Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Talk hard!
Starring Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross
Directed by Allan Moyle
Mark Hunter is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to suburban Arizona from New York. Unbeknownst to his parents and peers, at 10pm each school night Mark takes to the shortwave radio in his basement and transforms into pirate DJ 'Hard Harry'. Mark's show, at once thoughtful and profane, becomes an underground hit with students at his high school, inspiring the wrath of his principal and the Federal Communications Commission [FCC].
Runtime: 105 min.
Rating: 7.1
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: Canada,United States of America
Genres: Drama,Music
Keywords: suicide,authority,hero,arizona,radio,chaos,freedom,cult,high school,rebellion,principal,pirate,teenager,parents,dj
Cast
Mark Hunter
Nora Diniro
Loretta Creswood
Brian Hunter
Marla Hunter
Murdock
Luis Chavez
Paige Woodward
Mr. Woodward
Janie
Cheryl Biggs
Joey
David Deaver
Jan Emerson
Malcolm Kaiser
Mazz Mazzilli
Jamie
Chris
Arthur Watts
Chip