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Pump Up the Volume (1990) 6.9
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6.9/10 from 15,846 users
Metascore: 77/100
Reviews: 111 user | 51 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens. Director:Allan MoyleWriter:Allan Moyle |
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Cast
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| Annie Ross | ... |
Loretta Creswood
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Andy Romano | ... |
Murdock
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Brian Hunter
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Marla Hunter
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Malcolm Kaiser
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Mazz Mazzilli
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Robert Schenkkan | ... |
David Deaver
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Cheryl Pollak | ... |
Paige Woodward
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Jan Emerson
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Keith Stuart Thayer | ... |
Luis Chavez
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Mr. Woodward
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Janie
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Holly Sampson | ... |
Cheryl Biggs
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Storyline
Mark is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to Arizona from the East Coast. His parents give him a short-wave radio so he can talk to his pals, but instead he sets up shop as pirate deejay Hard Harry, who becomes a hero to his peers while inspiring the wrath of the local high school principal. When one of Harry's listeners commits suicide and Harry- inspired chaos breaks out at the school, the authorities are called in to put a stop to Harry's broadcasts. Written by Denise P. Meyer <dpm1@cornell.edu>
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Steal the Air. See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 August 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Adj rá kakaót! See more »Box Office
Gross:
$11,541,758 (USA)Company Credits
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Mark: Do you ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely fucked up?
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Written & Arranged by Leonard Cohen
Performed by Concrete Blonde
Published by Stranger Music (BMI)/Geffen & Robinhill Music c/o WB Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Dennis Herring
Courtesy of IRS Records
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Lala Sloatman (Janie) and Ahmet Zappa (Jamie) are real life cousins, but played girlfriend/boyfriend in the movie. See more »Goofs
When the Hunters go to listen to Happy Harry Hardon, the stereo is never turned on; the model shown lights up its tuning window when turned on. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Mark: Do you ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely fucked up?
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Soundtracks
"Everybody Knows"Written & Arranged by Leonard Cohen
Performed by Concrete Blonde
Published by Stranger Music (BMI)/Geffen & Robinhill Music c/o WB Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Dennis Herring
Courtesy of IRS Records
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pump up the volume is one of the best teen movies of the 90's! it's smart,and very thought-provoking. this is the second most thought-provoking teen movie of all time. second only to the breakfast club. pump up the volume is in the top 3 of the best teen movies of the 90's! it's also very entertaining,and sometimes funny. but a lot of the movie is serious. slater has never been better.
it's a very good movie. i give pump up the volume ***1/2
out of ****