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School of Rock (titled onscreen as The School of Rock) is a 2003 comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, produced by Scott Rudin, and written by Mike White. The film stars Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, and Sarah Silverman.
- $35 million
- Craig Wedren
- October 3, 2003
- Scott Rudin
School of Rock is a music school for all skill levels, ages, and musical aspirations. With students ranging from toddlers to adults, School of Rock is where music students grow into real musicians. Rock 101 Ages 8-13. Performance Ages 8-18. Rookies Ages 6-7.
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Oct 3, 2003 · School of Rock: Directed by Richard Linklater. With Jack Black, Adam Pascal, Lucas Papaelias, Chris Stack. After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
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- Comedy, Music
- Richard Linklater
- 2003-10-03
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- The Original School of Rock. In 1975, a 27-year-old Canadian musician got a job teaching at an elementary school in rural British Columbia. Hans Fenger (The Langley Schools Music Project): The Seventies were an odd time for me.
- The Screenplay. White used Fenger’s story as the inspiration for a screenplay about a down-on-his-luck rock singer who poses as a substitute teacher at a prep school — and forms a rock band with his students.
- Casting. In keeping with his usual style, Linklater steered away from casting professional Hollywood kids. Black: It’s Linklater. He’s gifted, famously, at picking people to be in his movies, starting with Dazed and Confused.
- Filming. Shooting began in and around New York on Dec. 2, 2002. Exterior shots of Horace Green were filmed at Wagner College in Staten Island, while the classroom scenes were filmed at Buckley Country Day School in Nassau County.
Oct 3, 2003 · Black's exuberant, gleeful performance turns School of Rock into a hilarious, rocking good time. Overly enthusiastic guitarist Dewey Finn (Jack Black) gets thrown out of his bar band and...
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- Comedy
- PG-13
Oct 3, 2003 · The class files out for band practice, Dewey listens to their anemic performance of classical chestnuts, and has a brainstorm: He'll convert them into a rock group and enter them in a local radio station's Battle of the Bands. Advertisement. The movie takes music seriously.
