The Record & Princess Cinemas presents...
A Joel Rubinoff Film Series
A 5 Part Series Curated, Programmed and Introduced by Joel Rubinoff (Former Entertainment Writer from The Waterloo Region Record).
Fundraiser for KidsAbility. Donate at the door.
Introduction by Joel Rubinoff & discussion after with SPECIAL GUEST Cameron Bailey - CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival
Read about the series in the Waterloo Region Record!
Overly enthusiastic guitarist Dewey Finn (Jack Black) gets thrown out of his bar band and finds himself in desperate need of work. Posing as a substitute music teacher at an elite private elementary school, he exposes his students to the hard rock gods he idolizes and emulates -- much to the consternation of the uptight principal (Joan Cusack). As he gets his privileged and precocious charges in touch with their inner rock 'n' roll animals, he imagines redemption at a local Battle of the Bands.
"This joyous farce is a big, big deal, and Jack Black is nothing less than majestic as a scruffy, irreverent rocker passing himself off as a pedagogue in a private school." -Wall Street Journal
"Three of the hippest indie film princes make a perfect commercial comedy." -Time