Pump up the Volume

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Summary:
Teenage angst finds a new voice in this drama. By day, Mark Hunter (Christian Slater) is a quiet, studious student at an ordinary suburban high school in Arizona. But at night, Mark creeps down into his basement, fires up his pirate radio transmitter, and broadcasts to the community as Hard Harry, a sexually obsessed social commentator who passes along angry philosophy about the s... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Christian Slater - (Mark Hunter)
Samantha Mathis - (Nora Diniro)
Ellen Greene - (Jan Emerson)
Scott Paulin - (Brian Hunter)
Cheryl Pollak - (Paige)
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Review:
Writer/director Allan Moyle updates the ideals of the 1960s and 1970s in this story of a would-be revolutionary (Christian Slater) who incites teen revolt with his basement pirate radio station. Slater's "Hard Harry" on-air persona is equal parts Lenny Bruce and Jack Kerouac, and the film's first half cruises by on his bawdy, inflam... Continue >>

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