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Pump Up the Volume
- Director: Allan Moyle
- Writer: Allan Moyle
- Producer: Syd Cappe; Janet Grillo
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With Leonard Cohen singing over the credits - this is not the usual teen flick.
It is vastly superior to the usual high-school drama.
This hammers the message home: adults banish all memory of their youth...and, some teachers are total control freaks.
It does lose its momentum half way through...but, regains it by the end.
A worthy effort nonetheless.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Mark is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to Arizona from the East Coast. His parents give him a short-wave radio so he can talk to his pals, but instead he sets up shop as pirate deejay Hard Harry, who becomes a hero to his peers while inspiring the wrath of the local high school principal. When one of Harry's listeners commits suicide and Harry- inspired chaos breaks out at the school, the authorities are called in to put a stop to Harry's broadcasts.
Cast & Characters
Christian Slater as Mark Hunter;
Annie Ross as Loretta Creswood;
Andy Romano as Murdock;
Scott Paulin as Brian Hunter;
Mimi Kennedy as Marla Hunter;
Anthony Lucero as Malcolm Kaiser;
Billy Morrissette as Mazz Mazzilli;
Robert Schenkkan as David Deaver;
Cheryl Pollak as Paige Woodward;
Ellen Greene as Jan Emerson;
Samantha Mathis as Nora Diniro;
Keith Stuart Thayer as Luis Chavez;
Jeff Chamberlain as Mr. Woodward;
Lala Sloatman as Janie;
Holly Sampson as Cheryl Biggs