Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Amy & Paul say aloha to 1982's high school romp Fast Times At Ridgemont High! They learn about the real life inspiration for Spicoli from Sean Penn, take a close look at the film's unique treatment of teen sex, and wonder just what a trout dog is. Plus: director Amy Heckerling explains how she worked around the studio system to bring her vision to the film. This is the sixth episode of our “Back To School” miniseries; next week’s film is the winner of the fan vote for this series, Dazed And Confused! Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. Also check out our live Spool Party episodes on youtube.com/earwolf, and apply to be a guest on Screen Test at [email protected]! Photo credit: Kim Troxall

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0:00.0	The year is 1982.
0:03.0	And if I'm here and you're here, this is our time, brah.
0:07.0	Let's go hang this spikoult because the movie is fast times at Ridgemont High.
0:11.0	Hello everybody and welcome to Unspooled.
0:34.0	I'm Amy Nicholson.
0:35.0	And I am Paul Sheer and this is the podcast where we are creating the best movie list of all
0:39.7	time and once we do that, we're sending it into outer space to show the aliens what human
0:45.7	life is like.
0:46.7	Let's aim it up Venus, man.
0:48.7	Venus has happened.
0:49.7	A lot of stuff going on there right now.
0:52.7	Amy, we're in the middle of our coming of age back to school mini-series.
0:57.7	We're talking about fast times at Ridgemont High today, but next week we'll be talking about an audience favorite.
1:03.7	This is one that you all voted on.
1:05.7	We asked you to tell us what movie you want us to feature on the show.
1:09.7	And it was a very tight race.
1:11.7	We had five finalists.
1:13.7	These are the ones that really were bucking for the position to be on the show.
1:18.7	And let's go through that right now.
1:20.7	I want to give a shout out, mention to the number six one, which was Battle Royale, the Japanese movie that I was
1:25.7	kind of full like for.
1:26.7	I wanted that so bad.
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