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Rock 'n' Roll High School

1979 · 93 min · Director: Allan Arkush ★ IMDb 6.6 · 12,427 ratings

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A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

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Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Smile 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
25%Excitement
20%Smile
  1. Humor35%
  2. Excitement25%
  3. Smile20%
  4. Love10%
  5. Inspiration10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Smile. Genres: Comedy, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Smile. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Excitement
  • Joy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Anticipation

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Joy

Humor
Excitement
Joy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorExcitementJoy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor52 %50 %30 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor54 %51 %31 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor54 %53 %24 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor53 %53 %21 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor53 %53 %29 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor53 %50 %31 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Anticipation55 %50 %27 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Humor59 %51 %31 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Excitement57 %45 %38 %33 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Humor53 %41 %30 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Humor53 %46 %29 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Humor59 %49 %44 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Anticipation65 %38 %59 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Excitement66 %28 %64 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Excitement66 %35 %59 %53 %
77.5 %≈ 72′Joy71 %48 %59 %60 %
82.5 %≈ 77′Excitement76 %57 %68 %57 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Excitement76 %59 %69 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 86′Anticipation74 %51 %64 %54 %
97.5 %≈ 91′Joy73 %48 %65 %62 %
Rags to riches

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

P. J. Soles

VV
Vincent Van Patten

CH
Clint Howard

Clint Howard

Eaglebauer

DY
Dey Young

DY
Dey Young

Kate Rambeau

Mary Woronov

PB
Paul Bartel

Paul Bartel

Mr. McGree

Dick Miller

DS
Don Steele

AE
Alix Elias

DD
Daniel Davies

LF
Lynn Farrell

Angel Dust

LL
Loren Lester

Fritz Hansel

HB
Herbie Braha

Manager

GS
Grady Sutton

School Board President

JR
Joey Ramone

Self

JR
Johnny Ramone

Self

DD
Dee Dee Ramone

Self

MR
Marky Ramone

Self

CS
Chris Somma

Shawn

MR
Marla Rosenfield

Cheryl

Details

Directed by
Allan Arkush
Written by
Joe Dante, Allan Arkush, Richard Whitley, Joseph McBride, Russ Dvonch
Type
Movies
Released
1979
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Comedy, Music
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 12,427 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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