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Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

93 min · High School Comedy Film, Musical, comedy film, musical comedy, musical film, teen film

Popularity4.5/5
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Directors

Allan Arkush, Joe Dante

Cast

P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Marky Ramone, Clint Howard, Dey Young, Rob Bottin

The story

Vince Lombardi High School keeps losing principals to nervous breakdowns because of the students' love of rock and roll and their disregard for education. The leader of the students, Riff Randell, is the biggest Ramones fan at the school and also the worst behavioral problem, with a disciplinary record that fills an entire filing cabinet. She waits in line for three days to get tickets to see the band, hoping to meet Joey Ramone, so she can give him a song she wrote for them, "Rock 'n' Roll High School".

Catalogue themes and tags

1970s, Autoritian Education, Concert, Fellow Student, Hausbesetzer, High School Komödie, Insurrection, Pedagogics, Play Truant, Schüler - Lehrer Konflikt, Strenger Lehrer, Suspension, Teaching, The Ramones, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, highschool, punkband, Punk rock, Indie, Absurdism, Musical comedy, Musical, Comedy

Genres

High School Comedy Film, Musical, comedy film, musical comedy, musical film, teen film

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