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Old 08-14-17 | 08:24 PM
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"First he's gonna shit, then he's gonna kill us!"
Old 08-14-17 | 08:33 PM
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He got to deflower Natalie on Facts of Life!
That's a cherry guys were lining up to pop.
Old 08-14-17 | 10:26 PM
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This is one of my all time favorite movies. It's hard to believe it's been 35 years since it was released. I miss the 80's.
Old 08-14-17 | 10:59 PM
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the way Sean Penn says "you dick" always makes me laugh pretty hard
The first time I saw it (I was probably 20), my best friend and I rented the VHS and watched it at his house. When Spicoli called Mr. Hand a dick, I laughed so hard that I couldn't breathe. We immediately replayed that line 5 or 6 times, not knowing that there would be another scene later that we'd replay even more.

Speaking of Phoebe, if you've never seen her in her movie debut, Paradise, put it on your watch list. The movie stinks to high heaven, but day-yum, she looked good. She even warbled the theme song, which was a minor hit in Italy, if I'm remembering correctly. I kept a photo of Phoebe and her costar, Willie Aames, clowning around in my wallet for years (I think that I found it in the National Enquirer) because I've never seen her looking better than in that photo. I wish that I knew where it was now.

Here's the picture sleeve of the Spanish single, with a publicity shot from the film gracing it:

Old 08-15-17 | 01:32 AM
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Old 08-15-17 | 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
the way Sean Penn says "you dick" always makes me laugh pretty hard
If I remember correctly he was shirtless (or didn't button his shirt) and had a bagel hanging out of the front of his pants.
Old 08-15-17 | 06:38 AM
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If I remember correctly he was shirtless (or didn't button his shirt) and had a bagel hanging out of the front of his pants.
The unbuttoned shirt/bagel in the pants was when he wasn't in class but near the food machines and had to be tricked into coming by being told there was a birthday party for him. That scene has the "I don't know" bit in it.
Old 08-15-17 | 06:41 AM
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LOVE this movie... it holds up and it's one of the 3 or 4 movies I'll stop what I'm doing to watch it thru. 16 Candles and Rocky IV are two others
Old 08-15-17 | 06:42 AM
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"I hope you had a helluva piss, Arnold!"
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Old 09-18-20 | 04:34 PM
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The LIVE table reading of Fast Times at Ridgemont High hosted on CORE's Facebook live featuring Jennifer Aniston, Dane Cook, Morgan Freeman, Henry Golding, Jimmy Kimmel, Shia Labeouf, John Legend, Ray Liotta, Matthew McConaughey, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts.
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Shia isn't the method actor we wanted.. he's the method actor we need!
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Old 09-18-20 | 05:17 PM
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Weird. He (Shia) just irritates the snot out of me, but most of the comments on youtube are praising him.
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^ I’ve always liked Shia but I can agree, sometimes he’s a little much.

Dane Cook looks like he’s had a little work done. He looks like a wax figure of Dane Cook.
Old 09-18-20 | 05:49 PM
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Weird. He (Shia) just irritates the snot out of me, but most of the comments on youtube are praising him.
What’s the last thing you saw him in? The work he’s put out since 2012 has been pretty solid.
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Old 09-19-20 | 06:53 PM
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We’re the major difference in Spicoli’s dialogue because they used the original script and it differs from the final film, or is it a result of Shia going massively off script? He definitely made some outrageous choices, like doing the whole thing in his car
Old 09-19-20 | 07:16 PM
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Re: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) -- Discussion Thread

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What’s the last thing you saw him in? The work he’s put out since 2012 has been pretty solid.
Honestly, I don't even remember. It's been a long time. Watching him in this video didn't convince me otherwise.

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We’re the major difference in Spicoli’s dialogue because they used the original script and it differs from the final film, or is it a result of Shia going massively off script? He definitely made some outrageous choices, like doing the whole thing in his car
I wondered about that (dialogue differences), as well. If that was the original script, I think they (or Sean Penn) did well in changing them.

It was interesting to hear about Sean's 'audition' from Cameron Crowe. I wish there would've been more of that interview, as it seemed to end abruptly.
Old 09-19-20 | 08:08 PM
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Re: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) -- Discussion Thread

I read that Sean Penn acted Spicoli "method," so it wouldn't surprise me at all if he improvised dialog.

I remember hearing that he was always in the Spicoli character, and that had Ray Walston pissed at him through most of the shoot because he was all Spicoli all the time.

In the scene where Mr Hand ripped up his card, on one take he called him an "old red-faced motherfucker," which reportedly really pissed Walston off. Too bad they didn't use that take.
Old 09-20-20 | 11:17 AM
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Honestly, I would have been far more interested in watching this with original cast (or as much as they could get).
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Only noticed Ray Liotta because of his voice.

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