"Wells co-starred in ""Stop the Madness"", an anti-drug music video sponsored by the Reagan administration, featuring several famous musicians, actors and athletes. The following year, she appeared in the TV movie ""Babies Having Babies"", and the short-lived series ""Fast Times"", a TV adaptation of the 1982 film ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (Wells played Linda Barrett, portrayed by Phoebe Cates in the film). Following ""Fast Times"", she did not again appear on-screen until the 1996 independent film ""Still Waters Burn"" (released on DVD February 12, 2008). After her mother was diagnosed with cancer, Wells said family took precedence and told"
"Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. She sought spousal support as well as primary custody of the couple's son, with visitation for Baumbach. The divorce was finalized in September 2013. Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress. She began acting on television during the 1970s, guest-starring on several television shows. Her film breakthrough came in 1982 for her performance as Stacy Hamilton in ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"". Leigh continued performing past her teen years, receiving critical praise for her roles in the 1990 films ""Miami Blues"" and ""Last Exit to Brooklyn""."
"Jennifer Jason Leigh Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress. She began acting on television during the 1970s, guest-starring on several television shows. Her film breakthrough came in 1982 for her performance as Stacy Hamilton in ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"". Leigh continued performing past her teen years, receiving critical praise for her roles in the 1990 films ""Miami Blues"" and ""Last Exit to Brooklyn"". In 1991, she appeared in Ron Howard's ""Backdraft"", and in 1992, she acted in the drama-thriller ""Single White Female"". In 1993, Leigh appeared in the ensemble film ""Short"
"1982 film ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", when science teacher Mr. Vargas declares, ""Look, I'm a little slow today. I just switched to Sanka, so have a heart."" It is revealed at the end of the film that Mr. Vargas switches back to coffee. From 1976 to 1982, veteran actor Robert Young was Sanka's television spokesman, appearing in a whole series of commercials. During the mid-1980s, a series of Sanka television commercials aired featuring Lena Horne. In France, Café Sanka issued heraldic picture albums in the same style as the Coffee Hag albums. However, only six albums of the planned"
"the 2008 drama ""Grapefruit Moon"" and had a small part in """", as himself. In 2010, he played the guitar teacher in ""The Runaways"". His 2018 projects include the films ""Genesis: The Future of Mankind Is Woman"", ""The Liquid Psychologist"" and ""Voyeur"". Romanus once owned a café in North Hollywood, Bob's Espresso Bar, but it closed in 2014. Robert Romanus Robert Romanus (born July 17, 1956), also billed as Bob Romanus, is an American actor and musician who has starred in film and television. He is perhaps best known for his role in the 1982 comedy ""Fast Times at Ridgemont"
"film ranks #15 on Bravo's ""100 Funniest Movies"", and #2 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the ""50 Best High School Movies"". The film is also recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The film inspired a short-lived 1986 television series for CBS called ""Fast Times"". Ray Walston and Vincent Schiavelli reprised their roles as Hand and Vargas on the show. Other characters from the movie were played by different actors. Fast Times at Ridgemont High Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Cameron Crowe, adapted from his"
"Kelli Maroney Kelli Maroney (born December 30, 1965) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her early roles in the movies ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (1982) and ""Night of the Comet"" (1984), and on television in the soap operas ""Ryan's Hope"" and ""One Life to Live"". Maroney's daytime TV roles were as Kimberly Harris Beaulac on the soap opera ""Ryan's Hope"" (1979–1983) and Tina Lord on ""One Life to Live"" (1984–1985). Her best known film roles were Cindy Carr in ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (1982), Samantha Belmont in ""Night of the Comet"" (1984),"
"Apples"". In 1981, Wyss starred in the films ""This House Possessed"" and """", and guest starred on episodes of the several television series including ""Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"", ""ABC Afterschool Specials"", ""Jessica Novak"", and ""Teachers Only"". In 1982, Wyss had a supporting role as Lisa in Amy Heckerling's teen comedy classic ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", along with then-unknown actors Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Nicolas Cage. The same year, she guest starred on two episodes of the television series ""Star of the Family"". In 1983, Wyss appeared in the television films ""Lone"
