SYNOPSIS

Academy Award Nominee Peter Cattaneo returns to cinemas with The Rocker; a hilarious comedy about a failed drummer who is given a second chance at fame.

Director of the worldwide phenomenon, The Full Monty, Cattaneo delivers another gem in The Rocker, which promises to be this summer’s must see, laugh-out-loud comedy.

Rainn Wilson (The Office, An American Workplace; Juno) stars as Robert ‘Fish’ Fishman – the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate drummer for the eighties hair band Vesuvius, who is living the rock ‘n’ roll dream until he is unceremoniously kicked out of the band. Twenty years after his rock star fantasies are destroyed, just when Fish has given up all hope, he hears that his nephew’s high school rock band A.D.D. is looking for a new drummer. They reluctantly make him the newest member of the band, giving him the chance to reclaim the rock God throne he always thought he deserved.

Starring alongside Wilson as the members of A.D.D. are recording artist Teddy Geiger, Emma Stone (Superbad) and Josh Gad (21: Bringing Down the House). The ensemble cast also includes Christina Applegate (Anchorman; Married With Children), Jason Sudeikis (What Happens in Vegas; Saturday Night Live), Will Arnett (Blades of Glory; Arrested Development) and Jane Lynch (Talladega Nights, The 40 Year Old Virgin).


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

October 17, 2008

DIRECTOR

Peter Cattaneo

WRITER

Maya Forbes & Wallace Wolodarsky (screenplay), Ryan Jaffe (story)

COMPANY

20th Century Fox

GENRE

Comedy, Music

CERT

12A

RUNTIME

102 minutes

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