Biography: Brian Backer |
After winning a Tony Award in 1981 for his performance in Woody Allen's The Floating Light Bulb, Brooklyn-born Brian Backer landed the part of Mark "Rat" Ratner in the classic 1982 comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High. In the years that followed, he... more
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Cast: Jennifer Tilly Roger Corman Neal Israel James Keach Joe Roth Wendie Jo Sperber
Tags: Comedy Urban Comedy
Length: 90min
In this flat attempt at comedy by the director of the Police Academy series, Neal Israel, a brash Dana Cannon (John Murray, brother of Bill) lands in a crooked re-education school for delinquent drivers, run by Deputy Halik (James Keach, brother of...
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Cast: Nicolas Cage Jennifer Jason Leigh Ray Walston Sean Penn Amy Heckerling Phoebe Cates Judge Reinhold Forest Whitaker
Tags: Sex Comedy Coming-of-Age Teen Movie Comedy
Length: 92min
Amy Heckerling's adaptation of Cameron Crowe's -Fast Times at Ridgemont High is often considered one of the finest films of a disreputable genre (the een sex comedy), and kick-started the careers of many future stars. The center of this ensemble film...
Cast: Tom Savini Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Jason Alexander Holly Hunter
Tags: Slasher Film Horror
Length: 90min
Apart from early appearances by Jason Alexander and Holly Hunter, an interesting score by Rick Wakeman, and some typically effective work by effects icon Tom Savini, this slasher film is also among the more frightening of its kind. The plot concerns a...
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