TY - GEN AU - Linklater,Richard AU - Black, Jack. AU - Adam Pascal AU - Lucas Papaelias AU - Chris Stack AU - Sarah Silverman AU - Mike White AU - Lucas Babin AU - Joan Cusack AU - JordanClaire Green AU - Veronica Afflerbach AU - Miranda Cosgrove AU - Joey Gaydos Jr AU - Robert Tsai AU - Angelo Massagli AU - Kevin Alexander Clark TI - The School of Rock AV - DVD 004590 PY - 2003/// CY - USA PB - Paramount Pictures KW - Comedy KW - Music N1 - Take Notes. N2 - Down and out rock star Dewey Finn (Black) 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; After being fired from his own band, the guitar player Dewey Finn (Jack Black) needs to raise some money to pay for his rent and his bills. When his friend and school teacher Ned Schneebly (Mike White) is called to a temporary work in an expensive private school, Dewey pretends to be Ned and accepts the job. He finds talented young musicians in his class, and he decides to form a rock-and-roll band with the students and win a competition called "Battle of Bands" to raise the prize and be recognized in the show business UR - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332379 ER -