Pump Up the Volume (1990)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Allan Moyle

Writer (WGA):

Allan Moyle (written by)

Release Date:

22 August 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Tagline:

The Voice of a Generation.

Plot:

Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.

Plot Keywords:

Radio | Authority | Teenager | Short Wave Radio | Principal

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Christian Slater	...	Mark Hunter (Hard Harry)
Annie Ross	...	Loretta Creswood
Andy Romano	...	Murdock
Scott Paulin	...	Brian Hunter
Mimi Kennedy	...	Marla Hunter
Anthony Lucero	...	Malcolm Kaiser
Billy Morrissette	...	Mazz Mazzilli
Robert Schenkkan	...	David Deaver
Cheryl Pollak	...	Paige Woodward
Ellen Greene	...	Jan Emerson
Samantha Mathis	...	Nora Diniro
Keith Stuart Thayer	...	Luis Chavez
Jeff Chamberlain	...	Mr. Woodward
Lala Sloatman	...	Janie
Holly Sampson	...	Cheryl Biggs
Annie Rusoff	...	Annie
Jonathan Mazer	...	Jonathan
Alexander Enberg	...	Alex (as Alex Enberg)
Ahmet Zappa	...	Jamie
Seth Green	...	Joey
Robert Gavin	...	Doug
Dan Eisenstein	...	Donald
Mark Ballou	...	Eric
Daryl Sebert	...	Cory
Gregg Daniel	...	Teacher Moore
Marc Siegler	...	Teacher Stern
Ariana Mohit	...	Alissa
Jill Jurres	...	Mrs. Kaiser
Nolan Hemmings	...	Chip
Justin Hessling	...	Holden Chu
Jay Lambert	...	Gordon
Allan Kolman	...	Postal Clerk
Clayton Landey	...	Shep Sheppard
David McKnight	...	Detective #1
Tony Auer	...	Police Officer
Paulette Ballock	...	Police Dispatcher
Robert Harvey	...	Detective Denny
Matt McGrath	...	Chris
Chris Jacobs	...	Matt
Virginya Keehne	...	Linda (as Virginia Keehne)
Steve Archer	...	Harry Video
Larry Clardy	...	PTA Parent #1
John K. Shull	...	PTA Parent #2
Lin Shaye	...	PTA Parent #3
Michele Bernath	...	PTA Parent #4
Steph DuVall	...	Reporter #1 (as Stephen Duvall)
Sherri Shaffner	...	Reporter #2
Roger Scott	...	TV Announcer #1 / Crispin
Gary Dubin	...	TV Announcer #2
Nigel Gibbs	...	Marshall
David Glasser	...	Jack
James Hampton	...	Arthur Watts
John Pinero	...	Carlos Chavez
Juliet Landau	...	Joni (scenes deleted)
Ed Trotta	...	Gil
Kenny McMurphy	...	Mick
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cathrine Grace	...	Parent (uncredited)
Paul Vasquez	...	Rebellious Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Allan Moyle

Writing credits (WGA)
Allan Moyle		(written by)

Produced by
Syd Cappe	....	executive producer
Janet Grillo	....	associate producer
Rupert Harvey	....	producer
Sara Risher	....	executive producer
Sandy Stern	....	producer
Nicolas Stiliadis	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Cliff Martinez

Cinematography by
Walt Lloyd

Film Editing by
Larry Bock
Janice Hampton

Casting by
Judith Holstra

Production Design by
Robb Wilson King

Costume Design by
Michael Abbott

Makeup Department
Michelle Bühler	....	key makeup artist (as Michelle Buhler)
Denise Dellavalle	....	assistant makeup artist
Don Dwyer	....	hair consultant
Barbara Olvera	....	key hair stylist
Joni Powell	....	assistant makeup artist (as Joni Meers)

Production Management
John Burrows	....	unit production manager
Jeanne Van Cott	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Josh McLaglen	....	first assistant director
Chitra F. Mojtabai	....	second second assistant director (as Chitra Mojtabai)
Daniel R. Suhart	....	second assistant director (as Danny Suhart)

