Pump up the Volume

[Kuky]

Hehe I just (well a few days ago) watched my Pump Up the Volume dvd. Damn, even 14 years after its release, that movie still kicks MAJOR ass!

If any of you are feeling down about school bureaucracy, watch this movie!

[kuju]

yah... that movie makes ME want to start acting Caraaaaaaazzzyyy!

that movie rocks. And Christian Slater is still HOT in it.

[Mav]

TALK HARD!

[ittakessome]

i cant figure out how it was that christian slater just faded away......? he was so cute. he was like a brad pitt/tom cruise kind of guy. why isnt he still around?!

[Onlykrc]

christian slater is hot. what's the movie about? 'cause i've never even heard of it.

[Kuky]

Originally posted by Onlykrc@Sep 28 2004, 11:40 PM
christian slater is hot. what's the movie about? 'cause i've never even heard of it.
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
In the suburban hinterlands of Arizona, pirate-radio DJ Hard Harry wages a one-man war against boredom from his bedroom transmitter by night. In between great Lenny Bruce-style stream-of-consciousness rants, Harry attacks the airwaves with the likes of the Descendents, Bad Brains, and Concrete Blonde, as well as occasionally kickin' it old school with some early hip-hop. By day, though, Hard Harry is Mark Hunter, a painfully shy new kid who's anonymous to the point of being invisible at Hubert Humphrey High School. Completely misunderstood by his '60s-era parents, Mark is desperate to keep his radio alter ego separate from his day-to-day persona, especially as his radio shows draw more attention from the authorities. Fellow misfit Nora (Samantha Mathis, in her first feature role) eventually discovers Hard Harry's true identity, much to Mark's chagrin, and the two of them become torchbearers against the stifling status quo of the town as they dodge the police, the school administration, and the FCC. There are familiar high school authority archetypes (the assistant principal with clip-on tie, lemon-yellow K-Mart short-sleeved dress shirt, military flattop, and bulky key ring) and a rather strained subplot of a corrupt school administration. Mainly, though, this is a rousing teen call-to-arms that showcases Slater's talents as he developed the cynical, sarcastic neo-Jack Nicholson delivery that would become his trademark. He's at his best during his radio monologues (making them truly seem ad-libbed), and his influences become clear as he checks out a copy of How to Talk Dirty and Influence People from the library. --Jerry Renshaw

[kuju]

it's a great movie.

Though I think Slater disappeared mostly because he got a little druggie. Kinda like Charlie Sheen (Hot Shots) and Robert Downy Jr. They COULD have had fabulous careers... but they're mostly over now.

[Mav]

he owned in Broken Arror with Travolta

or in Heathers which was strangely just weird yet compelling

lets not forget his older brother role in Wizard