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24 August 1979 (USA)
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Hey ho, Let's go! more
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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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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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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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The building blown up in the ending is the condemned Mount Carmel High School in the South section of Los Angeles, California. The explosion was five times bigger than it was supposed to be, and since the filming was at 3am, a lot of frightened neighborhood residents charged out of their homes, not knowing what had happened.
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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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Featured in "I Love the '70s: Volume 2" (2006)
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Questioningly
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An extremely silly and overdone comedy, the film is nevertheless still reasonably entertaining, as the songs are good, the characters are relatively fun to watch, and there are some genuine laughs along the way. The film has a thing or two to say as a cultural study and an examination of teenage rebellion, but whatever messages may be there are weak, for the film does not take itself too seriously, presenting many events and ideas that are plain out ridiculous. Also, it would have been nice to get to know the characters a bit better, but then were the filmmakers really trying to do something better than a run-of-the-mill high school set film, or were they just out to have fun, like their characters are? This is not a bad film either way, and arguably it is worth checking out, but it would take a lot of guts to call this a good film.