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Fired from his band, rock guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his free livin' lifestyle, attitude, music and antics soon influences the students to explore other sides of themselves the school doesn't encourage. Finn's real goal in taking the job is to recruit a 9-year-old guitar prodigy, Yuki, to become the lead guitarist in a band that would be able to win.

Primary Title
  • The School of Rock
Date Broadcast
  • Friday 26 July 2019
Release Year
  • 2003
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 22 : 40
Duration
  • 130:00
Channel
  • Maori Television
Broadcaster
  • Maori Television Service
Programme Description
  • Fired from his band, rock guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his free livin' lifestyle, attitude, music and antics soon influences the students to explore other sides of themselves the school doesn't encourage. Finn's real goal in taking the job is to recruit a 9-year-old guitar prodigy, Yuki, to become the lead guitarist in a band that would be able to win.
Classification
  • PGR
Owning Collection
  • TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Rock groups--Drama
  • School children--Drama
  • Music--Performance--Drama
  • Feature films--United States
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Music
Contributors
  • Richard Linklater (Director)
  • Mike White (Writer)
  • Jack Black (Actor)
  • Mike White (Actor)
  • Joan Cusack (Actor)
  • Sarah Silverman (Actor)
  • Scott Rudin (Producer)
  • Craig Wedren (Composer)
  • Rogier Stoffers (Cinematographer)
  • Sandra Adair (Editor)
  • Scott Rudin Productions (Production Unit)
  • New Century (Production Unit)
  • Paramount Pictures (Production Unit)
  • Sor Productions (Production Unit)
  • Nickelodeon Movies (Production Unit)
Subjects
  • Rock groups--Drama
  • School children--Drama
  • Music--Performance--Drama
  • Feature films--United States