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Pump Up the Volume (1990) -- Mark (Christian Slater) runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.

Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   11,330 votes
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Director:
Allan Moyle
Writer (WGA):
Allan Moyle (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 August 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Music more
Tagline:
The Voice of a Generation. more
Plot:
Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
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User Comments:
one of the best teen movies of the 90's! more (105 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Plein volume (Canada: French title)
Y a-t-il une vie après le lycée? (Canada: French title)
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Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
102 min
Country:
Canada | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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 more
Company:
New Line Cinema more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Lala Sloatman (Janie) and Ahmet Zappa (Jamie) are real life cousins, but played girlfriend/boyfriend in the movie. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: At the beginning of the movie, Hard Harry plays Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" from a record with a Motown label, but all of Cohen's studio albums to date have been released by Columbia. Also, though he is shown playing the first track on the record, "Everybody Knows" is actually the third track on the album 'I'm Your Man' on which the song originally appears. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Mark: Do you ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely fucked up?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Prom (#3.20)" (1999) more
Soundtrack:
If It Be Your Will more

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15 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
one of the best teen movies of the 90's!, 16 July 1999
9/10
Author: steve layne

pump up the volume is one of the best teen movies of the 90's! it's smart,and very thought-provoking. this is the second most thought-provoking teen movie of all time. second only to the breakfast club. pump up the volume is in the top 3 of the best teen movies of the 90's! it's also very entertaining,and sometimes funny. but a lot of the movie is serious. slater has never been better.

it's a very good movie. i give pump up the volume ***1/2

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