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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   57,296 votes
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Director:
Richard Linklater
Writer (WGA):
Mike White (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 October 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Music more
Tagline:
Take Notes. more
Plot:
A wannabe rock star in need of cash poses as a substitute teacher at a prep school, and tries to turn his class into a rock band. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 7 wins & 11 nominations more
User Comments:
For Those about to Rock, We Salute this Movie more (439 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
School of Rock (Germany) (UK) (DVD box title) (USA) (promotional title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some rude humor and drug references.
Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
All parents' cars are Volvos. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: While Dewey and the school band are practicing, Dewey's leg accidentally pulls the cord out of Zack's guitar, but the sound of the song they are playing is unchanged. more
Quotes:
Dewey Finn: Now, what makes you mad more than anything in the world?
[sees Billy who has his hand raised]
Dewey Finn: Billy?
Billy: You.
Dewey Finn: Billy, we've already told me off. Let's move on.
Billy: You're tacky and I hate you!
Dewey Finn: Okay, you see me after class!
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Movie Connections:
References "Computerman" (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Stay Free more

FAQ

Who is the hot guy from No Vacancy that hit on Joan Cusak?
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56 out of 69 people found the following comment useful.
For Those about to Rock, We Salute this Movie, 11 December 2005
10/10
Author: AngusYoungBinge from United States

What can I say? I'm a rockaholic. I eat, breath, and dream of classic rock and it's glory days. I listen to only rock radios, and every other morning I go on an AC/DC Binge. Rock is pure, and beautiful.

Unfortunately, it's not the only music out there.

Pop culture today sucks, putting it nicely. All that stuff out there is ruining the minds of people of today. For a little while it seems like rock disappeared, hiding underneath everything else, being disregarded by fans today.

Then 'School of Rock' came along.

Dewey Finn (played by Jack Black) is a bum who gets himself kicked out of his own band because of his unruly antics. To top this off, his substitute teacher roommate Ned and Ned's girlfriend Patti begin to nag Dewey for rent money. Dewey can't pay it off. After spending some time trying to sell his personal belongings, a phone call from a prestigious prep school looking for a substitute teacher catches Dewey's attention and he parades around as Ned, hoping to just walk in, let the kids do what they want, get some money, and be gone like nothing every happened.

Until he finds out that the class of fifth graders he has been assigned to teach are musically and vocally talented.

This sparks an idea off in Dewey's mind, thinking that he can turn his group of fifth graders into a rock group so that he can win 25,000 dollars in a contest called 'The Battle of the Bands'.

This is a wonderful, classic - rock fueled movie. Jack Black is hysterical as Dewey Finn. The children are all talented, particularly the ones on instruments and vocals.

If you want to love rock music, go watch this movie.

If not, then you'll have missed out on something great.

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