DVD & Blu-ray: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) - Criterion Collection

Product Description: The frank teen comedy that became a pop-culture touchstone and launched to stardom almost an entire cast 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 Crowe’s 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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Director: Amy Heckerling

Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston, Forest Whitaker, Anthony Edwards, Eric Stoltz

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 90 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: May 11, 2021

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DVD - Criterion Collection

Blu-ray - Criterion Collection

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DVD

Codec: MPEG-2
Resolution: 480i
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Encoding Format: 16:9
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Region: Region A/1

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DVD: Dolby Digital 5.1
Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

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DVD: English SDH

Blu-ray: English SDH

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe
Television version of the film from the eighties, featuring deleted and alternate scenes
New conversation with Heckerling and Crowe, moderated by filmmaker Olivia 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 Film Institute
PLUS: An essay by film critic Dana Stevens and, for the Blu-ray edition, a new introduction by Crowe