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''Now three, act like wherever you are, that's the place to be. "Isn't this great?"''
''Four, when ordering food, you find out what she wants, then order for the both of you. It's a classy move. "Now, the lady will have the linguini and white clam sauce, and a Coke with no ice."''
''And five, now this is the most important, Rat. When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of [[Led Zeppelin|Led Zeppelin IV]].''|'''Mike Damone, on his "five-point" plan'''}}
|'''Mike Damone''', on his "five-point" plan}}
 
'''''Fast Times Atat Ridgemont High''''' is a 1982 [[Coming of Age]] / [[Slice of Life]] film written by [[Cameron Crowe]] and directed by Amy Heckerling. It follows the lives of a handful of high school students over the course of a school year, focusing mostly on Stacy Hamilton ([[Jennifer Jason Leigh]]) and her eventual boyfriend, Mark "Rat" Ratner (Brian Backer). The other main characters are Stacy's brother, Brad (Judge Reinhold); her best friend, Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates); Rat's best friend, Mike Damone (Robert Romanus); Jeff Spicoli, a perpetual stoner in Stacy's history class ([[Sean Penn]]); and Mr. Arnold Hand, the history teacher who is frequently put upon by Spicoli's antics (Ray Walston).
 
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The film narrows its focus from the novel, dropping some peripheral characters completely, [[Composite Character|combining some]] (Damone and the ticket scalper character, for example) and simplifying some plot threads (Brad's journey down the fast-food prestige chain starts when he gets buffaloed into quitting his much-desired position at Carl's Jr., for instance, which was dropped from the film).