(2003) Jack Black stars in Richard Linklater's comedy. A rock musician who dreams of the big time is sacked by his group, so he tries to transform a bunch of schoolkids into rock stars.

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 students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.