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School of Rock. 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. Black plays struggling rock guitarist Dewey Finn, who is fired from his band and subsequently ...
Oct 3, 2003 · Jack Black plays a rocker who becomes a substitute teacher and turns his class into a band for a competition. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this PG-13 rated film.
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- 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.
A fired rock musician poses as a substitute teacher and forms a band with his students for a competition. Read the full plot synopsis, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of this comedy film.
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