Pump Up the Volume - DVD

By day, Mark Hunter (Christian Slater) is a painfully shy new kid in a small Arizona town. But by night, he's Hard Harry, the cynical, uncensored DJ of a pirate radio station. Idolized by his high school classmates (who are unaware of his real identity), Harry becomes a hero with his fiercely funny monologues on sex, love, and rock and roll. But when he exposes the corrupt school principal, she calls in the FCC to shut Harry down. An outrageous rebel with a cause, Slater gives a brilliant performance as the reluctant hero who inspires his classmates to find their own voices of rebellion and individuality. A movie with a message, Pump Up the Volume is a raw and witty celebration of free speech that will make you laugh, make you cheer and make you think.

This DVD was recirded live at the Shaftebury Theatre in London in 1996. Extras include BBC documentary, audio commentary, trivia track, photo gallery, and bleeped audio track.

Hiram Jaffe (Elliott Gould) is a struggling author in New York who writes pornography and walks dogs for the rich in order to make ends meet. He and his wife Dolly (Paula Prentiss) decide to move to a new apartment, hoping it will lead him to finally write a successful fantasy novel. But things go from bad to worse, until Hiram begins to confuse his fantasy world with the real one. Will he ever become a successful author when it seems l