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Christian Slater stars as Mark, a solitary kid living a duff existence as the townÆs new kid. Frustrated by his alienation and exasperated by the way in which his schoolÆs faculty treats his fellow students, Mark launches a pirate radio station, broadcasting as Hard Harry. Each night he vents his dissatisfaction with campus happenings and becomes an overnight sensation, but he will soon realise that his newfound celebrity comes at a price he may not be prepared to pay.

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EAN5017239192951

eBay Product ID (ePID)44437488

Product Key Features

ActorAnnie Ross, Nigel Gibbs, Ellen Greene, Scott Paulin, Lala, Seth Green, Cheryl Pollak, Dan Eisenstein, Jill Jarres, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Andy Romano, Mark Ballou, Mimi Kennedy, Ahmet Zappa

Film/TV TitlePump Up the Volume

DirectorAllan Moyle

LanguageEnglish

Run Time98 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2005

FormatDVD

FeaturesWidescreen, Original Theatrical Trailer

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerCliff Martinez

Additional InformationTeenage angst finds a new voice in this drama. By day, Mark Hunter (Christian Slater) is a quiet, studious student at an ordinary suburban high school in Arizona. But at night, Mark creeps down into his basement, fires up his pirate radio transmitter, and broadcasts to the community as Hard Harry, a sexually obsessed social commentator who passes along angry philosophy about the state of teenage life when not blasting punk rock or gangsta rap cuts. Hard Harry's sworn nemesis is high school principal Mrs. Cresswood (Annie Ross), who keeps SAT scores up at the expense of her students' dignity and individuality by eliminating 'troublemakers' from the student body. Hard Harry's broadcasts, however, have become a rallying point for the school's misfit underclass, and Mrs. Cresswood is determined to track down the mystery student and bring him to justice (broadcasting without a license, he's not merely an annoyance, but a criminal). The war against Hard Harry intensifies when he broadcasts data from confidential school board reports; Mark's father is a school commissioner, but he has no idea what his son is doing in the basement. Meanwhile, Mark gains the attentions of Nora (Samantha Mathis), who has figured out who he becomes at night. More serious and intelligent than the average teen film, PUMP UP THE VOLUME was written and directed by Allan Moyle, who previously dealt with disaffected, music-obsessed teens in Times Square and would return to them with Empire Records.

ScreenwriterAllan Moyle

Movie/TV TitlePump Up The Volume

Director of PhotographyWalt Lloyd

Consumer AdviceContains strong language