Art Department
Aaron Anderson	....	construction foreman
Bruce Bolander	....	set designer
Barbara A. Bordo	....	scenic painter (as Barbara Bordo)
Doug Crawford	....	carpenter
Lisa De Alva	....	property mistress
Scott Dietz	....	lead scenic painter
Ken Falck	....	assistant carpenter
Felisa F. Finn	....	scenic artist (as Felisa Finn)
Felisa F. Finn	....	scenic painter (as Felisa Finn)
Michelle Gallagher	....	original artwork: Nora
Stephen Gray	....	swing man
John A. Keim	....	assistant property master
Morris Laslo	....	second assistant property master
Doug Lefler	....	storyboard artist
Wayne Middleton	....	swing dresser
Nick Newton	....	lettering artist
Alejandro Patino	....	carpenter (as Alex Patino)
Ron Peterson	....	carpenter
Tina Peterson	....	assistant set decorator
Tom Randol	....	leadman
Rick Rose	....	lead carpenter
Gregg 'Cowboy' Sanders	....	carpenter (as Greg Sanders)
Tony Sears	....	second assistant property master (as Anthony Sears)
Robert A. Smith	....	set dresser
Leora Tobias	....	art department coordinator
Joe Ventress	....	swing man
Jeff Wallace	....	construction coordinator
Tal Wallace	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Bob Beemer	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Robert Beemer)
Joel Berkovitz	....	foley editor (as Joel Berkowitz)
G.W. Brown	....	dialogue editor
Jeanette Browning	....	sound recordist (as Jeannette Browning)
Tom Caton	....	boom operator (as Huckleberry Caton)
Stuart Copely	....	dialogue editor (as Stuart Copley)
Dane A. Davis	....	supervising sound editor
Russell C. Fager	....	sound mixer
Joel Fein	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jack Floyd Jr.	....	cable person
Jack Floyd Jr.	....	playback
Melinda Garey	....	assistant sound editor
Marita Goldsmith	....	sound transferer
Tom Hammond	....	foley editor
Wayne Heitman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jon Hussein	....	adr mixer
Jon Hussein	....	foley mixer
Kini Kay	....	sound effects editor
Mark Larry	....	foley editor
Trillby Kim Lowe	....	dialogue editor (as Kimberly Voigt)
Stewart Nelson	....	sound effects editor (as Steward Nelson)
Rebecca Nicolaou	....	assistant sound editor (as Becky Nicolaou)
Nancy Parker	....	foley artist
Christopher Sheldon	....	supervising sound editor (as Chris Sheldon)
Todd Toon	....	sound effects editor
Tracy Toon	....	assistant sound editor
Nancy Tracy	....	apprentice sound editor
Steve 'Woody' Wood	....	adr recordist (as Stephen 'Woody' Wood)
Steve 'Woody' Wood	....	foley recordist (as Stephen 'Woody' Wood)
Jay Floyd	....	second boom operator (uncredited)
Jay Floyd	....	sound playback operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Charles Belardinelli	....	special effects
Thomas L. Bellissimo	....	special effects (as Thomas Bellissimo)

