A group of SoCal high school students would rather ignore their studies and instead indulge in their teenage distractions.A group of SoCal high school students would rather ignore their studies and instead indulge in their teenage distractions.A group of SoCal high school students would rather ignore their studies and instead indulge in their teenage distractions.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Blair Tefkin
- Pat Bernardo
- (as Blair Ashleigh)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst-time director Amy Heckerling said she was seeking to make a comedy that was less structured than conventional ones, and more like American Graffiti (1973) so that "if you woke up and found yourself living in the movie, you'd be happy. I wanted that kind of feel."
- GoofsMr. Hand tells the students that the Platt Amendment is an Amendment to the US Constitution and is vital in their daily lives. The Platt Amendment is neither a Constitutional Amendment nor is it important in Americans' daily lives. The Platt Amendment established Cuba as a US protectorate after the USA helped free Cuba from Spanish rule during the 1898 Spanish-American War. Furthermore, it was passed in 1901, not 1906 as he claims.
- Quotes
Jeff Spicoli: What Jefferson was saying was, Hey! You know, we left this England place 'cause it was bogus; so if we don't get some cool rules ourselves - pronto - we'll just be bogus too! Get it?
- Crazy creditsBefore the credits roll, brief scenes of the characters are shown listing what happened to them following the events of the movie:
- Brad Hamilton - Made manager of MI-T-MART June 12.
- Mike Damone - Busted for scalping Ozzy Osbourne tickets. Now works at 7-11.
- Mr. Vargas - Switched back to coffee.
- Linda Barrett - Attending college at Riverside. Now living with her Abnormal Psych Professor.
- Rat and Stacy - Having a passionate love affair. But they still haven't gone all the way.
- Mr. Hand - Convinced everyone is on dope.
- Jeff Spicoli - Saved Brooke Shields from drowning. Blows reward money hiring Van Halen to play his Birthday Party.
- Alternate versionsEarly VHS releases had the majority of the original music replaced with generic sound-alikes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Square Pegs: Merry Pranksters (1983)
- SoundtracksRaised on the Radio
Performed by Ravyns
Written by Rob Fahey
Featured review
Almost 22 years after it's release this movie still remains to be great. Amy Heckerling gave us another hit in the 90's Clueless so it's no doubt that this too has become a cult classic.
This movie being a high school movie evolving around teenagers, though made in the 80's, contained all the elements that a horny teenage movie would have topless women, pot smoking, masturbation, cheating on tests, virginity losing and all that sex talk and quite obviously teen pregnancy!!! However they were not extensively used unnecessarily with the intention to make people laugh they were used at the right time and were very funny.
Sean Penn was excellent that was quite the performance as Jeff Spicoli especially now considering he is an Oscar winner that's quite the long road he has traveled.
This was a great teenager movie and for people who just love high school movies this movie should next on their lit.
This movie being a high school movie evolving around teenagers, though made in the 80's, contained all the elements that a horny teenage movie would have topless women, pot smoking, masturbation, cheating on tests, virginity losing and all that sex talk and quite obviously teen pregnancy!!! However they were not extensively used unnecessarily with the intention to make people laugh they were used at the right time and were very funny.
Sean Penn was excellent that was quite the performance as Jeff Spicoli especially now considering he is an Oscar winner that's quite the long road he has traveled.
This was a great teenager movie and for people who just love high school movies this movie should next on their lit.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Picardías estudiantiles
- Filming locations
- 24124 Welby Way, Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA(Brad and Stacy's house)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $27,092,880
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,545,674
- Aug 15, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $27,093,151
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