2010 VERSIONS: DVD AND BLU-RAY WITH BONUS FEATURES (2010):
Shout! Factory (USA) released in May 2005, new DVD version and first blu-ray version of the Rock And Roll High School. Some of Shout! Factory people are refugees from the Rhino Records label.
DVD (2010) and blu-ray (2010) has bonus material:
* Audio commentary by director Allan Arkush, producer Michael Finnell and screenwriter Richard Whitley.
* Audio commentary by director Allan Arkush, actress PJ Soles and actor Clint Howard.
* Audio commentary by screenwriters Richard Whitley and Russ Dvonch.
* Back to School: A Retrospective: The making of the movie with interviews with Allan Arkush, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Dey Young, Marky Ramone, Loren Lester and more.
* Staying After Class: A new interview with actresses PJ Soles and Dey Young, and with actor Vincent Van Patten.
* Interview with Roger Corman conducted by Leonard Maltin.
* New interview with director Allan Arkush, including a look at rare, behind-the-scenes-stills.
* Original theatrical trailer, radio ads etc.
* Audio outtakes at The Roxy: Original recordings of The Ramones during the shooting of the final scene.
2005 VERSION: DVD WITH BONUS FEATURES (2005):
New World Pictures released a newly repackaged version of the Rock And Roll High School DVD, with new cover and these newly added features etc. :
* Commentary by: Roger Corman and Dey Young.
* Commentary by: Director Allan Arkush, producer Michael Finnell and screenwriter Richard Whitley.
* Back to School: A Retrospective: The making of the movie with all-new interviews with Allan Arkush, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Dey Young, Marky Ramone, Loren Lester and more.
* Original theatrical trailer.
* Audio outtakes at The Roxy: Original recordings of The Ramones during the shooting of the final scene.
* Original radio ads.
SOME SPECIAL EVENTS
- On July 8th, 2005 there was special screening of Rock And Roll Highschool movie at Hollywood Forever, the Santa Monica Boulevard cemetery right on the heart of Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA. Check out review with many photos of it.
- Special screenings of Rock And Roll Highschool were also for example at Johnny Ramone memorial events at Hollywood Forever cemetary in 2009, 2010 etc. See and read story of event in 2010 and read here story of event in 2009. Also actresses etc. of movie has attended those Johnny Ramone memorial events.
STORY OF THE MOVIE:
(Photo scenes are by Christian, Germany)
This story centre to Lombardi Hish School. This school get a new principal
- Miss Togar - who is strict and old fashioned. Music in the lessons
is style:
Beethoven and etc. First song played in break of lessons is Sheena Is A
Punk Rocker and it makes students crazy, of course. Principal stops
this enjoyment and
tell about how this music's ruin. Secondary plot is captain's of
American Football Team's Tom, conquest attempts to girl's, but girl's
thought he's is a dork. Only who likes of him is Riff Randell's best
friend Kate.The Ramones is coming to the city and Riff is wanting to get first tickets and she's first on the line. She got tickets, but principal confiscate them. Ramones drive by open car and plays I Just Want To Have Something To Do. When Riff is dreaming about the Ramones and especially of Joey, by the same comes a song I Want You Around. On Ramones concert happen many things. Riff has done a song Rock And Roll Highschool and he want to give it to the Ramones. Audience is very different type of people: Teacher, old indian, 2 nuns and Rock'N'Roll mice (which born when Principal played Teenage Lobotomy to mice). Kate and Tom found other ones on concert. At last students are rebellion and they destroy school and Ramones play Rock And Roll Highschool etc. etc.
Main actors:
Riff Randell: PJ Soles
Kate Rambeau: Dey Young
Tom Roberts: Vincent Van Patten
Miss Togar (Principal): Mary Woronov
Eaglebauer: Clint Howard
