In the nineties, director Allan Moyle accomplished the rare feat of making two movies that wound up being considered cult classics.
At the start of the decade, “Pump Up the Volume” starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis used pirate radio and a killer soundtrack to take down a corrupt high school.
In 1995, “Empire Records” took down big business by saving the local record store with a last-minute fundraiser put on by a motley crew of Gen X outcasts.
20 years after “Empire Records” was released to little fanfare, it has become something of a social phenomenon with legions of fans who celebrate Rex Manning day every year on April 8 (the film is set on the same day). Richard Linklater’s “Slacker” and Moyle’s “Pump Up the Volume” captured the malaise of the slacker generation on film, an era that culminated with Stephen Frears’ “High Fidelity” starring John Cusack in 2000.
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