"interview, she recalled having trouble with the change of career, because as a model, she had to be conscious of the camera, whereas in front of the movie camera, she could not. Cates later regretted being in the movie and said, ""What I learned was never to do a movie like that again."" According to her co-star Willie Aames, ""She will have nothing to do with the film. She's really upset about it. She won't do any promotion with me."" Later in 1982, Cates starred in ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", which features what ""Rolling Stone"" described as ""the most"
"Phoebe Cates Phoebe Belle Cates (born July 16, 1963) is a former American film actress, singer and model known primarily for her roles in several 1980s films, most notably ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" and ""Gremlins"". Cates was born in New York City, to a family of television and Broadway production insiders. She is the daughter of Lily and Joseph Cates (originally ""Joseph Katz""), who was a major Broadway producer and a pioneering figure in television, and who helped create ""The $64,000 Question"". Her late uncle, Gilbert Cates, produced numerous television specials, often in partnership with Cates's father, as well"
"Indeed, ""Tough Cookies"" and ""Fast Times"" make ""Stir Crazy"" look like television's answer to Ulysses."" Fast Times Fast Times is an American sitcom based on the 1982 movie ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" that was produced by Amy Heckerling, who directed the original film. It ran for 7 episodes on CBS from March 3 until April 23, 1986. Cameron Crowe, who penned the original ""Fast Times"" novel and film screenplay, served as creative consultant. Moon Unit Zappa participated as a technical consultant. She was hired in order to research slang terms and mannerisms of teenagers, as she had just graduated"
"Fast Times Fast Times is an American sitcom based on the 1982 movie ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" that was produced by Amy Heckerling, who directed the original film. It ran for 7 episodes on CBS from March 3 until April 23, 1986. Cameron Crowe, who penned the original ""Fast Times"" novel and film screenplay, served as creative consultant. Moon Unit Zappa participated as a technical consultant. She was hired in order to research slang terms and mannerisms of teenagers, as she had just graduated from high school at the time and had a much better grasp of then-current high"
"the 1990s. Kelli Maroney has made guest appearances on TV shows, among them ""True Blood"", Family Feud"", ""Simon & Simon"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", """", and ""Chicago Hope"". Maroney is co-host of entertainment podcast Rick's Martini Bar. Kelli Maroney Kelli Maroney (born December 30, 1965) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her early roles in the movies ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (1982) and ""Night of the Comet"" (1984), and on television in the soap operas ""Ryan's Hope"" and ""One Life to Live"". Maroney's daytime TV roles were as Kimberly Harris Beaulac on the soap"
"1981 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, and the Theatre World Award for Woody Allen's ""The Floating Light Bulb"", in which he portrayed an Allen-like protagonist. Brian Backer Brian Backer (born December 5, 1956) is an American former actor who has starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role in the 1982 hit comedy film ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" as shy teenager Mark ""Rat"" Ratner. He appeared in the 1985 comedy film ""Moving Violations"" as Scott Greeber"
"practice, however, proved too severe, and her health broke down. Starting as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties she simultaneously developed great power as a comedian, and the Sennett figure. Miss Hammond appeared in ""Gee Whiz!"" and ""By Golly."" She was a blond, had blue eyes and weighed a hundred and fifteen pounds. Miss Hammond was five feet seven inches high, and was a splendid athlete, excelling in water sports. Harriet Hammond Harriet Hammond (October 20, 1899 – September 23, 1991) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 47 films between 1918 and 1930. She was"
"best days of her life. Her next step was to use the film to get a job. Tom Mount, president of Universal Pictures, showed a lot of interest in Heckerling but because she was not backed by an agent they could not hire her. After months of struggling to find an agent, Mount called Heckerling up on the phone and asked her to make a film. Heckerling's first feature was ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (1982), based on the non-fiction account of a year-in-the-life of California high school students as observed by undercover ""Rolling Stone"" journalist Cameron Crowe. When Heckerling"
"High School and Pacific Union College Preparatory School. During the Christmas season of 1978 and after her father's death, Clarkson's family returned to Southern California and settled in the Los Angeles region of San Fernando Valley. After Clarkson's family moved back to Los Angeles County, she pursued a career in entertainment industry as a performer and fashion model. In the early 1980s, Clarkson landed bit parts in film and television. In 1982, she made her screen debut as a minor character in director Amy Heckerling's coming-of-age comedy, ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", based on the Cameron Crowe book. She played"
