Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 coming-of-age teen comedy film, based on Cameron Crowe’s book, that became a cult classic and helped launch the careers of several young actors including Sean Penn.

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instanceOf coming-of-age film
film
teen comedy film
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surface form: Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story
basedOnAuthor Cameron Crowe
characterPortrayedBy Judge Reinhold
surface form: Brad Hamilton – Judge Reinhold

Jeff Spicoli – Sean Penn
Linda Barrett – Phoebe Cates
Mark Ratner – Brian Backer
Mike Damone – Robert Romanus
Mr. Hand – Ray Walston
Stacy Hamilton – Jennifer Jason Leigh
cinematographyBy Matthew F. Leonetti
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
cultStatus cult classic
director Amy Heckerling
distributor Universal Pictures
distributorRegion North America
editedBy Eric Jenkins
featuresActor Anthony Edwards
Eric Stoltz
Forest Whitaker
Nicolas Cage
Ray Walston
genre comedy film
coming-of-age film
teen film
hasSequel Fast Times at Ridgemont High self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (TV series)
homeMediaFormat Blu-ray
DVD
VHS
mainCharacter Brad Hamilton
Jeff Spicoli
Mark Ratner
Mike Damone
Stacy Hamilton
mpaaRating R
musicBy Ira Newborn
notableFor depiction of American high school life in the early 1980s
launching the film careers of several young actors
originalLanguage English
producer Art Linson
publicationTypeOfSource non-fiction book
publicationYearOfSource 1981
releaseDateInUnitedStates 1982-08-13
releaseYear 1982
runtimeMinutes 90
screenwriter Cameron Crowe
setting Ridgemont High School
Southern California
stars Brian Backer
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Judge Reinhold
Phoebe Cates
Robert Romanus
Sean Penn

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Somebody’s Baby partOfSoundtrack Fast Times at Ridgemont High
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this entity surface form: Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story
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this entity surface form: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (TV series)
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subject surface form: Brad Hamilton
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Jennifer Leigh Morrow notableWork Fast Times at Ridgemont High