SCHOOL OF ROCK

搖滾教室-SCHOOL OF ROCK

Plot:
Black plays Dewey Finn, a talented yet excitable 29-year-old heavy metal/hard rock singer and guitarist with a reputation for being difficult to work with. His flamboyant on-stage antics, however, get him kicked out of his band, "No Vacancy." His roommate Ned, a substitute teacher (played by White), threatens eviction under heavy pressure from his overbearing girlfriend (played by Sarah Silverman) unless Dewey gets a real job and pays his rent debt of $2,200. Ned suggests selling one of his guitars instead, but Dewey is disdainful of this idea ("Would you tell Picasso to sell one of his guitars?"). A phone call from the principal (played by Joan Cusack) of a prestigious prep school asking for Ned's services leads Dewey to impersonate his roommate and get a job as a substitute for the fifth-grade class.

Dewey takes the job to make as much money with as little effort as possible, until he discovers that 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 one: turn a classroom full of kids into a band and crew, complete with a ten-year-old manager (played by Miranda Cosgrove) which will serve as a vehicle to stardom.

Dewey is the band's lead singer and rock teacher, exposing his students to such rock legends as Led Zeppelin (Dewey: "Don't tell me none of you have ever gotten the Led out."), The Doors, AC/DC, The Beatles, The Who, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Rush, and Yes. Five rock stars are featured with classic footage in the movie: Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Angus Young, Keith Moon and Kurt Cobain. In addition, during a montage, the drummer, Freddy, is seen watching footage of the famous drum battle between Buddy Rich and Ed Shaughnessy. The movie culminates in the class' final project: performance in a local battle of the bands, where, instead of playing Dewey's "In the End of Time" they play "School of Rock" written by young band member Zack Mooneyham. Unfortunately, the class loses to Dewey's old band. However, the class does not care about the loss because Dewey's "school of rock" gives them more self-esteem and an understanding that rock transcends traditional notions of success and failure (Freddy the drummer: "Rock isn't about getting an A. The Sex Pistols never won anything."). The band get an encore from the crowd and play "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" by AC/DC, with some of the lyrics altered. This scene fades to the credits, which play over the next scene. This last scene features Dewey and Ned's 'School of Rock', in the form of them teaching kids to play in their apartment. The footage featuring Dewey and the kids playing "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" in the apartment was almost entirely improvised