Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Genre: Comedy / Music
Duration: 93 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Allan Arkush
Stars: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten and Clint Howard
IMDb score:
6,6 (12.328)
Releasedate: 20 April 1979
Rock 'n' Roll High School plot
"Will your school be NEXT?"
The students of Vince Lombardi High School are fed up with the dull principal of their school and decide to shake things up. They secretly organize a concert by the punk group The Ramones and hope that in this way they can convince the principal to modernize the school.
Actors and actresses
Riff Randell
Tom Roberts
Eaglebauer
Kate Rambeau
Miss Togar
Mr. McGree
Police Chief
Screamin' Steve Stevens
Coach Steroid
Fritz Gretel
Reviews & comments
Mescaline
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Nice *cult* film with characters that are very over the top and situations that are recognizable in films in this genre.
Still, the entertainment of Rock 'n' Roll High School can certainly be called good. The film flies by and is sometimes just a tad below the irritation level but fortunately does not go over that.
In the right *state of mind* this movie is quite fun to watch.
2.5*
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wendyvortex
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No, I had never seen it. I did have that single in 1979. But yeah, I took my friends to my birthday party to see Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.
Immediately after that I didn't have any friends anymore 
I was a fan of KISS and Ramones. KISS did succeed in 1979, but didn't last very long at the mainstream top, but still. Ramones tried it with Phil Spector and Roger Corman and didn't get any further than a top 10 hit in the Netherlands. The film is actually just a standard teenage high school film, low budget Grease, but absolutely completely in Ramones style. That Phil Spector record isn't that bad, this Roger Corman production isn't either.
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80&90’s Nostalgia
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- 684 messages
- 759 votes
Revisited on bluray from 101BlackLabel, a 4k scan of the original camera negatives.
Rock, Rebellion and Ramones!
Funny high school comedy musical where the intention was to make the band “The Ramones” more famous. We follow the rebellious Riff Randell (PJ Soles) who doesn't care about the curriculum and lives for rock'n roll. Most will recognize her from Carry '76 and Halloween '78. Also a number of familiar faces like Clint Howard who runs a black market here at school called Eaglebauer Enterprises with fake ID's, test answers and hall passes. I recognized him from later 80's movies. Very small role of Dick Miller as police chief.
Translated from Dutch · View originalPre- and sequels
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
1990
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