The School of Rock

He just landed the gig of his life: 5th grade.

Directed by Richard Linklater

Produced by Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions

A joyful, high-energy comedy about an irresponsible musician who transforms a group of strait-laced kids through rock music and finds redemption in genuine human connection.

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey must risk everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.