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Rock 'N' Roll High School

New Concorde, Vivendi, Shout! Factory / Year: 1979

DVD More Info Region Code: 1 UPC: 826663118858 Catalog #: DV1160485 Languages: English Dolby Digital Mono (Primary)	Usually ships in 5-10 days	$17.99 (10% off) List Price: $19.99
Blu-ray More Info Region Code: 1 UPC: 826663118865 Catalog #: DB1160486 Languages: English Dolby Digital Mono (Primary)	Usually ships in 5-10 days	$23.99 (11% off) List Price: $26.99

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Synopsis

Vince Lombardi High School has quite a reputation: it's the wildest, most rockin' high school around! That is, until a thug of a principal, Miss Togar, comes along and tries to make the school a totalitarian state. With the help of The Ramones, the students of Vince Lombardi battle Miss Togar's iron-fisted rule and take their battle to a truly rockin’ conclusion!

3 Reasons To buy this film

One of the most popular cult rock films of all time!
A goofy and liberating salute to the rebel spirit behind the teen rock 'n' roll movies of the 1950s, which always pitted the kids against the adults' fear-based totalitarianism.
Soundtrack includes Ramones favorites such as "Blitzkrieg Bop", "Pinhead", and "Teenage Lobotomy".

Review

70s jail-bait beauty P.J. Soles is the blonde student who wants to have the straggly punk band The Ramones play at their high school dance. But uptight authorities will hear nothing of it. What to do? Invite them anyway, listen to wild music and see the students go berserk and burn the school down! Kids just wanna have fun. A late night treat. A Roger Corman production featuring great Ramones standards like "Pinhead," "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker," "Teenage Lobotomy," "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." Just thinking about the film brings on a nostalgic tear.

Product Format Information

DVD : $17.99

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Region Code: 1
UPC: 826663118858
Catalog #: DV1160485

Studio : New Concorde, Vivendi, Shout! Factory

Languages: English Dolby Digital Mono (Primary)
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen, 1.85
Features:
Special Introduction and “Thank You” from Director Allan Arkush
Audio commentary: New Audio Commentary with Director Allan Arkush, P.J. Soles, and Clint Howard
Interview(s): Staying After Class: A Roundtable Interview With P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten And Dey Young
Interview(s): Interview with Roger Corman conducted by Leonard Maltin
Outtakes: Audio recording of The Ramones live show at The Roxy.
Booklet: Essays and additional interviews.
Behind-the-scenes footage
Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
Original radio ads and TV spots.
Original theatrical trailer: With commentary by writer/director/actor Eli Roth

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Blu-ray : $23.99

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Region Code: 1
UPC: 826663118865
Catalog #: DB1160486

Studio : New Concorde, Vivendi, Shout! Factory

Languages: English Dolby Digital Mono (Primary)
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen, 1.85
Extras: Trailers
Features:
Special Introduction and “Thank You” from Director Allan Arkush
Audio commentary: New Audio Commentary with Director Allan Arkush, P.J. Soles, and Clint Howard
Interview(s): Staying After Class: A Roundtable Interview With P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten And Dey Young
Interview(s): Interview with Roger Corman conducted by Leonard Maltin
Outtakes: Original audio from The Ramones live show at The Roxy.
Booklet: Essays and additional interviews.
Original theatrical trailer: Commentary by writer/director/actor Eli Roth
Radio ads
Behind-the-scenes footage
Behind-the-scenes photo gallery

Keywords

Comedy, High School, Music, Musician, Rock, Teen Comedy, Teenager

Genres

Comedy, Cult Epic, Skin & Cult

Customer Reviews

HELP! goes to High School

TimBrough.com wrote on 05/03/2006:

I originally had this on VHS from some used video store collection around 1992; I was so scared it would break that I bought two copies. Thank heavens it's on DVD! "Rock And Roll High School" was a giddy over-the-top b-movie from the king of the b's, Roger Corman. I am sure it was patterned after the teen rebellion movies of the 50's and the anarchy of The Beatles' films, but probably with less of a budget than The Ramones spent on their albums.
It's that cheesy low budget quality permeates this movie and gives it charm. The jokes are often beyond silly (the exploding rat, for instance) and the acting just above cornball caricature. It makes me love it all the more. The soundtrack has all the standard when-teens-attack songs like "School's Out" and The Ramones' brilliant title song. Then for added musical pleasure measure, there's a never released Paul McCartney song and inclusions from Nick Lowe and Eddie & the Hot Rods.

There are so many classic moments here, from Dee Dee playing in the shower, Mr. McCree's (the late Paul Bartel) transformation to a punker in the hallways, the EEEE-Vul Miss Togar, the "office" of Eaglebauer, and of course, the wish fulfillment fantasy as The Ramones and the students do what every student who ever hated High School and loved Rock and Roll would want: take over Vince Lombardi High. (And let's not forget the fantastic Ramones concert sequence!) "Rock And Roll High School" may not be the best Rock driven movie of all time, but I'd probably call it my personal favorite. It's Gabba Gabba Groovy.