The movie culminates in the musical playoff, where, instead of playing Dewey's "Legend of the Rent" they play "School of Rock", a song written by young band member Zack Mooneyham, the lead guitarist. Considering himself a failure, he falls into depression, only recovering when the students, on their way to the contest via school bus, plead with him to join them for the Battle of the Bands to which he does. His true identity is revealed and he is fired from the school after being mistaken for a pervert by the parents. Dewey succeeds in convincing them that he is a competent teacher, but Ned appears and confronts Dewey (due almost entirely to his girlfriend's persuasion). During the parent-teacher night later on, Dewey meets the students' parents, who initially seem very suspicious of his ability to teach their children. However, later that day, Dewey is exposed when Ned receives a pay check from Horace Green in the mail, claiming he never worked there. The two develop a close friendship after this. Dewey attempts to revive any old love for rock he finds in her, having found out that she likes Stevie Nicks and playing her song "Edge of Seventeen" on a jukebox. Mullins decides to attend one of his class's lessons to check on their progress, forcing him to actually teach the official course material. With Summer's help, Dewey persuades the Battle's managers by lying that the students are all terminally ill with "stick-it-to-da-man-niosis", a fictional rare blood disease, and out of compassion, they let the students perform in the Battle of the Bands.īack at Horace Green, Dewey narrowly escapes detection when Ms. While in the theatre despite for showing up too late, after being told that Dewey is not what the crew was expecting, Dewey angrily berates the manager and tells him off that the kids have worked together to play a song for them and acts mean, but gets in trouble when the manager orders Sheila to call security. They are turned back because they show up too late after Dewey has a discussion with Tomika who lies that she feels sick and Freddy who unknowingly leaves with another band to their van without permission which causes Dewey tell the band off and is disappointed with Freddy that he had him worried sick. Meanwhile, the class audition for the Battle of the Bands, which Dewey told them was their "school project". In addition, during a montage, the drummer, Freddy, is seen watching footage of the famous drum battle between Buddy Rich and Ed Shaughnessy. Six rock stars are featured with classic footage in the movie: Jimi Hendrix, Iggy Pop, Pete Townsend, Angus Young, Keith Moon and Kurt Cobain, and bands such as the Ramones and Alice in Chains. He decides to turn his temporary job into what he tells them is a special class project, but is actually a personal one: to turn a classroom full of kids into a rock band and crew, complete with a 10-year-old manager, a girl named Summer (Miranda Cosgrove), which will serve as a vehicle to stardom, ultimately to win the upcoming Battle of the Bands, where he is out to avenge his eviction from his old band and win the $20,000 prize.Īfter realizing that most of the kids are interested primarily in pop and contemporary music, Dewey turns the school days into lessons of rock history and music playing, exposing his students to those artists he regards as rock legends. However, when he overhears his pupils playing in music class he realizes that some of the children in the class have musical talent. Desperate for income to avoid getting evicted, Dewey impersonates Ned and takes the job as a substitute teacher for the fifth-grade class.ĭewey is unsure how to carry out his role as a teacher, and instead simply gives his students constant free time. Dewey feels forced to give up his passion until he receives a phone call intended for Ned from Rosalie Mullins (Joan Cusack), principal of Horace Green, a prestigious prep school, asking Ned to fill in for a teacher who would be out for weeks. His submissive roommate and lifelong friend Ned Schneebly (Mike White), a substitute teacher, threatens Dewey with eviction under heavy pressure from his girlfriend Patty Di Marco (Sarah Silverman) unless Dewey "gets a real job" and pays off his increasing rent debt. Dewey Finn (Jack Black), a hard rock singer and guitarist, is unanimously voted out of his band No Vacancy by the rest of the members for his arrogance and frequent hyperactive stage antics.
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