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List Price: $9.98 Our Price: $9.98 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Full Screen • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 22 August, 1990 DVD Release : 21 December, 1999 |
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Pump up the Volume description In the suburban hinterlands of Arizona, pirate-radio DJ Hard Harry wages a one-man war against boredom from his bedroom transmitter by night. In between great Lenny Bruce-style stream-of-consciousness rants, Harry attacks the airwaves with the likes of the Descendents, Bad Brains, and Concrete Blonde, as well as occasionally kickin' it old school with some early hip-hop. By day, though, Hard Harry is Mark Hunter, a painfully shy new kid who's anonymous to the point of being invisible at Hubert Humphrey High School. Completely misunderstood by his '60s-era parents, Mark is desperate to keep his radio alter ego separate from his day-to-day persona, especially as his radio shows draw more attention from the authorities. Fellow misfit Nora (Samantha Mathis, in her first feature role) eventually discovers Hard Harry's true identity, much to Mark's chagrin, and the two of them become torchbearers against the stifling status quo of the town as they dodge the police, the school administration, and the FCC. There are familiar high school authority archetypes (the assistant principal with clip-on tie, lemon-yellow K-Mart short-sleeved dress shirt, military flattop, and bulky key ring) and a rather strained subplot of a corrupt school administration. Mainly, though, this is a rousing teen call-to-arms that showcases Slater's talents as he developed the cynical, sarcastic neo-Jack Nicholson delivery that would become his trademark. He's at his best during his radio monologues (making them truly seem ad-libbed), and his influences become clear as he checks out a copy of How to Talk Dirty and Influence People from the library. --Jerry Renshaw |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | one of my favorite films that I watch over and over and over again |
| ok, I will admit it. This is one of my favorite movies ever. We can all concur for the most part that Christian Slater just stinks in almost every film, but in this role, it was as if the script God's were looking down upon him and well they gave him his crown jewel. Arguably the best film Slater has been in, perhaps saving 'Interview With a Vampire', however I think even Billy Boyd would have been good in that role, so enough said. Anytime I need some uplifting strides, or I hear the call for inspiration in one form or another, I will throw Pump Up The Volume in, and even though it can be a bit over the top in some areas, there are moments of exceptional purity and realism in Slater's character, nevermind countless memorable quotes, to pronounce one of my favorites that opens the film if you will so let me: "You ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely ***** up. You know that feeling that the whole country is like one inch away from saying 'That's it, forget it.' I mean think about it. Everything is polluted. The environment, the government, the schools you name it. Speaking of schools, I was walking the hound halls the other day and I asked myself, "Is there life after high school?" Because I can't face tomorrow, let alone a whole year of this sh**. Yeah, you got it folks. It's me again with a little attitude for all you out here in Whitebread Land. All you nice people living in the middle of America the beautiful. Lets see, we're on er 92 FM tonight and it feels like a nice clean little band so far. No one else is using it. The price is right. Heh, heh. And yes folks you guessed it. Tonight I am as horny as a ten peckered owl, so stay tuned because this is Happy Harry Hardon reminding you to eat your cereal with a fork and do your homework in the dark." Crisp voice, surreal opening, haunting even. Slater is surely endearing in this role. I really can't see anyone doing this except him. There are so many younger folks I give this to and they simply consider it one of the best movies ever, and why not? It's fun, it's energetic, it's chuck full of inspiration to give every kid out there an idea to do whatever is in their heart, no matter what the odds are or the consequences if you believe in the idea enough. Not to mention a soundtrack that was one of the first tapes I played in my first car, over and over and over again. Leonard Cohen I mean honestly, just simply stunning. And the cameos, a plethora. Talk Hard. | |
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