Pump Up the Volume

Name: Pump Up the Volume
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1990-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.075

About Pump Up the Volume

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.

Pump Up the Volume (1990) is a music film directed by Allan Moyle. At 102 minutes long, it arrived in August 1990.

The film is filed under cult, hero, pirate, and chaos.

Christian Slater stars as Mark Hunter, Samantha Mathis as Nora Diniro, Annie Ross as Loretta Creswood, and Scott Paulin as Brian Hunter. The screenplay is by Allan Moyle. It was produced by New Line Cinema and SC Entertainment.

Radio Rebel, Star Wars, and Superbad make useful companions to Pump Up the Volume, all filed under DJ, high school, and principal. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 428 votes and it carries a R rating.