Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.
- high school
- friendship
- rock 'n' roll
- based on novel or book
- shopping mall
- loss of virginity
- coming of age
- teacher
- bong
- drug humor
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sean Penn
Jeff Spicoli
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Stacy Hamilton
Judge Reinhold
Brad Hamilton
Phoebe Cates
Linda Barrett
- Brian Backer — Mark "Rat" Ratner
- Robert Romanus — Mike Damone
- Ray Walston — Mr. Hand
- Scott Thomson — Arnold
- Vincent Schiavelli — Mr. Vargas
- Amanda Wyss — Lisa
- D.W. Brown — Ron Johnson
- Forest Whitaker — Charles Jefferson
- Kelli Maroney — Cindy
- Tom Nolan — Dennis Taylor
- Blair Tefkin — Pat Bernardo
- Directed
- Amy Heckerling
- Written
- Cameron Crowe
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 1,411 ratings
- Studio
- Refugee Films, Universal Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
