Posted on 07/25/2017 8:58:17 AM PDT by Skooz
He had a "blink and you'll miss it" non-speaking role working with Brad Hamilton.
The real story here—is how absolutely innocent the 80s were compared to the open, acceptable degeneracy now.
Good points. But, I think the film showed the abortion as a negative experience.
***************
No , it was a positive or at best neutral experience in the film, her brother supported it , she was nonchalant. As I remember it the only negative surrounding it was the trashing of the boys car that couldn’t or wouldn’t pay for it, not supporting the abortion was met with ridicule and destruction of property... typical liberal behavior.
The 70s in many ways were even more degenerate. Compare and contrast Fast Times with "Dazed and Confused."
Anthony Edwards
“Dazed and Confused.”... That’s a 1990’s movie??
But it took place in 1976....and it nailed it.
I love that movie! I'm going to watch it tonight.
Kevin Klein is a very lucky man.
Anthony Edwards was in another of my favorite 80s movies, “Gotcha!”
Porky’s was great!
Too bad the ‘teens’ in the cast never made it big..................
I read that he stayed in character during the entire shoot.
Perhaps it was excellent practice for later-life douchebaggery.
Her brother didn't support it. She lied to him about where she needed to go and he dropped her off at a bowling alley. He watched her in his rear view mirror run to the clinic across the street. She was too ashamed to tell him the truth.
Being a good big brother, Brad knew Stacy was in the weeds all alone, he waited for her in the clinic parking lot. He kept his opinions to himself.
I don't know if I'd say she was nonchalant. She was a 15-year old girl. Life isn't an ABC Afterschool Special and in 1982, pregnant teen girls got abortions.
The difference is that the feminist left celebrates abortions as a rite of passage. This film showed the whole experience of casual teen sex as something that could have real-life negative consequences.
I agree with Niedermeyer. A negative - That was a new thing for many of us to experience in a movie, and it went the wrong way: her post-abortion life moved on just fine without a thought for the life snuffed out.
Spicoli's surfer buddies? Eric Stoltz (Mask) was one. Anthony Edwards ("Goose" from Top Gun) was the other. That was the "No Shirt, No Shoes, No DICE!" scene.
Nick Cage was also in the scene where Brad (Judge Reinhold) pulls his car into the parking lot on the first day of school. It's another "if you blink, you'll miss him" scene.
The scene where the pizza is delivered to Spicoli while he was in Mr. Hand's class? The delivery guy was the late Taylor Negron - who was Julio in Easy Money (another movie with Jennifer Jason Leigh), and played Milo in The Last Boy Scout. Taylor Negron's brother, Chuck, was one of the singers in Three Dog Night.
The Phoebe Cates "breast" scene? If you remember, the music during that scene is "Moving in Stereo" by The Cars. I can't hear that song without thinking of that scene. (Sigh)
In case it isn't obvious, I have seen this movie a few times...
And of course Anthony Edwards is Goose in Top Gun. Let’s not forget Forest Whitaker too. Movie has stood the test of time.
Me neither.
Forest Whitaker was great in “Good Morning, Vietnam.”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.