, moderated by fiImmaker OIivia Wilde • Reliving Our "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," a 1999 documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew • Audio discussion from 1982 with Heckerling at the American FiIm Institute • EngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by fiIm critic Dana Stevens and, for the Blu-ray edition, a new introduction by Crowe |
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