Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Some films just seem to capture moments in time and FAST TIMES is one of them. Watching it makes me feel as if I'm in a time warp and I'm happy to say the laughs well stand the test of time. As great of an acotr as Sean Penn is, he will always be burned in my mind as the surfing stoner Jeff Spicoli. His work with the late Ray Walston as Mr. Hand is fantastic and is just as funny now as it was when it came out in 1982. Another late great, Vincent Schiavelli, as the biology teacher Mr. Vargas, is simply legend. Jennifer Jason Leigh is perfect as the female lead and what red blooded male could ever forget the pool scene with Phoebe Cates. Also, if you look hard you'll catch Nicholas Cage in his big screen debut.......and who ever would have thought Forest Whitaker, or Penn for that matter, would go on to A-list status. Amy Heckerling directs this Cameron Crowe script right into the classics as far as I'm concerned and hey...how come Debbie Harry never got a credit?!?!?!?!?!?