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The School of Rock
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey must risk everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.
2003 · Directed by Richard Linklater · 110 min · Comedy · Family · Music · 18 frames
Tagline
He just landed the gig of his life: 5th grade.
Crew
- Screenplay: Mike White
- Cinematography: Rogier Stoffers
- Edited by: Sandra Adair
- Music: Craig Wedren
- Production design: Jeremy Conway
- Produced by: Scott Rudin
Cast
- Jack Black as Dewey Finn
- Joan Cusack as Rosalie Mullins
- Mike White as Ned Schneebly
- Sarah Silverman as Patty Di Marco
- Miranda Cosgrove as Summer Hathaway
- Joey Gaydos Jr. as Zack
- Kevin Alexander Clark as Freddy Jones
- Rivkah Reyes as Katie
- Robert Tsai as Lawrence
- Maryam Hassan as Tomika
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Munich Film Partners New Century & Company (MFP) SOR Productions
- Budget: $35,000,000
- Box office: $131,098,967
- Themes: rock 'n' roll, musician, private school, music competition, substitute teacher, elementary school, teacher, rock music, contest, rock band
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