Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.
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Allan MoyleWriter:
Allan Moyle
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Mark is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to Arizona from the East Coast. His parents give him a short-wave radio so he can talk to his pals, but instead he sets up shop as pirate deejay Hard Harry, who becomes a hero to his peers while inspiring the wrath of the local high school principal. When one of Harry's listeners commits suicide and Harry- inspired chaos breaks out at the school, the authorities are called in to put a stop to Harry's broadcasts. Written by Denise P. Meyer <[email protected]>
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22 August 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$1,601,489, 26 August 1990, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$11,541,758Company Credits
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Mark: Do you ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely fucked up?
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Written by Robert Johnson
Performed by Cowboy Junkies
Published by Horoscope Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
Courtesy BMG Music International
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Christian Slater became physically ill several times during filming due to all the cigarette smoking he had to do. See more »Goofs
In the first few minutes of the movie the two punks in the pontiac on parked on the football field and then are parked by a big pipe line. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Mark: Do you ever get the feeling that everything in America is completely fucked up?
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Me And The Devil BluesWritten by Robert Johnson
Performed by Cowboy Junkies
Published by Horoscope Music Publishing Co. (BMI)
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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
out of ****