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Edition screened: New Concorde DVD, released 2001. English language with Gabba Gabba Hey. Runtime approximately 93 minutes.
Summary: Inappropriate handling of a mouse.
Details:
1) Mary Woronov handles a white mouse very roughly, 19:11-20:00, swinging it by the tail while she talks with her hands. There is a brief return to this, 23:03-23:14.
2) The mouse’s cage begins to shake violently at 24:05, simulating the vibrations of loud music, until the smoke-bang suggestion that the mouse has exploded at 24:20. Despite the popularity of referencing “exploding white mice,” there is no actual depiction of a mouse exploding, nor would such a visual effect fit in the intentionally silly and innocent Rock ’n’ Roll High School.
Rock ’n’ Roll High School is popularly quoted and noted for five reasons:
• the spurious exploding white mice.
• the entertaining presence of P.J. Soles, Mary Woronov, and Paul Bartel.
• the disconcerting presence of Clint Howard.
• performances by The Ramones.
• the only filmed performance of Marla Rosenfield, who steals every scene in which her minor character ‘Cheryl’ appears. Vidcap of Herself thanks to Aveleyman!
Bally Op-Pop-Pop backstage with The Ramones.