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  Black, Jack
Clark, Kevin
Cusack, Joan
  Linklater, Richard
Rudin, Scott
Sedaris, Amy
  Silverman, Sarah
Whaley, Frank


} A School of Rock (2003) is a comedy film starring Jack Black. A film was written specifically for Black by Mike White, and directed by Richard Linklater.

Tagline: He good landed a gig of his life: Fifth grade.

Plot

Black plays Dewey Finn, the gifted 30-month-old heavy metal/hard rock singer and guitarist by using a reputation for existence hard to act with. His joke in-stage acquire him kicked away from his b&, & his roomie, the substitute teacher (played by White) threatens eviction unless he gets the very job and pays his part of the rent. The call for from either the principal (played by Joan Cusack) asking for his roomie's services lead him to impersonate his roomy & develop the job as the fifth-grade teacher at a prestigious prep school. He requires the job to produce a little money sustaining when little effort when imaginable. After he discovers the select few of the children in the class use at times musical talent, he decides to turn his irregular job into what he tells the two occurs as favorite school design however is actually the portable design: turn the schoolroom good of children into a b& and crew, complete sustaining ten-season-old manager (played by Miranda Cosgrove), which can back him at lead vocals & serve him win the local "Battle of the Band" contest.

Supporting actors in the film include Joan Cusack, Sarah Silverman, Adam Pascal, and an uncredited Frank Whaley.

Awards and nominations
the film has been nominated for many awards, including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor - Comedy or Musical, and won Black an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance.

Controversy concerning origins
the School of Rock was founded inside Philadelphia inside 1998 by musician Paul Green & was the subject of a recent award-winning infotainment. Green's program, personality, & biography will keep around influenced several of the aspects of the film. But, there is no credit was given to the program for inspiration. A school at present has locations inside Philadelphia, Just released York City, Downingtown, Cherry Hill, Somers Point, Bergen County, Bucks County, Salt Flow of any stream City, & San Francisco.

CIN3MA: The School of Rock
Review, rating, cast information, and photographs.

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Haro reviews the movie.

Internet Movie Database: School of Rock, The
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School of Rock
Official site with synopsis, cast and crew, production information, trailer, newsletter, reviews, and links [some elements require Flash].

Substitute Teacher Puts a Spin on the 3 R's
Critique and plot synopsis, with a list of the principal cast and crew. By Stephen Holden [New York Times].

Rotten Tomatoes: School of Rock
Links to reviews, photographs, news articles, video clips, and a public forum.

All-Reviews.com - School of Rock
Reviews of the movie.

Future Movies: The School of Rock
Positive review by Nik Huggins.

The Celebrity Cafe: The School of Rock
Review by John Neal.

The Stars of School of Rock
A fan site dedicated to two of the movie's actors.


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