Pump Up the Volume (1990)

Directors:

Allan Moyle

Writers:

Allan Moyle

Actors:

Nolan Hemmings, James Hampton, Matt McGrath, Ahmet Zappa, Billy Morrissette, Anthony Lucero

Synopsis:

Mark Hunter is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to suburban Arizona from New York. Unbeknownst to his parents and peers, at 10pm each school night Mark takes to the shortwave radio in his basement and transforms into pirate DJ "Hard Harry". Mark's show, at once thoughtful and profane, becomes an underground hit with students at his high school, inspiring the wrath of his principal and the Federal Communications Commission [FCC].
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Pump Up the Volume (1990)

I loved it as a kid and re-watched it recently ... it's still awesome. A great story about generational conflict and youthful rebellion. And Christian Slater was just so, so cool.
smitty
April 12, 2013