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HOT GALLERY: Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Look Back at the Film That Made Jeff Spicoli a Household Name
Fast Times at Ridgemont High not only launched the acting careers of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Nicolas Cage, Anthony Edwards, and Sean Penn, it made the catchphrase “Hey, bud, let’s party!” an institution. Thanks, Cameron Crowe. By Romi Stepovich
Brian Backer as Mark “Rat” Ratner from Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Before starring as the love-struck Mark “Rat” Ratner in Fast Times, Backer won the 1981 Tony for Best Actor in The Floating Light Blub, a Broadway play by Woody Allen. In Fast Times, the Rat manages to get the girl, bore her, lose her, and win her back. He comments on his teen life, “I hate working the theater, all the action’s on the other side of the mall.” He does manage some action in the end. Vintage Cameron Crowe.
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