Pump Up the Volume

Pump Up the Volume

Mark Hunter is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to suburban Arizona from New York. Unbeknownst to his parents and peers, at 10pm each school night Mark takes to the shortwave radio in his basement and transforms into pirate DJ "Hard Harry". Mark's show, at once thoughtful and profane, becomes an underground hit with students at his high school, inspiring the wrath of his principal and the Federal Communications Commission [FCC].

Director: Allan Moyle

Genre: Music, Drama

Cast: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross, Scott Paulin, Mimi Kennedy, Andy Romano, Keith Stuart Thayer, Cheryl Pollak, Jeff Chamberlain, Lala Sloatman

  • Release date: 1990-08-22
  • Runtime: 102
  • Country: Canada, United States of America
IMDb
7.2
32,938 votes
TMDB
7.049
390 votes
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82%
MC
77
FA
6.4