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School of Rock

Richard Linklater. Good. Jack Black. Hee hee. A movie about Jack Black playing a fifth grade teacher in a movie directed by Richard Linklater? Awesome.

Official School of Rock site. See the trailer.

Our favorite Richard Linklater movie: Dazed & Confused.

Our favorite Jack Black movie: High Fidelity. (We do feel he's better as a character actor, versus a lead, but may School of Rock prove us wrong.

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  • Kevin Alexander Clark

    that girl alyssa is so ,right she is gonna be in school of rock 2 and none of u r so hhaaaa!

  • Erica Groh

    I love the movie! You guys did a great job! When I saw that movie, I begged my parents for an electric guitar. And I got one. I'm haveing fun with it and I take guitar lessons three times a week from three deffrent people. But I'm haveing trouble trying to find the lyrics so I could learn how to play it.

  • Erica Groh

    I love the movie! You guys did a great job! When I saw that movie, I begged my parents for an electric guitar. And I got one. I'm haveing fun with it and I take guitar lessons three times a week from three deffrent people. But I'm haveing trouble trying to find the lyrics so I could learn how to play it.

  • Erica Groh

    I love the movie! You guys did a great job! When I saw that movie, I begged my parents for an electric guitar. And I got one. I'm haveing fun with it and I take guitar lessons three times a week from three deffrent people. But I'm haveing trouble trying to find the lyrics so I could learn how to play it.

  • Erica Groh

    I love the movie! You guys did a great job! When I saw that movie, I begged my parents for an electric guitar. And I got one. I'm haveing fun with it and I take guitar lessons three times a week from three deffrent people. But I'm haveing trouble trying to find the lyrics so I could learn how to play it.

  • alyssa

    i love that movie i am going to be in that 2nd school of rock....cause jack black and kevin a. claerk is in it.......

  • KEVIN

    SCHOOL OF ROCK is fantastic,the kids are cool, jack black is funny....expecially tomikka(MARYAM HASSAN)WOW! her voice is fantastic...if anybody know her e-mail or any body who wants to make friend with me.send it at Frizz_982@yahoo.com.

    for the last time i hope there is SCHOOL OF ROCK 2

    SHOOL OF ROCK.....ROCK!!!!!

  • sigh

    Dazed and Confused was nowhere near as good as Slacker, which was a dozen times more original and interesting. And fucking High Fidelity is one of the most overrated pieces of shit ever.



    **sigh**

  • oliver

    ha, nice timing. flamingo and i should watch "school of rock" together, and then write competing essays praising/condemning mike white.

  • oliver

    a major (in my opinion) point omitted is the fact that "school of rock" was written by mike white, who also wrote "the good girl", "chuck and buck", "orange county", and a couple episodes of "freaks and geeks". he shoulda been namechecked along with linklater and JB. plus, he's a funny-ass actor.



    by the way, although i too am really looking forward to seeing this film, because of the aforementioned folks involved (as well as sarah f*cking silverman), a friend has seen it already, and though he too is a fan of all those involved, he absolutely panned the film and said JB's taken his schtick one flick too far. we shall see.

  • Flamingo

    someone, please stop anyone from making mike white's writing into movies! stoooooooooop!

  • slacker

    Yeah, but if School of Rock isn't anything like Waking Life (which I'm sure it won't be) we've got some major problems.

  • I am pumped for this movie. More importantly, one of the key scenes was filmed at the St. George Theater in Staten Island. It all went down when I was living there in the fall. In regards to the theater, it is currently shut down after a failed conversion into a dance hall. I have been in there a few times and it is breathtaking. If you are ever in a position to support it in some way I suggest you do.



    I also suggest you eat at Cargo, another filming location in St. George.

  • Randall Floyd

    If School of Rock is one-tenth as good as Dazed and Confuzed, then there isn't anything to worry about. Special bonus: people who saw it only in theaters never believe who played Wooderson.

  • philip

    My girlfriend and I really enjoyed School of Rock. One of our favorite movies is High Fidelity. Imagine Jack Black's music savvy character in High Fidelity (Barry) as a school teacher. Joan Cusack's character is pretty vanilla, but Sarah Silverman's overbearing girlfriend character will make you scream.

  • Jen

    Good to hear, Benjamin. I'm concerned that Jack Black is ho-ing himself out for cheap yucks. Then again, if someone were waving cash at me, there's little I wouldn't do.

  • I saw a work print of the film on Monday night and am thrilled to report that it's hillarious stem to stern, cute but not pandering, and even just a little bit moving. Most importantly, Linklater let's Black stretch out and do his thing, resulting in a major belly laughs. When it finally hits theaters, vote with your wallets for more of this sorta' thing by going to see it.

  • It's amazing how when Gothamist decides to share its opinion on matters of pop culture (fav film, song from the fall of '91, fav actor/actress with connected earlobes, etc.), I find myself waving my forefingers between my computer monitor and forehead and thinking to myself "we're like this."

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