This 1982 first feature by Amy Heckerling (Clueless), based on Cameron Crowe’s nonfiction book about teenagers at a southern California high school in the 70s, was never all it was cracked up to be. But it’s probably worth a look now for its early glimpses of Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Forest Whitaker, Eric Stoltz, Anthony Edwards, and Nicolas Cage (the last three in their film debuts, Cage under his real name, Coppola), not to mention Sean Penn. 92 min. (JR)