Okay, last pick was at 9 last night, it's after noon, so I guess it's an AK and I'm up...
"What are you, people? On dope?"
This one struck me like a bolt of lightning last night when I realized it hadn't been picked yet...For my second-last pick, team
Hot Buttery Topping is very pleased to pick in the
Wildcard #3 position, another 80s classic, and a movie that launched many young careers: From 1982,
Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times features early appearances by several future stars, including Sean Penn, Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicolas Cage (in his only film credit as Nicolas Coppola), Anthony Edwards, Phoebe Cates, Forest Whitaker, and Judge Reinhold.
Cage, Penn, and Whitaker have all since gone on to win the Best Actor Oscar, and Crowe has since won two Oscars.
Trailer...
The plot of Fast Times is a pretty standard high school coming of age film where everyone is trying to either get high or get laid, and most everyone gets at least one of those.
You may ask what sets Fast Times apart from all the other high school movies, and my answer to that is just four words... Phoebe Cates, pool scene (it's not on YouTube unedited, but it is out there).
A final thought: This is a picture of Phoebe Cates taken 10 days ago...
(It looks like IMDB blocks direct linking to images, so here's the link if you can't see it: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm602510592/nm0000121)
She's 45 years-old, and I would still fantasize about her coming out of the pool. Kevin Kline might be the luckiest man on the planet.