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Release Date:
24 August 1979 (USA)
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Hey ho, Let's go! more
Plot:
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration. full summary | full synopsis
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Exclusive: A Talk with P.J. Soles
(From Dread Central. 11 November 2009, 12:30 AM, PST)
Howard Stern Reviving the Rock 'n' Roll High School
(From FirstShowing.net. 31 July 2008, 3:12 AM, PDT)
(From Dread Central. 11 November 2009, 12:30 AM, PST)
Howard Stern Reviving the Rock 'n' Roll High School
(From FirstShowing.net. 31 July 2008, 3:12 AM, PDT)
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"Hey Kate, I'm getting some static!"...."Not as much as you're going to get."
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| P.J. Soles | ... | Riff Randell | |
| Vincent Van Patten | ... | Tom Roberts | |
| Clint Howard | ... | Eaglebauer | |
| Dey Young | ... | Kate Rambeau | |
| Mary Woronov | ... | Miss Evelyn Togar | |
| Paul Bartel | ... | Mr. McGree | |
| Dick Miller | ... | Police Chief | |
| Don Steele | ... | Screamin' Steve Stevens | |
| Alix Elias | ... | Coach Steroid | |
| Loren Lester | ... | Fritz Hansel | |
| Daniel Davies | ... | Fritz Gretel | |
| Lynn Farrell | ... | Angel Dust | |
| Herbie Braha | ... | Manager | |
| Grady Sutton | ... | School Board President | |
| Chris Somma | ... | Shawn |
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Also Known As:
Disco High (USA) (working title)
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93 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Australia:M |
Iceland:12 |
Iceland:L (re-rating) |
Finland:S (1990) |
UK:15 (cut) |
USA:PG (certificate #25611) |
West Germany:12
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Originally, Todd Rundgren was to star as the musical act, but both sides could not come to an agreement. Next, Cheap Trick was contacted, but a similar situation happened. After that, talks were conducted with Warner Bros. Records, where Allan Arkush had a connection, to decide on which band they should use in the film. The first suggestion was Devo, but Arkush decided that they had too much of their own concept. Another band considered for the movie was Van Halen, but Warner execs warned Arkush that they were raucous and would be difficult to handle. Finally, an exec name-dropped the Ramones, who recorded for Sire Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Records. Arkush, being a huge fan of the band, agreed, and the rest is history. To this day, Rundgren regrets passing up the role he was offered.
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Continuity: When Angel Dust and Riff Randall are continuing to argue about who's in line first, the Ramones pull up. They begin to push and shove each other. Angel's hair starts being pulled up, neatly. As her and Riff push to get the Ramone's attention, Angel's hair falls down. But after the Ramones are done singing, their manager approaches Angel, and her hair is up neatly once again.
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Quotes:
Tom Roberts:
The only thing I'll ever lay is a rug!
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Featured in "I Love the '70s: Volume 2" (2006)
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Rock 'n' Roll High School
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P.J. Soles should have become a big star after playing Riff Randall, #1 fan of the punk rock group the Ramones. She's so exuberant, you don't care that she's obviously too old to still be in high school (that fact is leveled out by having all the high schoolers look 24). It's a fast-paced frolic that doesn't cop-out; everything gets blown to smithereens at the end, and that's just as it should be. Mary Woronov, an innately kinky and funny presence as the Nazi-like principal, gets a great, one-of-a-kind bit at the beginning where Frisbees fly dangerously close to her head (how many takes did they use on that, or was it a fluke?) and Dey Young is very appealing as Soles' best, Kate Rambeau. The weakest link, ironically enough, in this "High School" chain-gang is the Ramones. They can't act, they're not funny, and their concert segment goes on too long. One Ramones song, "I Want You Around", is treated as a fantasy and is well captured; other incidental songs are good, particularly a rare Paul McCartney & Wings ballad heard near the beginning ("Did We Meet Somewhere Before?"). Good show! *** from ****