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Title: Pump Up the Volume (1990)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Anthony Lucero | ... | Malcolm Kaiser | |
| Andy Romano | ... | Murdock | |
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Keith Stuart Thayer | ... | Luis Chavez |
| Cheryl Pollak | ... | Paige | |
| Jeff Chamberlain | ... | Mr. Woodward | |
| Billy Morrissette | ... | Mazz Mazzilli | |
| Samantha Mathis | ... | Nora Diniro | |
| Lala Sloatman | ... | Janie | |
| Holly Sampson | ... | Cheryl Biggs | |
| Annie Ross | ... | Loretta Creswood | |
| Christian Slater | ... | Mark Hunter | |
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Annie Rusoff | ... | Annie |
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Jonathan Mazer | ... | Jonathan |
| Alexander Enberg | ... | Alex (as Alex Enberg) | |
| Ahmet Zappa | ... | Jamie | |
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, inspired chaos breaks out at the school and the authorities are called in to put a stop to Harry's broadcasts. Written by Denise P. Meyer <dpm1@cornell.edu>
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.