"Brian Backer Brian Backer (born December 5, 1956) is an American former actor who has starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role in the 1982 hit comedy film ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" as shy teenager Mark ""Rat"" Ratner. He appeared in the 1985 comedy film ""Moving Violations"" as Scott Greeber and the 1987 comedy film """" as Arnie. Backer's primary television role was on the soap opera ""Santa Barbara"" in 1990 as A. Bartlett Congdon. He has made guest appearances on such shows as ""Charles in Charge"" and ""Growing Pains"". Backer won the"
"""The Young Runaways"" (1978). She also appeared in an episode of ""Baretta"" and an episode of ""The Waltons"". Several TV movies followed, including a portrayal of an anorexic teenager in ""The Best Little Girl in the World"", for which Leigh dropped to under medical supervision. She made her big screen debut playing a blind, deaf, and mute rape victim in the 1981 slasher film ""Eyes of a Stranger"", which she quit school to star in. In 1982, Leigh played a teenager who gets pregnant in the Cameron Crowe-scripted high school comedy movie ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", which served as"
"not devote any marketing effort toward it. It became a sleeper hit due to word of mouth. The reviews of ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" were positive, and the film ended up launching the careers of some of the previously unknown actors, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Anthony Edwards, Nicolas Cage, Forest Whitaker, and Sean Penn. Following this success, Crowe wrote the screenplay for 1984's ""The Wild Life"", the pseudo-sequel to ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"". Whereas its predecessor followed teenagers' lives in high school, ""The Wild Life"" traced the lives of several teenagers after"
"Brad Hamilton in ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (1982), along with then-unknown actors Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nicolas Cage. ""I thought my career would really take off after that role,"" Reinhold said later. ""Instead, Sean's career took off."" Reinhold had small roles in ""The Lords of Discipline"" (1983), and ""Gremlins"" (1984) and he appeared in an uncredited role in Pat Benatar's music video for ""Shadows of the Night"". Reinhold's career really started to gain momentum when he played Detective Billy Rosewood, the junior police detective sent to trail Eddie Murphy's character, in ""Beverly Hills"
"swimming pool, which gets broken up by the police, and then Simpson and the crowd head to a laundromat, where the wild partying continues. Simpson's two best friends, Lauren and Stephanie, appear alongside her in the video. Simpson compared the video to the 1982 movie ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"". On ""The Ashlee Simpson Show"", during the filming of the video there is a scene in which Simpson licks a couch cushion (while rolling around on it for sexual imagery), but, as she explains, it was taken out of the video because it was ""a little much"". Simpson promoted the"
"at Ridgemont High"", ""Mannequin"", ""Porky's"", ""Pretty in Pink"", ""Sixteen Candles"", ""St. Elmo's Fire"", ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"", ""Weird Science"", and ""Valley Girl"" were popular teen comedies of the era and launched the careers of several major celebrities such as: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage and Michael J Fox. Other popular films included ""About Last Night..."", ""Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"", ""Dirty Dancing"", ""Flashdance"", ""Footloose"", ""Raging Bull"" and ""St. Elmo's Fire"" which also launched the careers of high-profile celebrities like Demi Moore, Joe Pesci, Keanu Reeves,"
"Times"" were ranked 86 and 84 in Channel 4 (UK)'s list of the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments in Film. In 2011, ""Time"" listed both Welch's ""B.C."" and Cates' ""Ridgemont High"" bikinis in the ""Top Ten Bikinis in Pop Culture"". In the 1983 film ""Return of the Jedi"", Princess Leia (played by Carrie Fisher) wears a metal bikini, an iconic slave girl costume often imitated by female fans at ""Star Wars"" conventions. The metal string bikini consisted of a patterned copper brassiere with a curved, plunging neckline that fastened behind the neck and back with string. The thong bottom had copper"
"Sigourney Weaver, then to Anjelica Huston and later to Jennifer Jason Leigh, who dropped out to do the film ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" instead. Eventually, Debra Winger replaced Leigh for the role of Paula. Rebecca De Mornay, Meg Ryan, and Geena Davis auditioned for the role of Paula. In spite of the strong on-screen chemistry between Gere and Winger, the actors didn't get along during filming. Publicly, she called him a ""brick wall"" while he admitted there was ""tension"" between them. Thirty years later, Gere was complimentary towards Winger when he said that she was much more open to"
