Pump Up The Volume

– Mark Hunter is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to suburban Arizona from New York...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 42 Minutes
Release Year:
1990
Pump Up The Volume
Pump Up the Volume (1990)

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].

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Release Date:

22 Aug 1990

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Pump Up the Volume

Pump Up the Volume
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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. When one of Harry's listeners commits suicide and Harry- inspired chaos breaks out at the school, the authorities are called in to put a stop to Harry's broadcasts.

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
Metacritic:
77%

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