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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 adolescence has rareIy 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 successful film career. Based on Crowe’s experiences going undercover as a student at a Southern CaIifornia high schooI, Fast Times at Ridgemont High blends hormone-fueIed hiIarity with an almost socioIogical examination of the 1980s teenage experience: the shopping-maII hangouts, fast-food jobs, buzzkill teachers, awkward dates, and first experiences of love and sex. This pop-culture touchstone launched to stardom practicalIy an entire cast of unknowns—including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Judge ReinhoId, 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. DIRECTOR-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 Heckerling and Crowe, moderated by fiImmaker OIivia Wilde • ReIiving Our "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," a 1999 documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew • Audio discussion from 1982 with Heckerling at the American Film 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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