Bonus Episode: Rock 'n' Roll High School Interview with director Allan Arkush, editor Mark Helfrich, and author Stephen B. Armstrong

We continue #HAHAugust, our celebration of the comedies of New
World Pictures, with an interview about one of classic comedies
to emerge from Roger Corman's New World Pictures, 1979's ROCK 'N'
ROLL HIGH SCHOOL! Joining us to talk about the film is author
Stephen B. Armstrong, who just wrote a book on the subject called
I Want You Around: The Ramones and the Making of Rock 'n' Roll
High School, editor Mark Helfrich, who got his start on the movie
as a production assistant and assistant editor, and the movie's
director, Allan Arkush, who also spent years working at New World
editing trailers for the company.  If you are a fan of this
movie, you don't want to miss this episode! We discuss the many
iterations of the script, Arkush's journey with the Ramones, how
New World fought the movie internally, and much more! 

For more about Stephen, visit his website,
https://stephen-b-armstrong.com/, and buy his book wherever books
are sold! 

For the video about The Wiltern mentioned by Mark and Allan, head
here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti49ckZZNFI

And for the GET CRAZY video Allan mentions on the episode, go
here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMlpF76gRz0

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https://newworldpicturespodcast.com/