Country: USA
Year: 1979
Duration: 93'
Some of the students at Vince Lombardi High School are interested in only one thing: rock ‘n’ roll. The teachers are well aware of this and they drop like flies, victims of constant nervous breakdowns. The new principal, domineering Miss Togar, seems ready to do whatever it takes to reinstate order. But she hasn’t taken into account Riff Randell, the school’s wildest and most rebellious student, who can count on exceptional allies: none other than the Ramones, who are ready to bring chaos to the classroom. [rm]
Biography
film director
Allan Arkush
Allan Arkush (Jersey City, NJ, USA, 1948) began working in film in the mid-1970s at Roger Corman’s factory, making trailers. He later directed cult films such as Hollywood Boulevard (1976); Deathsports (1978); Rock’n’Roll High School (1979); Heartbeeps (1981), nominated for an Oscar for Best Makeup; and Flippaut (1983). He later abandoned cinema almost completely, concentrating on television, where he directed and produced shows, primarily TV series. Some of the best-known series he has collaborated on are The Twilight Zone, Fame, L.A. Law, Dawson’s Creek, Ally McBeal, Snoops, Melrose Place and Heroes.
FILMOGRAFIA
Septuagenarian Substitute Ball (1970), Hollywood Boulevard (coregia/codirector Joe Dante, 1976), Deathsports (I gladiatori dell’anno 3000, coregia/codirector Henry Suso, 1978), Rock’n’Roll High School (1979), Heartbeeps (1981), Get Crazy (Flippaut, 1983), Caddyshack II (Due palle in buca, 1988).
Declaration
film director
“I was influenced by Animal House a lot, and that success gave me the freedom to be outrageous. But a lot of the outrageous stuff in Rock’n’Roll High School was stuff that happened to me personally in high school. Like the freshman being shoved in the locker. That happened to me all the time at Fort Lee High School, in New Jersey. I used to daydream that the Yardbirds or the Rolling Stones would come to my school and play a concert. I also daydreamed about motorcycle races up and down the halls. The boys’ room was also always full of smoke, but it was also full of danger.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Allan Arkush
soggetto/story
Allan Arkush, Joe Dante
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Richard Whitley, Russ Dvoch, Joseph McBride
fotografia/cinematography
Dean Cundey
montaggio/film editing
Larry Bock, Gail Werbin
costumi/costume design
Jack Buehler
suono/sound
Michael Moore
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
P.J. Soles (Riff Randell), Vincent Van Patten (Tom Roberts), Clint Howard (Eaglebauer), Dey Young (Kate Rambeau), Mary Woronov (Evelyn Togar), Paul Bartel (Mr McGree), The Ramones
produttore/producer
Michael Finnell
produzione/production
New World Pictures
Allan Arkush
soggetto/story
Allan Arkush, Joe Dante
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Richard Whitley, Russ Dvoch, Joseph McBride
fotografia/cinematography
Dean Cundey
montaggio/film editing
Larry Bock, Gail Werbin
costumi/costume design
Jack Buehler
suono/sound
Michael Moore
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
P.J. Soles (Riff Randell), Vincent Van Patten (Tom Roberts), Clint Howard (Eaglebauer), Dey Young (Kate Rambeau), Mary Woronov (Evelyn Togar), Paul Bartel (Mr McGree), The Ramones
produttore/producer
Michael Finnell
produzione/production
New World Pictures
