Film 1990 102 min

Pump Up the Volume

Name: Pump Up the Volume
Director: Allan Moyle
Genre: Music, Drama
Released: 1990-08-22
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross, Scott Paulin, Mimi Kennedy

“TALK HARD. STEAL THE AIR.”

TMDB Rating ★ 7.1

Votes 414

Director Allan Moyle

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Music Drama

The Story

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.

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Pump Up the Volume

Cast & Characters

Christian Slater

Samantha Mathis

Annie Ross

Scott Paulin

Mimi Kennedy

Andy Romano

Keith Stuart Thayer

Cheryl Pollak

Jeff Chamberlain

Lala Sloatman

Holly Sampson

Seth Green

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