Pump up the Volume (1990)
Director
Allan Moyle
Main cast
Christian Slater; Annie Ross; Scott Paulin; Mimi Kennedy; Andy Romano
Genres
Music, Drama
Description
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.
Allan Moyle
Main cast
Christian Slater; Annie Ross; Scott Paulin; Mimi Kennedy; Andy Romano
Genres
Music, Drama
Description
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.
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