Continuity mistake: When the teachers play the confiscated tapes of Harry, it's Christian Slater's voice, not the disguised voice you hear on the students' radios.
Pump up the Volume (1990)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Allan Moyle
Starring: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross, Anthony Lucero, Andy Romano, Cheryl Pollak, Keith Stuart Thayer
The FCC comes to town. Hard Harry holds one final broadcast, taking his transmitter mobile so it is harder to trace. The FCC catches Harry at the high school where he tells a group of listening students to start their own stations. He is arrested. As the movie ends we hear others, including teachers, who have started their own pirate radio stations.
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Trivia: Every time Harry plays a recording of "Everybody Knows" to start his show, he uses a different format. First it's a reel-to-reel tape, then a vinyl record, then a cassette tape.
Question: How come Mark's parents couldn't hear him while he was broadcasting as Hard Harry in their basement? Wouldn't they hear their son talking?
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Answer: The first time I watched the movie, I kept thinking that Mark's parents were going to hear him and catch "Harry" in the act. When the girl was with Mark, Mark's parents pounded on the outside door; when Mark opened the door, his parents said they thought they heard him talking to someone. So, from outside the garage door, someone might be able to hear muffled voices but not the actual words. Why his parents cannot hear him in the basement when they are indoors lies in the props/scenery plus some inference. The numerous objects in the room (tapes, CDs, albums, guitar, drums, bongo drums, recording instruments, amps, etc.) indicate that Mark is into music - loud music - and electronics. He apparently was given garage/utility storage space to turn into essentially a studio for himself and a place to play his drums and music without disturbing his parents. The space has been sound-proofed - thick concrete walls, insulation, and cloth wall hangings to deaden the sound.
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