before ♪ >> they knew who was buying these movies, is teenagers, and the thing they want to do as soon as they watch the movie is then go get the soundtrack so they can relive it. ♪ purple rain, purple rain ♪ >> "purple rain" hit me really hard. to this day, i have yet to see a mainstream film that uses music as an emotion in such an incredible way. ♪ i only want to see you ♪ ♪ only want to see you, purple rain ♪ >> stace, what do you care about mark ratner for? i mean, he's a 16-year-old usher in the movie theater. you have dated older guys. you work at the best food stand in the mall. and you are a close personal friend of mine. >> there was so much reality in the script of "fast times". the way that cameron wrote "fast times at ridgemont high" is that he went back to high school. >> i never graduated traditionally, so the idea was i