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Genre	Military & War
Format	Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Contributor	Annie Ross, Jeff Chamberlain, Holly Sampson, Alexander Enberg, Scott Paulin, Ellen Greene, Lala Sloatman, Billy Morrissette, Jonathan Mazer, Annie Rusoff, Seth Green, Cheryl Pollak, Robert Gavin, Keith Stuart Thayer, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Andy Romano, Ahmet Zappa, Mimi Kennedy See more
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 42 minutes

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A shy teen turns on the high school crowd when he broadcasts outrageous nightly monologues on a pirate radio station. Starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis.

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In the suburban hinterlands of Arizona, pirate-radio DJ Hard Harry wages a one-man war against boredom from his bedroom transmitter by night. In between great Lenny Bruce-style stream-of-consciousness rants, Harry attacks the airwaves with the likes of the Descendents, Bad Brains, and Concrete Blonde, as well as occasionally kickin' it old school with some early hip-hop. By day, though, Hard Harry is Mark Hunter, a painfully shy new kid who's anonymous to the point of being invisible at Hubert Humphrey High School. Completely misunderstood by his '60s-era parents, Mark is desperate to keep his radio alter ego separate from his day-to-day persona, especially as his radio shows draw more attention from the authorities. Fellow misfit Nora (Samantha Mathis, in her first feature role) eventually discovers Hard Harry's true identity, much to Mark's chagrin, and the two of them become torchbearers against the stifling status quo of the town as they dodge the police, the school administration, and the FCC. There are familiar high school authority archetypes (the assistant principal with clip-on tie, lemon-yellow K-Mart short-sleeved dress shirt, military flattop, and bulky key ring) and a rather strained subplot of a corrupt school administration. Mainly, though, this is a rousing teen call-to-arms that showcases Slater's talents as he developed the cynical, sarcastic neo-Jack Nicholson delivery that would become his trademark. He's at his best during his radio monologues (making them truly seem ad-libbed), and his influences become clear as he checks out a copy of How to Talk Dirty and Influence People from the library. --Jerry Renshaw

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 3.2 ounces
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 42 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ December 21, 1999
Actors ‏ : ‎ Christian Slater, Ellen Greene, Samantha Mathis, Cheryl Pollak, Jeff Chamberlain
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (DTS ES)
Studio ‏ : ‎ New Line Home Video
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000031EG0
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Matty Ice Nickson

Impossible to find anywhere.

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2024

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Awesome cat & mouse film doesn't disappoint only thing 1 could wish for.....a sequel.

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Anthony Musella

Been looking for this for years.

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024

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Finally a part of my collection. Awesome flick that I highly recommend. 👍

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Christopher Ray Morse

One of the best cult movies

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2023

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I can't tell you how many times I've tried to find this on a streaming service to show friends and what not but it's such a good movie, breakfast club level, but it just never got the fame like BC did. It deserves so much recognition

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William Scott Clifford

Loud

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2023

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This movie was way to loud. They need to bring it down a level or two.

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JEFFS CUSTOMER

Knocks the cover off the Ball

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2023

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arrived as scheduled- this package did not get stolen ! wish I had beed able to stream it but happily would have paid double for the original VHS and player lol. Thanks so much Amazon Bezos !

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Good Film With a Solid Story

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2023

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This film holds up years later. Definitely gives you plenty to think about. Great cast. Good music. A very god addition to your film collection.

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Yvonne Larsen

Teen angst at its finest!

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2013

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Christian Slater plays a pirate radio dj, speaking to his fellow classmates via the air waves, preaching to what he believed to be a small audience about the wrong-doings of the administration at the new high school he attends after moving across the country into completely unfamiliar territory. He quickly learns that he has more followers than he anticipated, and that his messages were being heard, and then carried out! It's an intense ride into the minds of teens as they try to discover who they really are, and where they fit into society. The soundtrack adds a lot of zest to the film, featuring underground acts such as: Leonard Cohen, Bad Brains, Pixies, The Descendents, Sonic Youth, Cowboy Junkies, Was Not Was, Urban Dance Squad, Liquid Jesus, Concrete Blonde & The Beastie Boys! The message gets out, loud & clear, as the corruption of the school's principal is exposed, then minds start to change! You find yourself either reminiscing about your teens, or being one yourself, standing up & cheering for them as they struggle to find power within themselves! A definite MUST SEE, if you haven't already, and is nothing short of exceptional in the 80's movies genre! Not to mention, Christian Slater is hot! ;)

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Chris Garrison

Plucked from the 80's/90's transition and still revelant

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2021

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I knew this movie was good when I saw it back in the day, but what really sold me was my kids relating to it and loving it.

