Pump Up the Volume
TALK HARD. STEAL THE AIR.
" When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.
- Director
- Allan Moyle
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $12M
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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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- Worldwide gross
- $12M
- Release date
- Aug 22, 1990
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
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