Rock 'n' Roll
High School
PG
Roger Corman and Alan Arkush decided
not to do a disco fable and went to rock n roll. Good choice. This hip late
70's flight pretty much defined the American rock musical cult movie. A sort of
farce on A Hard Day's Night and several other documentary themes, the flick
stars Halloween starlet PJ. Soles and a slew of bubbly teenagers, and Mary
Wornov as a devilish rock hating principal, and a cadre of misfit dudes, and
the Ramones, a rock group noted for staring Americanized punk. The quirky plot
concerns a rock concert where the students attempt to skip school to attend,
while the evil headmaster plots to literally burn their dreamy records, but
thee students have their day in a way that could not be filmed today. The DVD
features interesting interviews and commentaries (Corman collection) and
insights into the cast, including a curious one with the surviving Ramone lead.
A cult classic that inspired such teens against adults comedies as Fast Times,
Porky's, and defined the rock cult musical genre as much as This is Spinal Tap. Review by Adam Browne
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