This soundtrack though!!! Soundgarden, Beastie Boys, Cowboy Junkies, Ice-T, Was (Not Was) are just a few to take in. The songs aren't forced in, they flow to enhance the movie.

The actual acting is decent, but you end up wanting to fight with the kids. It seriously sent me back to my senior year and wanting to rebel. This movie NEEDS a remake.

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Daniel Barker

Fantastic movie

Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2024

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Was so happy with this purchase. Great movie!

kristopher straughan

Welcome resist to Happy Harry!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2023

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Great film. One first seen in my youth and it’s great to see it’s been given the Blu-ray treatment. Transfer isn’t too bad either.

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E. M. Hobo

Nice to have my favorite movie ever on DVD

Reviewed in the Netherlands on March 30, 2020

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Talk Hard? Okay.

Conformity seems to be the norm and it remains that way. Mentions of being successful seem to be bought rather than earned. You’ve got to be the top dog as some people would say it, emphasis on dog. Well, I’m no dog and I’m no sheep. And what I see around me, people never really seem to get out of high school.

I can still see the same packs, blatant liars that got kicked out of high school claiming they did graduate, becoming lawyers, prosecutors, telling the people that, literal quote, “The people need to shut up, because we haven’t studied the law and therefore we don’t know the law.” As if we weren’t allowed to plead the maximum sentence in The Netherlands should be raised.

We now see people that attempted murder get away with a single day in prison and 240 hours of community service. That‘s what you get when the pack takes control.

Well, guess what… We, the people, came up with the law. It’s called a democracy and we lecture the judges, the prosecutors, and the lawyers on what the law is. That’s the way the law works. That’s the way the democracy works. With these bastards, it never ends.

So here I find myself once again, watching this movie, now no longer in high school, but a graduate to society. I never was one of the pack, never one with the pack. I’m me and that’s all I can be. That’s what I stand for. That’s what I quite literally have to fight for with the same people as always, the ones that got kicked out of high school also, attacking us, the people.

I’ve read some weird reviews about how the ending of this movie didn’t make sense, because the FCC doesn’t have jurisdiction. They don’t have to have it, when the authorities choose to make use of their services. They weren’t the ones trying to arrest Hard Harry. The way I see it, in terms of the law, due justice should take its course, but an arrest isn’t warranted, so they aren’t allowed to arrest Hard Harry. That’s just the way it is.

When I look around me, reading the newspapers, never reporting the actual consequences of people’s actions, but constantly disregarding the gravity of any situation, later on mending the reports as seen fit to accommodate what powers that be, police, law, government, see fit, changing the original words, neutralizing it ever so slightly, we face the subtle menace of Orwellian newspeak.

High school may be small-scale, but that’s where it begins and the pack remains the pack. The pack wants us to believe they are in charge, but we’re the majority, not the minority like they mean for us to believe. Now, all grown up, I have a bit more knowledge than before, but the manipulators still are the manipulators, the gang with their trademark cheap polos, all of the same color, sorry SNL, are still the gang… They didn’t get any help, so they never changed.

So, yeah, talk hard… We are the people and we will never die, because we stand with truth. Talk Hard. Don’t let anyone shut you up.

Fred

Super film

Reviewed in France on August 19, 2018

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J'avais vu ce film au cinéma quand il était sorti je l'ai revu avec plaisir il a pas pris une ride les acteurs sont géniaux Histoire et super passerai sûrement un bon moment

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Richard

Great Movie.

Reviewed in Canada on November 3, 2023

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One of my favourites, was looking for some time.

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