Pump Up the Volume
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Pump Up the Volume (1990) is a dramedy written and directed by Allan Moyle, starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis.
Filming locations included the Saugus High School and other locations around Saugus, California, USA.
The film was scoffed at by many pirate radio operators and enthusiasts, however, for inaccurate portrayal of FCC enforcement, such as scenes of FCC agents holding a press conference to announce their arrival and patrolling in brightly marked yellow vans.
Pump Up the Volume is about a high school student, Mark Hunter (Slater), who starts a pirate radio station which broadcasts from his bedroom in the basement of his parent's house. Mark is a loner who's only outlet for his teenage angst and aggresions is his radio station. When he speaks his mind about what is going on at his school and in the community, more and more of his fellow students tune in to hear his show. Nobody knows the true identity of 'Hard Harry or 'Happy Harry Hard On', as Mark refers to himself, until Nora (Mathis) tracks him down. Eventually, the radio show causes so much trouble in the community that the FCC is called in to investigate.
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Cast
- Christian Slater .... Mark Hunter
- Samantha Mathis .... Nora Diniro
- Mimi Kennedy .... Marla Hunter
- Scott Paulin .... Brian Hunter
- Cheryl Pollak .... Paige Woodward
- Annie Ross .... Loretta Creswood
- Ahmet Zappa .... Jamie
- Seth Green .... Joey
- Robert Schenkkan .... David Deaver
Awards
The movie won the Golden Space Needle Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the Deauville Film Festival.
Soundtrack
Music for the film was performed by Concrete Blonde (performing "Everybody Knows" and "If It Be Your Will" by Leonard Cohen), Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, The Pixies, Ivan Neville, and The Beastie Boys, among others.
External links
- Pump Up the Volume (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100436/) at the Internet Movie Database
