Product Description

After his band fires him, a musician takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at a prestigious school. Not knowing much about teaching, the musician decides to tap into the musical knowledge of his young proteges and create a band.

Additional Features

Like the movie, the DVD extras are smarter and a lot more entertaining than your average flick. The making-of feature ("Lessons Learned") has the usual behind-the-scenes banter but Jack Black is in fine form--that is, something special--interviewing as much as being interviewed about the making of the film. His unique pitch to Led Zeppelin to use their song is alone worth the price of the DVD. Black is more his maniacal self and a bit more grating in MTV's Diary segment, but his commentary track with director Richard Linklater is as insightful as it is funny. Ok, it's a lot more funny, but entertaining throughout. The commentary track featuring just the kid actors is less so, but any preteen would love listening to it. To top it off, the DVD-ROM has Dewey Finn's instantly famous blackboard history of rock. You can drill down to the bands mentioned and get a brief history of each. Class dismissed. --Doug Thomas

• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
• Director ‏ : ‎ Richard Linklater
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 48 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ January 17, 2012
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, Adam Pascal, Lucas Papaelias
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
• Language ‏ : ‎ French (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount
• Writers ‏ : ‎ Mike White
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1