Directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times at Ridgemont High stars Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold and Phoebe Cates in an ensemble story about students navigating sex, relationships, work and school life in Southern California. Crowe based the screenplay on his book, researched while he spent a school year undercover as a high-school student. The film was selected for the National Film Registry and appears on AFIs 100 Years…100 Laughs list.

Criterion Collection

The wild world of adolescence has rarely been captured with as sharp an observational eye as in this refreshingly 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 Crowes experiences going undercover as a student at a Southern California high school, Fast Times at Ridgemont High blends hormone-fueled hilarity with an almost sociological examination of the 1980s teenage experience: the shopping mall hangouts, fast-food jobs, buzzkill teachers, awkward dates, and first experiences of love and sex. This pop-culture touchstone launched to stardom practically an entire cast of unknowns including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Anthony Edwards, Eric Stoltz, and Sean Penn as stoner icon Jeff Spicoli and broke new ground in its raw yet sensitive depiction of the realities of coming of age.

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A group of SoCal high school students would rather ignore their studies and instead indulge in their teenage distractions.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Amy Heckerling, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe

Television version of the film fr