Stunts
Hank Calia	....	stunts (as Henry Calia)
Michael Cassidy	....	stunt coordinator (as Mike Cassidy)
Mark A. Cuttin	....	stunts (as Mark Cuttin)
BJ Davis	....	stunts (as B.J. Davis)
Gary Dionne	....	stunts
Ousaun Elam	....	stunts
Donna Evans	....	stunts
Diamond Farnsworth	....	stunts
Troy Gilbert	....	stunts
Larry Holt	....	stunts
Dennis Madalone	....	stunts
Eddie Matthews	....	stunt double: Christian Slater
Robert McIntosh	....	stunts (as Bob McIntosh)
Carol Neilson	....	stunts
John Robotham	....	stunts
Ben Scott	....	stunts
Ed Mathew Shinstine	....	stunts
Jerry Spicer	....	stunts
Tony Tamburro	....	stunts
Bob Terhune	....	stunts
Rhonda Terhune	....	stunts
George P. Wilbur	....	stunts (as George Wilbur)
Henry Wills	....	stunts (as Henry Willis)
Bob Yerkes	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Clarence Brown	....	dolly grip
Carolyn Chen	....	first assistant camera (as Carolyn Chin)
Gregory Daniels Jr.	....	loader (as Gregg Daniel Jr.)
Gregory Daniels Jr.	....	second assistant camera (as Gregg Daniel Jr.)
Willie E. Dawkins	....	electrician (as Willie Dawkins)
Giles Dunning	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Giles Dunning	....	second assistant camera
Jeff Durling	....	electrician
Kevin Edwards	....	grip
Jack M. Guberman	....	electrician
Tom Harjo	....	key grip (as Thomas R. Harjo Jr.)
Francis Lawrence	....	loader
Francis Lawrence	....	second assistant camera
John Maninger	....	best boy electric (as John H. Manninger)
Keith Mitchell	....	electrician trainee
Kathleen O'Reilly	....	camera assistant: second unit
Krishna Rao	....	camera operator: second camera (as Kris Rao)
Joyce Rudolph	....	still photographer
Robin Semple	....	best boy grip
Newton Thomas Sigel	....	additional photographer (as Tom Sigel)
Mark Henry Sudmeier	....	electrician (as Mark Sudmeier)
Newton TerMeer	....	gaffer (as Newton Termerr)
Tom Yatsko	....	first assistant camera
Alicia Brauns	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Kenneth Estes	....	video playback operator (uncredited)
Linda Field	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Deborah Aquila	....	casting: New York
Cheryl Faye	....	extras casting
Melanie Holstra	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jessica Fasman	....	assistant costume designer
Jesse Fields	....	on-set wardrobe (as Jessie Fields)
Kitty Murphy	....	on-set wardrobe
Michael Varnen	....	on-set wardrobe

Editorial Department
Thalia Harithas	....	post-production assistant (as Terry Harithas)
Karen Hathaway	....	apprentice editor (as Karen Wasserman)
Kurt Hathaway	....	second assistant editor
Ric Keeley	....	first assistant editor
Ed Sogg	....	color timer
Pablo Ferro	....	supervising editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Bill Black	....	music editor
Sharal Churchill	....	underscore coordinator
Nicola Freegard	....	music coordinator
Mario Gonzalez	....	music legal coordinator
Dennis Herring	....	music consultant
Kathy Nelson	....	music supervisor: MCA
Leanne Unger	....	underscore recordist

Transportation Department
Greg Bauer	....	driver
Merl Down	....	driver
Ken Franchi	....	driver
D.J. Gardiner	....	driver (as D.J. Gardner)
Morgan McGuinness	....	driver
Tony 'Bear' Mihalopoulos	....	driver (as Tony Mahalopoulos)
Bill Shank	....	driver
Robbie Stinton	....	driver
Danny Westerberg	....	transportation coordinator
Craig Williams	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Jessica Allen	....	set production associate (as Jessica Allan)
Lennie Appelquist	....	assistant location manager
Susan Bazarsky	....	production secretary
John Peter Bernardo	....	assistant: Allan Moyle (as J.P. Bernardo)
Jane Cassell	....	choreographer
Robbie Criscione	....	production associate
Gloria Felix	....	medic
Allen Ferro	....	title designer: main titles
Pablo Ferro	....	title designer
Karen Fried	....	unit publicist
Barbara Green	....	craft service
Susan Han	....	assistant: Allan Moyle
Sherry Hodge	....	location restoration
Emily Hofstatter	....	assistant to producers
Christine Holmes	....	assistant accountant
Danna Hyams	....	assistant: Sarah Risher
Viola Johnson	....	assistant: Christian Slater
Jeffrey J. Kiehlbauch	....	production coordinator (as Jeffrey Kiehlbauch)
George Lakes	....	production accountant
Francis Lawrence	....	assistant: Allan Moyle
Jasmine Marie Lhossein	....	craft service (as Jasmine Lhossein)
Stacey Liss Goodman	....	assistant: Sandy Stern
William Lybeer	....	craft service
Bradley Marcus	....	stand-in: Christian Slater
Ralph B. Meyer	....	location manager (as Ralph Meyer)
Vincent Palmo Jr.	....	key set production associate (as Vince Palmo)
Leslie Park	....	script supervisor
Cindy Pruitt	....	legal assistant
Gail Rodono	....	production controller (as Gail Cottrell)
Phillip L. Rosen	....	production attorney (as Phillip Rosen)
Kindra Ruocco	....	set production associate
Michael Tamburro	....	helicopter pilot
David Topor	....	production associate
Ken Wolin	....	welfare worker (as Kenneth B. Wolin)
Frank Catalano	....	voice actor (uncredited)
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic (uncredited)
Lonnie Ramati	....	production business affairs (uncredited)
Brad Stephens	....	publicist (uncredited)

