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

Black plays Dewey Finn, a slacker and unsuccessful heavy metal/hard rock singer and guitarist. His antics on-stage get him kicked out of his band, and his roommate, a substitute teacher (played by White) threatens eviction unless he gets a real job and pays his share of the rent. A call from a principal (played by Joan Cusack) desperate for his roommate's services lead him to impersonate his roommate and get a job as a fifth-grade teacher at a prestigious prep school. He takes the job to make a little money with as little effort as possible. When he discovers some of the kids in the class have musical talent, he decides to turn his temporary job into what he tells them is a special school project but is actually a personal project: turn a classroom full of kids into a band and crew, complete with ten-year-old manager, which can back him at lead vocals and help him win a local "Battle of the Band" contest.

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

The film won Black an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance.

See also

• The soundtrack album

External links

• The School of Rock (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332379/) at the Internet Movie Database