Released:
2003-10-03

Overview:
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 risks everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.

Director:
Richard Linklater

Runtime:
1h 50min

Genre:
Comedy, Music, Family

• Cast:
• 
  Jack Black
  as
  Dewey Finn
• 
  Joan Cusack
  as
  Rosalie Mullins
• 
  Mike White
  as
  Ned Schneebly
• 
  Sarah Silverman
  as
  Patty Di Marco
• 
  Miranda Cosgrove
  as
  Summer Hathaway