Pump Up the Volume

Name: Pump Up the Volume
Director: Allan Moyle
Genre: Music, Drama
Released: 1990
Duration: 102 min

1h 42m · 1990 · Directed by Allan Moyle · 3.7 / 5 on Letterboxd

Pump Up the Volume (1990) runs 1h 42m, directed by Allan Moyle. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

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.

Genres: Music, Drama

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