Opportunity rocks.
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.
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Classical in form, effortless, comic and unpretentious.
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- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Rainn WilsonFish
- Christina ApplegateKim
- Teddy GeigerCurtis
- Josh GadMatt
- Emma StoneAmelia
- Jeff GarlinStan
- Jane LynchLisa
- Jason SudeikisDavid Marshall
- Will ArnettLex
- Howard HessemanGator
Crew
- Peter CattaneoDirector
- Wallace WolodarskyScreenplay
- Maya ForbesScreenplay
- Anthony B. RichmondDirector of Photography
- Chad FischerOriginal Music Composer
- Charles KaplanEditor
- Brad WilhiteEditor
- Shawn LevyProducer
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