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Pump Up the Volume (1990)

★ 7.0 · 400 ratings on TMDB

TALK HARD. STEAL THE AIR.

Pump Up the Volume poster★ 7.0

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.

DirectorAllan Moyle
CastAndy Romano, Annie Ross, Cheryl Pollak, Christian Slater, Jeff Chamberlain, Keith Stuart Thayer
GenresDrama, Music
The emergence reading

Pump Up the Volume keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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