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 (titled onscreen as The School of Rock) is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, produced by Scott Rudin, and written by Mike White. The film stars Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White and Sarah Silverman. Black plays struggling rock guitarist Dewey Finn, who is fired from his band and subsequently poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. After witnessing the musical talent of the students, Dewey forms a band of fourth-graders to attempt to win the upcoming Battle of the Bands and use his winnings to pay his rent.

Plot

Rock band No Vacancy performs at a nightclub three weeks before auditioning for the Battle of the Bands. Guitarist Dewey Finn creates on-stage antics, including a stage dive that abruptly ends the performance. The next morning, Dewey's roommate Ned Schneebly and Ned's domineering girlfriend, Patty Di Marco, inform Dewey he must either pay his overdue share of the rent or move out. When Dewey meets No Vacancy at a rehearsal session, he is informed that he has been fired from the band and replaced by another guitarist, Spider. Later, while trying to sell some of his equipment, 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 money, Dewey impersonates Ned and is hired. On his first day at the school, Dewey, who does not know how to spell "Schneebly", adopts the name "Mr. S" and spends the day behaving erratically, much to the students' confusion.

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More details

author	Mike White
contentLocation	New York
director	Richard Linklater
editor	Sandra Adair
genre	comedy
keywords	battle of the bands college-preparatory school domineer flee force hard work how to morning overbearing father phone call pick up prep school principal record deal reject rock band rock music school bus substitute teacher teach think true identity
musicBy	Jack Black
producer	Scott Rudin
productionCompany	Scott Rudin Productions
publisher	Paramount Pictures
recordedAt	New Jersey New York City
theme	musical comedy screwball comedy