It’s now official. Universal has announced that Fast Times At Ridgemont High will arrive on Blu-ray on August 9th (in North America). While the deleted scenes are still MIA,they did include a few new special features. Preliminary artwork is pictured above. Here’s the important details from the official press release:

• Scene Companion: Watch behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, bios and more during key scenes with this picture-in-pictures companion. 
• The Music of Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Instantly identify the songs heard while watching the film, create a custom playlist of your favorites and even purchase them from iTunes®! 
• Reliving our Fast Times at Ridgemont: Hilarious documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew including Sean Penn and director Amy Heckerling
• Feature commentary with director Amy Heckerling and screenwriter Cameron Crowe
• Theatrical Trailer

It seems that the Fast Times at Ridgemont High Blu-ray may finally be seeing the light of day. A UK release is scheduled for July 25th by Universal. The UK cover art is pictured above (funny how they are focusing on Spicoli and his buds with specific mentions of Nic Cage and Anthony Edwards). Expect Universal to also release the Blu-ray in North America and other countries this summer.

I don’t expect any new extras, but it will be great to see Fast Times in “high” definition 🙂 I thought I would be the first (of many) to do the corny “high” joke…

Stay tuned for contining coverage of the Fast Times Blu.