When the coming-of-age dramedy — starring Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh — premiered in 1982, it was more than just 'a cool buzz' Emily Krauser is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at ...

The San Fernando Valley teens graduated and moved on. Find out where the actors who played Spicoli, Stacy, Brad, and Rat are today.

"At the time, it was like there was all this freedom, but it was one-sided, and I wanted to fight that," director Amy Heckerling said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The cast approaches the picture with a delightfully devil-may-care sincerity, playing off of one another with a simple ease. It is ...

Mr. Hand (Ray Walston) puts Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) on the spot with a history question, only to watch the perpetually ...

The film blends music, myth-making, and teenage chaos into a defining portrait of high school life — one that still resonates more than 40 years later.

"Every time I would get a statement from [the studio] over the years, it was always in the red," Heckerling claimed.