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''School of Rock'' is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, written by Mike White, and starring Jack Black. The main plot follows struggling rock singer and guitarist, Dewey Finn (Black), who is kicked out of his band and subsequently disguises himself as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. After witnessing the musical talent in his students, Dewey forms a band of fourth-graders to attempt to win the upcoming Battle of the Bands and pay off his rent. The picture's supporting cast includes White, Joan Cusack, Sarah Silverman and Miranda Cosgrove. The film received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised Black's performance. It went on to gross over $131 million worldwide and became the highest grossing musical comedy of all time, until it was overtaken in 2015 by ''Pitch Perfect 2''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Top Grossing Music Comedy Films, 1984-Present )〕 A stage musical adaptation is planned to open on Broadway in late 2015, with a television adaptation for Nickelodeon also due to premiere in Autumn 2015. ==Plot== Dewey Finn (Jack Black) is a guitarist and member of the rock band No Vacancy. However, he is unanimously voted out of the band due to his onstage antics. Dewey shares an apartment with his friend Ned Schneebly (Mike White), a former rocker now substitute teacher, and his bossy girlfriend Patty Di Marco (Sarah Silverman), who threatens to kick him out unless he pays his overdue rent. One day, Dewey answers a phone call from Principal Rosaline Mullins (Joan Cusack) of the prestigious Horace Green prep school, inquiring for Ned about a short-term position as a substitute. Realising the pay would be high, Dewey pretends he is Ned and is hired. Meeting the tightly wound Mullins, Dewey adopts the name “Mr. S” and spends his first day being lazy, much to the class’ confusion. The next day, Dewey overhears the class in a music lesson and hatches a plan to form them into a new band to compete against No Vacancy in a Battle of the Bands tournament. He casts Zack Mooneyham as lead guitarist, Freddy Jones as drummer, Katie on bass, Lawrence on keyboard, with Tomika, Marta, and Alicia as backup singers while he is lead vocals and guitarist. He assigns the rest of the class to various roles of groupies, roadies, and the class representative Summer Hathaway (Miranda Cosgrove) as band manager. The project takes over normal lessons, but helps the students to embrace their talents and be self-confident. Dewey secretly takes the key band members out on a fake field trip to sign up for the competition, Summer getting them a spot by feigning a terminal illness. Dewey befriends Mullins, who he learns was once fun-loving and free-spirited, but the pressure of being principal and the expectations of the parents turned her into her current self. Dewey learns a parent night is scheduled the night before the competition, but his lie is exposed when Ned discovers a check addressed for him. Patty calls the police who show up at the school as Dewey tries to unconvincingly dupe the parents into thinking he has been teaching their children properly, forcing him to flee and drown his sorrows at home. Mullins faces the wrath of the parents, but the class decide to not let their hard work go to waste, picking up Dewey and attend the competition. Catching the excited Dewey leaving with the class, Patty calls Mullins, while an intrigued Ned decides to attend the competition. Mullins and the parents race to the competition just as Dewey and his students take the stage as the School of Rock, and perform “Teacher’s Pet”, winning over the crowd, including the stunned parents. While No Vacancy wins, Dewey’s old band are amazed by Dewey’s new one, Summer meets several potential producers, and the audience call for School of Rock to perform an encore. A few weeks later, Dewey and Ned have opened an after school program at their apartment to teach children how to play instruments, while Dewey and the band practice. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「School of Rock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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