School of Rock 2003

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 108 min

genre: comedy

theme: musical comedy

director: Richard Linklater

Score: 7 / 10

School of Rock is a 2003 musical comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, produced by Scott Rudin, and written by Mike White. The film stars Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, and Miranda Cosgrove. Black plays struggling rock guitarist Dewey Finn, who is kicked out of his band and subsequently disguises himself as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. After witnessing the musical talent of his students, Dewey forms a band of fifth-graders to attempt to win the upcoming Battle of the Bands and pay off his rent.

Plot

Rock band No Vacancy performs at a nightclub three weeks before auditioning for a Battle of the Bands competition. Guitarist Dewey Finn engages in on-stage antics, including a failed stage dive that abruptly ends the performance. The next morning, Dewey wakes up in the apartment he lives in with his friend, Ned Schneebly, and Ned's girlfriend, Patty Di Marco. They inform Dewey that he is overdue on his share of the rent, and that he must make up for it within one week or move out. When Dewey meets No Vacancy at a rehearsal session, he finds out that he has been replaced by another guitarist named Spider. Later, while attempting to sell some of his equipment for rent money, Dewey answers a phone call from Rosalie Mullins, the principal of the Horace Green prep school, inquiring for Ned about a short-term position as a substitute teacher. Desperate for his rent money, Dewey impersonates Ned and gets the position. On his first day at school, "Mr. S" (the name Dewey adopts when realizing he doesn’t know how to spell Schneebly) behaves erratically, much to the class' confusion.

Cast

More details

author	Mike White
contentLocation	New York
director	Richard Linklater
editor	Sandra Adair
genre	comedy
keywords	battle of the bands break hard work how to make up meet morning phone call pick up prep school principal reject rock band rock music school bus sing substitute teacher teach terminal illness think university-preparatory school
musicBy	Jack Black
producer	Scott Rudin
productionCompany	Scott Rudin Productions
publisher	Paramount Pictures
recordedAt	New Jersey New York City
theme	musical comedy