SCHOOL OF ROCK (2003)

 

Directed by: Richard Linklater

Screenplay by: Mike White

Produced by: Scott Rudin

Starring: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Miranda Cosgrove, Joey Gaydos Jr, Kevin Clark, Rivkah Reyes, Robert Tsai, Maryam Hassan, Aleisha Allen, Caitlin Hale, Brian Falduto, Z Infante, James Hosey, Angelo Massagli, Cole Hawkins, Jordan-Claire Green, Veronica Afflerbach, Adam Pascal, Lucas Babin, Lucas Papaelias, Frank Whaley

109 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some rude humor, some drug references)

PLOT:

After being kicked out of his rock band, guitarist slacker Dewey Finn faces a mountain of debts and depression. He shares an apartment with his best friend, Ned Schneebly, an old band member who is now a substitute teacher. Dewey accepts a job as a substitute teacher at a snobbish private elementary school where his attitude and hijinks have a powerful result on his students. He learns they are talented young musicians, and he decides to form a rock band with them to win the $10,000 prize money in a local band contest. Once Dewey wins a competition called "Battle of the Bands", the prize money would solve his financial problems and put him back in the rock music spotlight.

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