Shout! Factory has revealed the edition details for the Blu-ray edition of
Rock 'N' Roll High School, which will debut on May 11 and will thus be the first BD release of a title from the Roger Corman Library. The 1979 cult film takes place at "the wildest, most rockin' high school around." Its new principal tries to impose order – until the Ramones come in to save the day!
Director Allan Arkush, a self-described "unabashed rock 'n' roll fanatic," chose the Ramones to star as the film's musical heroes, as he felt they epitomized pure rock 'n' roll. As Arkush remembers, "We staged a live, marathon show at the Roxy Theatre that consisted of 22 hours of nonstop Ramones," and the tireless quartet also wrote two songs for the film: "I Want You Around" and "Rock 'N' Roll School." The Ramones were fans of Corman as well. Johnny Ramone said in an interview at the time, "When we found out Roger Corman was behind the picture, we said, sure, we'll do it because we knew he had a reputation and we knew he made good movies."
Special features include:
- Special Introduction And "Thank You" From Director Allan Arkush
- Audio commentaries:
- Allan Arkush, producer Mike Finnell and screenwriter Richard Whitley
- Roger Corman And Dey Young
- Allan Arkush, P.J. Soles And Clint Howard
- Back to School: A retrospective including all-new interviews with Allan Arkush, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Dey Young, Marky Ramone and More . . .
- Staying After Class: A roundtable interview with P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten and Dey Young
- Interview with Roger Corman conducted by Leonard Maltin
- New Interview with director Allan Arkush including a look at rare, behind-the-scenes stills from his personal collection
- Audio Outtakes from the Roxy – audio recording of The Ramones shooting
- The Final Scene
- Original radio ads and tv spots
- Original theatrical trailer
- Original theatrical trailer with commentary by writer/director/actor Eli Roth courtesy of Trailers from Hell.
- Additional Roger Corman trailers
- And more! (TBA)