Search - School of Rock [Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Watch With Your Kids, Suitable for Teens Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 03/02/2004 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 49 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 55 Genres: Comedy, Musical Comedy See Also: School of Rock [Widescreen], The School of Rock [Widescreen] [Special Collector's Edition], The School of Rock [Widescreen] [Includes Digital Copy]

The world's least-employable heavy metal guitarist is entrusted with the minds of upstate New York's best and brightest in this fish-out-of-water comedy. Jack Black plays Dewey Finn, axe-bearer for a fitfully successful bar band determined to win a regional battle-of-the-bands competition. There's only one thing standing in their way: the self-indulgent solos and crowd-diving antics of their "embarrassing" lead guitarist. When his band votes him out in favor of a would-be rock god, Dewey has to make the rent somehow, and after intercepting a call for his substitute-teacher roomie Ned (Mike White), the pot-bellied slacker finds himself in front of a class of elite elementary school students. At a loss for a lesson plan, Dewey takes offense at the pre-teen prodigies' staid musical regimen and makes it his goal to preach them the gospel of The Who, Led Zeppelin, and AC/DC -- with the ulterior motive of getting them to compete against his former band for a cash prize. But no matter how willing his pupils, Dewey runs up against the consternation of the school's stern headmistress Principal Mullins (Joan Cusack), the battle-of-the-bands' promoter (Frank Whaley), and not least, his identity-deprived roomie Ned. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

Jack Black - Dewey Finn
Joan Cusack - Principal Rosalie Mullins
Mike White - Ned Schneebly
Sarah Silverman - Patty
Jordan-Claire Green - Michelle

Richard Linklater directs Jack Black in the winning comedy School of Rock, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the movie. English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, and Dolby Surround. A French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1. Both the audio and visual quality of the disc is solid. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Linklater and Black that is almost as entertaining as the film itself. The two are very comfortable together and actually reveal a great deal about the process of making the movie while making each other and the viewer laugh. A second commentary track has been recorded by a half-dozen of the kids who acted in the movie. They speak glowingly of Black, and it is obvious they had a great time making the film. While their comments may be short on any real information, their happiness and joy is fun to listen to. Other extras include a funny four-minute clip of Jack Black begging Led Zeppelin to allow the filmmakers to use "The Immigrant Song" in the movie (a ploy that was successful), a making-of featurette, and a video diary of the kids in the band attending the film's screening at the Toronto Film Festival. Those with a DVD-ROM drive can access Dewey Finn's history of rock. This is a fine disc for what it is, but the same extras are available on a different, preferable edition that also boasts a widescreen transfer. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide