Pump Up the Volume (1990)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Allan Moyle

Writer (WGA):

Allan Moyle (written by)

Release Date:

22 August 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Tagline:

The Voice of a Generation.

Plot:

Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.

Plot Keywords:

Radio | Authority | Teenager | Short Wave Radio | Principal

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Christian Slater	...	Mark Hunter (Hard Harry)
Annie Ross	...	Loretta Creswood
Andy Romano	...	Murdock
Scott Paulin	...	Brian Hunter
Mimi Kennedy	...	Marla Hunter
Anthony Lucero	...	Malcolm Kaiser
Billy Morrissette	...	Mazz Mazzilli
Robert Schenkkan	...	David Deaver
Cheryl Pollak	...	Paige Woodward
Ellen Greene	...	Jan Emerson
Samantha Mathis	...	Nora Diniro
Keith Stuart Thayer	...	Luis Chavez
Jeff Chamberlain	...	Mr. Woodward
Lala Sloatman	...	Janie
Holly Sampson	...	Cheryl Biggs

Also Known As:

Plein volume (Canada: French title)
Y a-t-il une vie après le lycée? (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:A

Filming Locations:

Saugus High School, Saugus, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Lala Sloatman (Janie) and Ahmet Zappa (Jamie) are real life cousins, but played girlfriend/boyfriend in the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: During Mark's last broadcast, we see all three FCC vans leave the school field. In a subsequent long shot of all the students cheering and dancing, all three vans are in the field again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mark: Do you ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely fucked up?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Veronica Mars: Ahoy Mateys (#2.8)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Everybody Knows

Every teenager should see this film

What a film!!, this is a film that very accurately represents how it feels to be unpopular, or the new kid in high school. Slater gained much respect from me for his terrific performance is Hard Harry, a new kid at a school where the staff don't seem to care about the students, Harry runs a pirate radio station as an anonymous student at the high school, and shares his feelings about the school, he gains a large following of students who feel the same way he does, but then trouble starts. This is a truly great film, with great performances, this is probably the "Rebel Without A Cause", for our generation. ***1/2 out of ****.