Plot Summary for
School of Rock, The (2003)

Down and out rock star Dewey Finn (Black) gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Yuki, a 9-year-old guitar prodigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight.

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Jack Black will play Dewey Finn, a depressed musician that was recently fired from his band. Because he is in debt, Dewey poses as his roommate, a substitute teacher, and gets a job teaching a 4th grade class. Hoping to win prize money offered by a local band contest, Dewey forms a rock band with the kids in the class. He must do this in secret so that the parents and school personnel know nothing of his plan.

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