The world's least-employable heavy metal guitarist is entrusted with the minds of upstate New York's best and brightest in this fish-out-of-water comedy. Jack Black plays Dewey Finn, axe-bearer for a fitfully successful bar band determined to win a regional battle-of-the-bands competition. There's only one thing standing in their way: the self-indulgent solos and crowd-diving antics of their "embarrassing" lead guitarist. When his band votes him out in favor of a would-be rock god, Dewey has to make the rent somehow, and after intercepting a call for his substitute-teacher roomie Ned (Mike White), the pot-bellied slacker finds himself in front of a class of elite elementary school students. At a loss for a lesson plan, Dewey takes offense at the pre-teen prodigies' staid musical regimen and makes it his goal to preach them the gospel of the Who, Led Zeppelin, and AC/DC — with the ulterior motive of getting them to compete against his former band for a cash prize. But no matter how willing his pupils, Dewey runs up against the consternation of the school's stern headmistress Principal Mullins (Joan Cusack), the battle-of-the-bands' promoter (Frank Whaley), and not least, his identity-deprived roomie Ned. — Michael Hastings
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Jack Black | Dewey Finn |
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Adam Pascal | Theo |
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Lucas Papaelias | Neil |
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Chris Stack | Doug |
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Sarah Silverman | Patty Di Marco |
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Mike White | Ned Schneebly |
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Lucas Babin | Spider |
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Joan Cusack | Rosalie Mullins |
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Jordan-Claire Green | Michelle |
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Veronica Afflerbach | Eleni |
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Miranda Cosgrove | Summer Hathaway |
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Joey Gaydos Jr. | Zack |
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Robert Tsai | Lawrence |
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Angelo Massagli | Frankie |
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Kevin Alexander Clark | Freddy Jones |
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Maryam Hassan | Tomika |
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Caitlin Hale | Marta |
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Cole Hawkins | Leonard |
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Brian Falduto | Billy |
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James Hosey | Marco |
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Aleisha Allen | Alicia |
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Zachary Infante | Gordon |
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Becca Brown | Katie |
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Jaclyn Neidenthal | Emily |
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Suzzanne Douglas | Tomika's Mother |
| Director | Richard Linklater |
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| Writer | Mike White | |
| Producer | Scott Aversano, Steve Nicolaides, Scott Rudin | |
| Musician | Craig Wedren | |
| Photography | Rogier Stoffers | |
| Edition | Collector's Edition |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Paramount |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Dec 29, 2004 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Purchased | For $ 12.98 |
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| Index | 56 |
| Added Date | Dec 12, 2012 01:15:28 |
| Modified Date | Mar 26, 2019 21:51:17 |