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Rock 'n' Roll High School is a 1979 musical comedy film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush, and starring P. J. Soles,Vince Van Patten, and Clint Howard.[2] The film featured the punk rock group The Ramones.

Set in 1980, Vince Lombardi High School keeps losing principals to nervous breakdowns because of the students' love of rock 'n' roll and their disregard for education. Their leader, Riff Randell (P. J. Soles), is the biggest Ramones fan at Vince Lombardi High School. 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 the band, "Rock 'n' Roll High School".

When Principal Togar (Mary Woronov) takes her ticket away, Riff and her best friend Kate Rambeau (Dey Young) have to find another way to meet their heroes—by winning a radio contest. When Miss Togar and a group of parents attempt to burn a pile of rock records, the students take over the high school, joined by the Ramones, who are made honorary students. When the police are summoned and demand that the students evacuate the building, they do so, which leads to a quite literal explosive finale.

Cast[edit]

• P. J. Soles: Riff Randell
• Ramones: Themselves
• Vince Van Patten: Tom Roberts
• Clint Howard: Eaglebauer
• Dey Young: Kate Rambeau
• Mary Woronov: Miss Evelyn Togar
• Paul Bartel: Mr. McGree
• Dick Miller: Police Chief
• Don Steele: Screamin' Steve Stevens
• Lynn Farrell: Angel Dust
• Grady Sutton: School Board President

Production[edit]

Roger Corman, Executive Producer of the film, was looking to produce a modern teen film similar to the ones he made in his early career during the 1960s, with the focus on current music of the time. The initial title Disco High was selected for a story idea from Allan Arkush and Joe Dante. A script was developed by Richard Whitley, Russ Dvonch, and Joseph McBride. During this time, the film went through several different title changes including Heavy Metal Kids and Girl's Gym. Arkush directed the majority of the film, but Dante also helped when Arkush was suffering from exhaustion.[3]

Corman had originally intended to center the film around the band Cheap Trick, but due to a conflict of schedules, he was forced to find an alternative band. The Ramones were suggested by Paul Bartel, one of the actors in the film.

The genesis for the plot was a favorite story told to the film's original writer by his father, Raymond E. McBride of the Milwaukee Journal, who staged a walkout from his Superior (Wis.) Central High school in the 1920s.[4]

The film was shot on the campus of the defunct Mount Carmel High School in South Central Los Angeles, that had been closed in 1976. The actual demolition of the school was used in the end of the film. Another location was at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California. The American football uniforms and cheerleading outfits were those from MCHS.[citation needed]

Release[edit]

The film was originally released to theaters on August 24, 1979.

Home media[edit]

Rock 'n' Roll High School was released to the home video market on VHS tape in 1996 by New Horizons Home Video (OCLC 36127344). One year later, in 1997, it was released on DVD by Lumivision.[3] A second DVD release occurred in 1999 from Slingshot.[3] Shortly after Joey Ramone's death in 2001, a third DVD release came out from New Concorde.[3] The movie was released on DVD again in 2005 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment (ISBN 9780788863424 OCLC 62756806). DVDs were released in the PAL format by Umbrella Entertainment in 2003 (OCLC 223658430) and again in 2007 (OCLC 368008921).

The film is a part of Shout! Factory's Roger Corman Cult Classics series, reissued on DVD in May 2010.[5] Shout! Factory released the film with exclusive content on Blu-ray on May 11, 2010.