|
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1979
Running Times: 93 mins
Format: Metrocolour/35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1 (negative ratio)/
1.85:1 (intended ratio)
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: New World Pictures
Executive Producer: Roger
Corman
Producer: Michael Finnell
Production Manager: Marc Radcliffe
Production Coordinator: Terry Hutner
SCRIPT
Script: Richard Whitley, Russ Dvonch, Joseph McBride
Story: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante
DIRECTION
Director: Allan Arkush, Joe
Dante (uncredited), Jerry Zucker (uncredited)
2nd Unit Directors: Jerry Zucker, Jon Davison
1st Assistant Director: Gerald T. Olson
2nd Assistant Director: Caren Singer
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Dean Cundey
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Clyde Bryan
Assistant Camera: Krishna Rao, Paul Elliott, Thomas Vanghele
Gaffer: Mark Davis
Electricians: Scott Buttfield, Steven Fierberg
Best Boy: Steve Mathis
Key Grip: Fred Roscolene
Grips: Chris Brightman, Steve Caldwell, Tim Doughton
Stills: Carin Abramson
Lab: MGM Laboratories Inc
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Larry Bock, Gail Werbin
Assistant Editors: Kent Beyda, Mark Helfrich
MUSIC
Soundtrack Coordinators: Jonathan Brett, Seymour Stein
Songs Performed By: Bent Fabric (Alleycat); Chuck Berry (School Days);
Brownsville Station (Smokin' in the Boys Room); Alice Cooper (School's
Out); Devo (Come Back Jonee); Eddie and The Hot Rods (Teenage Depression);
Fleetwood Mac (Albatross; Jigsaw Puzzle Blues); Nick Lowe (So It Goes);
Paul McCartney and Wings (Did We Meet Somewhere Before?); The MC5 (High
School); The Paley Brothers (C'mon Let's Go; You're The Best); Todd
Rundgren (A Dream Goes On Forever); The Velvet Underground (Rock 'n'
Roll); Brian Eno (Spirits Drifting; Alternative 3; M386; Energy Fools
The Magician); The Ramones (Blitzkrieg Bop; I Just Wanna Have Something
To Do; I Wanna Be Sedated; I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend; I Want You Around;
Pinhead; Questioningly; Rock 'n' Roll High School; She's The One; Sheena
Is A Punk Rocker; Teenage Lobotomy; California Sun; Do You Wanna Dance?)
Music Re-Mixer: Phil Spector
Music Re-Mix Engineer: Joel Soifer
Concert Sound Mixer: J.A. Markovitch
Musical Director For The Ramones: Ed Stasium
Music Consultant: Jane Alsobrook
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Michael C. Moore
Boom Operator: Rhonda Baer
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up/Hair: Gigi Williams
Costume Designer: Jack Buehler
Assistant Wardrobe: Linda Bass
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Frank DeMarco, Roger George
Giant Mouse Creator: Rob Bottin
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Marie Kordus
Assistant Art Director: Mark Toepfer
Set Decorator: Linda Pearl
OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Jeanne Rosenberg
Production Assistants: Bruce Frankel, Jennifer Radcliffe, Michael Silvers,
Richard Graddis
Choreographer: Siana Lee Hale
Driver: Chris Brightman
Extras Coordinators: Ernie Guderjahn, Susan Arnold
Set Medic: Bundy Chanock
LOCATIONS
Locations: Mayan Theater, Hill Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California,
USA; Mt Carmel High School, Los Angeles, California, USA; Roxy Theater,
Los Angeles, California, USA
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: Joe Dante
STUNTS
Stunts: Ann Chatterton, Debbie Evans, Jack Gill, John Hately, Kay Kimler
CAST
P.J. Soles (Riff Randell)
Vincent Van Patten (Tom Roberts)
Clint Howard (Eaglebauer)
Dey Young (Kate Rambeau)
Mary Woronov (Miss Togar)
Paul Bartel (Mr McGree)
Dick Miller (Police Chief)
Don Steele (Screamin' Steve Stevens)
Alix Elias (Coach Steroid)
Loren Lester (Fritz Hansel)
Daniel Davies (Fritz Gretel)
Lynn Farrell (Angel Dust)
Herbie Braha (manager)
Grady Sutton (school board president)
Chris Somma (Shawn)
Marla Rosenfield (Cheryl)
Barbara Ann Walters (cafeteria lady)
Terry Soda (Norma)
Joe Van Sickle (cop)
The Ramones (real names: Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone,
Marky Ramone) (themselves)
PLOT SUMMARY
The students of Vince Lombardi High School are so in love with rock
'n' roll that they're causing their principals to flee, their nerves
in tatters. They may have met their match in the shape of new principal
Evelyn Togar who leads the parents in a record burning ceremony and
clamps down on rock music at the school. But when the Ramones arrive,
things take a very strange turn...
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributors: New World
USA
Theatrical Distributors: New World Pictures (us) (USA) (theatrical)
Video Distributors: Warner Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Lumivision (LVD 9608)
DVD Distributors: Slingshot (DVD 9820); Lumivision (DVD 0797)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: S
UK
Rating: A; 15 (with cuts)
USA
Rating: PG
West Germany
Rating: 12
TIMELINE
1979
August
24: USA – theatrical release
1990
November
30: Finland – theatrical release
1997
April
Day Unknown: USA - laserdisc release (Lumivision (LVD 9608))
June
4: USA – DVD release (Lumivision (DVD 0797))
1999
June
29: USA - DVD release (Slingshot (DVD 9820))
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Disco High - working title
LINKS
SEQUEL
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1990)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
film dienst vol.56 no.12 (3 June 2003) p.34 (Germany)
review (by Stefan Volk)
Screen International 19 January 1980 p.18 (UK)
review
Video Business 20 February 1984 p.35 (UK)
review
BOOKS
Cult Movies: A Hundred Ways to Find the Reel Thing
by Danny Peary (London: Vermilion (1982))
credits, review
Cult Movies: The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird and the
Wonderful by Danny Peary (New York: Dell Publishing Company
(1981))
credits, review
KEYWORDS
giant animals, high schools, mice, punk rock, rock music, teenagers
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
|
