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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Audio Commentary, Music Video, Theatrical Trailers, English Subtitled
Jack Black stars as a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur. Kicked out of his band and desperate for work, he impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers. Joan Cusack portrays the principal of the private school where Black is prepping the kids for a Battle of the Bands.
"A exuberant, raucous and thoroughly endearing comedy." Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
"It's a bravura, all-stops-out, inexhaustibly inventive performance." David Ansen, Newsweek
"...hilarious and surprisingly sweet. " Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
Editor's Note
SCHOOL OF ROCK is a hilarious romp that parents will enjoy as much as their children. Jack Black stars as Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star who doesn't seem to be rocking much of anything these days. Kicked out of the band that he started and about to be kicked out of his apartment, Dewey pretends that he's his roommate Ned Schneebly (Mike White) in order to take a job as a substitute teacher. Arriving at an ultra conservative--and ultra expensive--prep school, Dewey manages to fool the uptight principal (Joan Cusack). Soon, he finds himself in a classroom with a bunch of fifth graders. Obviously, Dewey has no intentions of teaching these kids anything, but when he discovers that a handful of them are talented musicians, a light bulb goes off. Determined to enter the local battle of the bands and win $25,000, Dewey embarks on his greatest mission of all: Teaching these kids how to rock!Director Richard Linklater (DAZED AND CONFUSED, WAKING LIFE) delivers his most universally appealing film with SCHOOL OF ROCK. Written specifically for Black by screenwriter/actor White, this outrageously entertaining crowd-pleaser elevates Black to superstar status.
| Features | Subtitles: English | | Widescreen Presentation | | MTV's Diary of Jack Black | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround Sound, French Dolby Digital 5.1 | | Dewey Finn's History of Rock-Interactive Feature | | Original Theatrical Web Site Archive | | Theatrical Trailer | | Jack Black's Pitch To Led Zeppelin | | School Of Rock Music Video | | Kids' Video Diary: Toronto Film Festival Piece | | Commentary by Actor Jack Black and Director Richard Linklater | | Commentary by the Kids from School Of Rock | | Lessons Learned In School Of Rock |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | The School of Rock- DVD Review By: Sean O'Connell - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/28/2008 7:33 PM | |
A collaboration between indie auteur director Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, Dazed and Confused) and taboo-pushing screenwriter Mike White (The Good Girl) shouldn’t feel so mainstream. But that’s exactly how The School of Rock plays. Content with the art house cred and critical praise they’ve each acquired, Linklater and White hitch their wagons to leading man Jack Black in a bid for wider acceptance, though their blas overture receives a passing grade when it had the potential to move to the head of the class....read the full review |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 8/22/2006 |
| Running Time: 109 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2003 | | Catalog ID: 338514 | | UPC: 00097363385141 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...Witty and touching....Joan Cusack is pinpoint funny..." 10/03/2003 p.47-8Rolling Stone
"...Hail! Hail! Jack Black: He's the clown king of rock & roll....Enroll in his class and you won't stop laughing..." 10/30/2003 p.100 New York Times
"...A very funny for-kids-of-all-ages delight that should catapult Mr. Black straight to the top of the A-list of Hollywood funnymen..." 10/03/2003 p.E1 Los Angeles Times
"...ROCK takes a clever premise and Black's unflagging manic energy and comes up with a pleasing mainstream comedy..." 10/03/2003 p.C1 Variety
"...The whole show is basically Black's....He really can riff and shriek like every bedroom Led Zep fantasist dreams of doing..." 09/15/2003 p.21-32 Chicago Sun-Times
"Jack Black is a living, breathing, sweating advertisement for the transformative power of rock 'n' roll..." 10/03/2003 p.36 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 5 of 10
The presence of Black and Cusack in a story about music may evoke thoughts of High Fidelity,
Rolling Stone 8 of 10
This is pretty tame stuff for a wild man like Black, not to mention screenwriter Mike White (Chuc - Peter Travers
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
The other day I saw a family film named Good Boy! that was astonishingly stupid, and treated - Roger Ebert
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