"Written Directly for the Screen for her screenplay, ""Clueless"". In 1998, she received the Franklin J. Schaffner Medal from the American Film Institute. In 1999, she received the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through endurance and excellence, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry. Amy Heckerling Amy Heckerling (born May 7, 1954) is an American film director. An alumna of both New York University and the American Film Institute, she directed the commercially successful films ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", ""National Lampoon's European Vacation"", ""Look Who's Talking"", and ""Clueless"". Heckerling is"
"number seven on the US pop chart, and strongly influenced the band to use other songwriters and to change their sound. Nancy Wilson made cameo appearances in the films ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (1982) and ""The Wild Life"" (1984), both written by journalist, screenwriter, and director Cameron Crowe, whom she married in June 1986. The band moved to Capitol Records, and their first album for their new label was simply titled ""Heart"" (1985). The move to Capitol coincided with a glam metal makeover that included minimizing the acoustic and folk sounds characteristic of their early work. The album reached"
"two inches high and helped popularize the two-tone shoe its one of her trademarks. Salvatore Ferragamo and André Perugia were two of the most influential and respected designers in footwear. Many stars of the [silent film]s had a significant impact on fashion during the 1920s, including Louise Brooks, Gloria Swanson, and Colleen Moore. The lighthearted, forward-looking fashions of the 1920s gradually came to halt after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and succumbed to a more conservative style. While the flapper look persisted into 1930, it quickly disappeared afterwards, although bell-shaped hats lasted through 1933. In the 1930s, as the"
"first signed on to do a feature for Universal, she read a lot of scripts, but it was Crowe's script for ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" that really stuck out to her as a great script. She notes that the characters felt so real. Though she loved the script, she did feel that there was too much studio interference, so she read the novel, figured out which parts were strongest, and sat down with Crowe to rework the script. The film helped launch the careers of numerous stars including Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. In addition, it"
"Kate Hudson Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American actress, author and fashion designer. She rose to prominence for her performance in the film ""Almost Famous"" (2000), for which she won a Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include ""How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"" (2003), ""Raising Helen"" (2004), ""The Skeleton Key"" (2005), ""You, Me and Dupree"" (2006), ""Fool's Gold"" (2008), ""Bride Wars"" (2009), ""Nine"" (2009), and ""Deepwater Horizon"" (2016). Hudson co-founded the fitness brand and membership program, Fabletics, operated by JustFab. In 2016, Hudson"
"Pamela Springsteen Pamela Colleen Springsteen (born February 8, 1962) is an American actress and photographer. She had a short acting career, and is best known for playing the role of serial killer Angela Baker in """" and """". She had co-starring roles in ""Dixie Lanes"", ""The Gumshoe Kid"", and smaller roles in mainstream films like ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", ""Reckless"" and ""Modern Girls"". She is now a successful photographer in Los Angeles. She is the younger sister of Bruce Springsteen. Pamela Springsteen was born in Freehold Township, New Jersey, to Adele Ann (née Zerilli), a legal secretary of Italian"
"Robert Romanus Robert Romanus (born July 17, 1956), also billed as Bob Romanus, is an American actor and musician who has starred in film and television. He is perhaps best known for his role in the 1982 comedy ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", as Italian-American ticket scalper Mike Damone, and as Natalie Green's boyfriend Snake on ""The Facts of Life"". He also starred in the 1985 film ""Bad Medicine"". Romanus is the son of Eileen (née Maloof) and Dr. Raymond Romanos, and is the brother of actor Richard Romanus. He grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut and went to Conard"
"in ""Beach Party"", a white two-piece fishnet suit in the second film (""Muscle Beach Party"") and a blue and white bikini in the third (""Bikini Beach""). All three swimsuits bared her navel, particularly in ""Bikini Beach"", where it is visible extensively during close up shots in a sequence early in the film when she meets Frankie Avalon's ""Potato Bug"" character outside his tent. She and Avalon became iconic as ""beach picture"" stars and were reunited for the Paramount film ""Back to the Beach"" (1987), parodying their own surf-and-sand films two decades earlier. They toured the country as a singing act."