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School of Rock (2003)

The School of Rock (original title)
PG-13 | | Comedy, Music | 3 October 2003 (USA)
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After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary private school, only to try and turn it into a rock band.

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Down and out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar prodigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight. Written by Anonymous

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We shall teach Rock & Roll to the world! See more »

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Comedy | Music

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Rated PG-13 for some rude humor and drug references | See all certifications »

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School of Rock  »

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Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$19,622,714 (USA) (3 October 2003)

Gross:

$81,257,845 (USA) (27 February 2004)
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First film role and second role overall for Miranda Cosgrove. See more »

Goofs

Just prior to the band prayer, when the kids put their hands in the middle, in one shot Tomika is very quick to put her hand in the middle. In the close-up of the hands her hand is one of the last to be put in the middle. See more »

Quotes

Dewey Finn: Okay, whose got food in here?
[no one raises a hand]
Dewey Finn: You're not gonna get in trouble, I'm hungry.
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Crazy Credits

Near the end of the credits, the song includes the lyrics: The movie is over but we're still on screen Everybody's rocking And we came from Horace Green See more »

Connections

References George of the Jungle (1967) See more »

Soundtracks

It's A Long Way To The Top
by Bon Scott, Angus Young, & Malcolm Young
Performed by School Of Rock
Produced by George Drakoulias
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For Those about to Rock, We Salute this Movie
11 December 2005 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

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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