School of Rock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of School of Rock or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to School of Rock

[jesse]

When asked for his opinion about testing from the other teachers, Dewey dodges the question with song lyrics including the line "Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be". One of the teachers asks if it is from a song, but he denies it. They are in fact from the song, "Greatest Love of All".

[wesley]

Richard Linklater only agreed to direct if the kids played their own instruments.

[sara]

Jack Black and Joan Cusack previously worked together in High Fidelity (2000) that also starred Joan's brother John Cusack.

[sara]

The house that Alexandre Julien grew up in, in Edison, New Jersey, appeared in the film.

[jamie]

Although the children in the film are supposed to all be the same age, the child actors ranged in age from Kevin Alexander Clark, who was nearly 15 by the time of the film's release (he was born in December 1988), to Miranda Cosgrove, who has just turned 10 by the time of the film's release (she was born in May 1993).

[chris]

Convicted murderer John Giuca appears as an extra in this movie. He pushes past Joan Cusack during a crowd scene.

[beth]

Jack Black thought of all the nicknames for the kids.

[michele]

During the band practice montage, Summer is seen reading "This Business of Music," a guide to legal and financial issues in the music industry that has been published since 1964.

[brent]

During the Battle of the Bands scene, four stacks of Marshall amplifiers are positioned behind the kids on stage. Three of them are modern models, easily rented for a film shoot. However, the Marshall behind Tamika is a much older, "plexi" version, which is rare, and hard to come by. People generally covet these vintages, not rent them.

[christina]

Dewey's old band performs before School of Rock in Battle of the Bands and the screen says their name is No Vacancy.

[norma]

Dewey's guitar is a Gibson SG Standard.

[francisco]

Despite his enthusiasm during the closing credits, none of Ned's students actually manages to play a C-chord.

[clayton]

During the class lectures, Dewey shows a slide-show that features a picture of the Ramones. In the end credits scene, Zack is wearing a Ramones t-shirt, showing how thoroughly he has changed from the beginning.

[gerald]

The shirt that Freddy is wearing in the end is from Green Day's 2001 "Warning" tour.

[maureen]

In 2014, it was announced that Andrew Lloyd Webber was working on a musical adaptation of the film. It is set to head to Broadway in November 2015 at the Winter Garden Theater, starring Alex Brightman as Dewey Finn.

[maureen]

The finger point and nod that Jack Black teaches Zack is actually a move that Angus Young of AC/DC performs in concerts. Black also imitates Young's schoolboy attire during the Battle.

[richard]

The school's name, Horace Green, is a reference to the highly prestigious school, Horace Mann.

[leo]

The Mooney Suzuki: As Dewey heads into the Battle of The Bands contest towards the end of the film he walks through a corridor and past two musicians wearing shades, leaning against a wall. The two are members the band who provide extra instrumentation on the soundtrack.

[sara]

Stephen Frears was originally approached to direct.