Vince lombardi high school continues to lose its school principals. Director allan arkush channels frank tashlin and the smartass spirit of mad magazine throughout the film, transforming his love letter to rock n roll and the eternal allure of being a teenager at war with parents into a liveaction cartoon filled with giddily surreal touches. Beyond the poseidon adventurerock n roll high schoolplayersbutch and sundance. Rock n roll high school is a 1979 musical comedy film produced by roger corman, directed by allan arkush, and featuring the ramones vince lombardi high school greets its latest principal, miss togar mary woronov, replacing yet another principal who went mad trying to keep the kids in line. Rock n roll high school trailer a group of rock musicloving students, with the help of the ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration. Vince lombardi high school keeps losing principals to nervous. Komedie muziek film geregisseerd door allan arkush.
About rock n roll high school written for the soundtrack to the 1979 film of the same name, rock n roll high school is a punk take on the classic teenrebellion song. Mar 15, 2019 a legendary cult film of the 1970s, rock n roll high school stars p. The new principal wants rigor and hard work, the kids, obviously, just wanna have fun. Stay connected to art, film, and more by signing up for our newsletter. Rock n roll highschool caly film hd polski dubbing hotel polska.
The ramones cultclassic movie was perfectly complemented by its soundtrack. The plot is not original at all, vince lombardi high school is outre and rock n roll. Ramones rock n roll high school lyrics genius lyrics. Rocknroll high school is arguably the freshest, fastest, funniest, most rock and roll teen movies ever. Joined by the ramones who are made honorary students, the youth revolt.
Rock n roll high school is a 1979 musical comedy film produced by roger corman, directed by allan arkush, and featuring the ramones. American genre film archive rock n roll high school. Also rock n roll high school delivers the laughs and is a good natured film and is one of the best teen comedy films of the 1970s. Nov 03, 2019 youre watching the official music video for ramones rock n roll high school from the album end of the century 1979. Aug 04, 1979 rock n roll high school at the eighth street playhouse has its charms.
One of the most popular music films ever made, rock n roll high school was brought to the screen by the legendary teen drivein and b. Rock n roll high school music from the original motion. Soles as riff randell, the biggest ramones fan at vince lombardi high school. Rock n roll high school is a 1979 american musical comedy film directed by allan arkush, produced by michael finnell, and starring p. Soles, screenwriter richard whitley, screenwriter russ dvonch, cinematographer dean cundey, editor larry bock, and more. She promises to set the school straight, and get the students focus back on education. Of course, there are ramones songs i want you around, come on lets go with the paley brothers, rock n roll high school, and a medley that featured blitzkrieg bop, teenage lobotomy, california sun, pinhead, and shes the one but the soundtrack also includes songs by nick lowe so it goes. A group of rockmusicloving students, with the help of the ramones, take over their school to combat its. A new principal, the rock n rollhating miss evelyn togar mary woronov, is brought in to end to the school s music craze. Rock n roll high scool rock n roll high school forever. Its a tricky path to walk given that many of these films are formulaic and cheesy enough to almost come across as parodies anyway.
Premiere of brand new 35mm print, courtesy jon davison and academy film archive. Rock n roll high school trailer a group of rockmusicloving students, with the help of the ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration. Rock n roll high school is one of the end of 70s music comedy pieces that sits proudly in its era driven period. Soles, vince van patten, clint howard, and dey young. For all its throwaway humour, this is basically just a pleasant reworking of the kids versus adults rocknroll movie format of the 50s, with paul bartel in the traditional role of the adult kook. Will your school be next a group of rockmusicloving students, with the help of the ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration. Beyond the poseidon adventure rock n roll high school playersbutch and sundance. Rock n roll high school wexner center for the arts. Dee dee ramone in rock n roll high school 1979 marla rosenfield in rock n. Rock n roll high school was shot at mount carmel high school in l.
Feb 09, 2017 rock n roll high school didnt get massive hype when it first premiered in a handful of cities in 1979. Soles, vincent van patten, clint howard, dey young. Director allan arkush channels frank tashlin and the smartass spirit of mad magazine throughout the film, transforming his love letter to rock n roll and the eternal allure of being a teenager at war with parents into a. Ramones rock n roll high school official music video youtube.
Clip from rock n roll high school 1979 with the ramones performing do you wanna dance. The students are more concerned with rock n roll than their education until the new principal, miss evelyn togar is hired. The unruly students of vince lombardi high are a principals worst nightmare. In this satire on 70s bmovie industry, a young ditsy pretty blond arrives in. Rock n roll high school is peerless in its indifference to providing a coherent vision of high school as a film that is predominantly set in a high school.
Producer roger corman is another survivor, still kicking and still. However, the film was seen by roger ebert and gene siskel, who gave it a glowing. Aside from the obviously great soundtrack, paul bartel and mary woronov were an incredibly pleasant surprise. Youre watching the official music video for ramones rock n roll high school from the album end of the century 1979. Rock n roll high school 40th anniversary edition steelbook. Seriously funny and it makes me wish i was born about 15 years earlier.
Rock n roll high school opened 40 years ago in new york city. A teacher talks about how he is going to educate his students about beethoven but someone stole his turntable. Ramones fanatic and delinquent riff randell battle it out with the strict new principle of vince lombardi high school, miss togar, with help from the ramones. The cast is a seventies bmovie fans dream, starring big names like pj soles, mary woronov, clint howard, vince van patten, dick miller, and. Rock n roll high school is a partial parody of the sort of film that homer simpson would have watched to prepare for a return to college to bring his qualifications up to legal scratch the episode in question is homer goes to college, in case youre wondering. Ramones and rock n roll high school were featured in the musical comedy film of the same name. Rock n roll high school was a classic b movie musical comedy featuring the tunes of the ramones. Vince lombardi high school greets its latest principal, miss togar mary woronov, replacing yet another principal who went mad trying to keep the kids in line. Its this quirkiness that would trickle over into the 80s as an influential template setting the stage for later films such as xanadu. Standing in her way is principal togar warhol star mary woronov, who runs vince lombardi high like a despotuntil the boys from forest hills lead a student body putsch, and rock the school down to its foundations. Shes dying to meet joey ramone to give him a song she wrote for the innovative punk rock band, but when principal togar warhol superstar mary woronov confiscates her ticket for the ramones upcoming show, randell leads a revolt to.
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