I see that YouTube has a copy of Rock N Roll High School. If you haven't seen it here's your chance. I saw it in the theater when it came out in 1979 and have been a fan ever since. It's a musical comedy film produced by Roger Corman and directed by Allan Arkush. It started as a story idea by Allan Arkush and Joe Dante. The script was written by Richard Whitley, Russ Dvonch and Joseph McBride. It stars P. J. Soles, Dey Young, Vince Van Patten, Paul Bartelt, Mary Woronov, Clint Howard and The Ramones.
PJ plays Riff Randle and Dey plays her best pal Kate Rambeau. They're students at Vince Lombardi High School. Mary Woronov plays the evil and iron fisted principal Miss Evelyn Togar. Vince plays Tom Roberts, the cute boy that Kate has a crush on. Too bad for Kate, Tom's only got eyes for Riff who's not much interested in him, she's stuck on Joey Ramone. Riff waits three days in line to get good seats for her and her pals but but Miss Togar confiscates Riff's ticket for skipping school to do it. Never beaten Riff enters a contest and wins a second ticket. Later she leads the high school students in rock n roll revolt. They take over the school and the end of the movie is every student's fantasy. There's plenty of jokes, music and cute girls. It's a near perfect rock and roll high school musical comedy.
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