Thanks
Kevin Benson	....	special thanks
Ronald Blumer	....	special thanks (as Ron Blumer)
Jill Bock	....	special thanks
Randy Finch	....	special thanks
Keith Fleer	....	special thanks
Stephanie Fried	....	special thanks
Leslie Goldman	....	special thanks
John Wesley Harding	....	special thanks
Danny Holloway	....	special thanks
Jim Hosney	....	special thanks
Rick Kurtzman	....	special thanks
Jan McCormick	....	special thanks
Muffie Meyer	....	special thanks (as Muffy Meyer)
Mary Jo Slater	....	special thanks
Megan Slikas	....	special thanks (as Megan Slikis)

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema
• SC Entertainment (in association with)

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (USA) (theatrical)
• New Line Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Concorde Filmverleih (Germany) (theatrical)
• Succéfilm AB (Sweden) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• RCA Home Video (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Danetracks  sound design and editorial
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color
• Hollywood Rental Company  grip and lighting equipment (as Hollywood Rentals)
• JDH Sound  post-production facilities
• Mario's Catering  catering
• Mercer Titles & Optical Effects Ltd.  titles and opticals
• Northridge Equipment Rentals  generators (as Northridge Equipment Rental)
• Payments Plus  payroll services
• Pioneer  special thanks
• Shotmaker Company, The  camera car
• Star Casting Service  extras casting
• Superloopers  adr voice casting

Also Known As:

Plein volume (Canada: French title)
Y a-t-il une vie après le lycée? (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:A

Filming Locations:

Saugus High School, Saugus, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Lala Sloatman (Janie) and Ahmet Zappa (Jamie) are real life cousins, but played girlfriend/boyfriend in the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When a tape of one of Harry's radio shows is played later at school, it sounds different than the original recording.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mark: Do you ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely fucked up?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Christian Slater/Bonnie Raitt (#17.4)" (1991)

Soundtrack:

Freedom of Speech

What a teen flick should be.

I'm 28 now, but this film is still very important to me. PUTV is the best teen drama out there (though there aren't many to compete with it), it really grasps how so alone some teenagers can feel and how rejectedby the system they so often are. The film has dated some what, but if there ever was an early warning sign of the problems that face American schools today (columbine esque) this is it. You can only push teenagers so far before they lose the plot, end up killing themselves or other people, PUTV is about those feelings. Slater is the bomb in this film, he is truly awesome and Mathis plays a great sidekick. The fact she shows a bit of flesh makes the movie highly genuine, yes girls do get naked with boys whilst at high school. PUTV does now suffer with its meaning to the modern era, but modern kids still do get dejected and rejected and this film is a great message in saying.... You Are Not Alone! 10/10 Then.... 8/10 Now.