5:27 pm - 10/04/2012
Teen comedies have been around since Frankie and Annette played beach-blanket bingo in the early '60s. And for the most part, they're as disposable as a tube of Clearasil. But every once in a while, one sneaks up and comes to symbolize a generation of kids-- how they talk, how they dress, how they see the world. Amy Heckerling, who directed 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, already knew something about that when she decided to spin Jane Austen's Emma into a cotton-candy confection about Bettys, Baldwins, and a ritzy ditzy Beverly Hills rich girl named Cher Horowitz. Still, no one--not even Heckerling--predicted that the little $15 million high school satire that every studio in town had passed on would become so much more than just another teen comedy. When Clueless opened in July 1995, it was a modest hit, landing in second place well behind Apollo 13. But over the past 17 years, it has snowballed into a coming-of-age classic, launching a thesaurus full of quips like "As if" and "Whatever." The movie's cast of fresh-faced unknowns are all grown up. Many of them are now parents themselves. But when they reassembled in July for a class reunion, it was clear that--unlike for some of us--high school was the best time of their lives.
source: my digital copy of EW
Calling all Baldwins, Bettys, even virgins who can't drive... it's a Clueless reunion
Teen comedies have been around since Frankie and Annette played beach-blanket bingo in the early '60s. And for the most part, they're as disposable as a tube of Clearasil. But every once in a while, one sneaks up and comes to symbolize a generation of kids-- how they talk, how they dress, how they see the world. Amy Heckerling, who directed 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, already knew something about that when she decided to spin Jane Austen's Emma into a cotton-candy confection about Bettys, Baldwins, and a ritzy ditzy Beverly Hills rich girl named Cher Horowitz. Still, no one--not even Heckerling--predicted that the little $15 million high school satire that every studio in town had passed on would become so much more than just another teen comedy. When Clueless opened in July 1995, it was a modest hit, landing in second place well behind Apollo 13. But over the past 17 years, it has snowballed into a coming-of-age classic, launching a thesaurus full of quips like "As if" and "Whatever." The movie's cast of fresh-faced unknowns are all grown up. Many of them are now parents themselves. But when they reassembled in July for a class reunion, it was clear that--unlike for some of us--high school was the best time of their lives.
source: my digital copy of EW
Brittany is missing.
:(
Whenever I watch it I get jealous all over again and think of ways to make my hair look like hers lol
Those were my exact words: "omg you gave me Cher hair! I love you!"
I have legit not felt as pretty as I did those few days my hair was straight in years and years. It's so silly but I've coveted Alicia's hair in that movie for so long I was legit tearing with joy because I never thought for a moment my hair could ever look like that.
/csb, but, well, to me it actually is a csb story lol I still get giddy thinking about it and actually want to go back to the salon and get it done again.
Edited at 2012-10-05 04:47 am (UTC)
i also hated the girl they cast as cher. alicia did it so much better
where's donald faison?
damn Ambular looks decent too
That shade omw
But no Brittany Murphy </3
I seriously did not recognize Christian, though, oh my god. I was like, "who is this? did he play the dad what is going on?"
I'm a virgin who can't drive and just shrug lol
Brittany :(
Amy though <33