School Of Rock (Dir. Richard Linklater, 2003): Fired from his band, rock guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his free livin' lifestyle, attitude, music and antics soon influences the students to explore other sides of themselves the school doesn't encourage. Finn's real goal in taking the job is to recruit a 9-year-old guitar prodigy, Zack, to become the lead guitarist in a band that would be able to win a "battle of bands", solving Finn's money problems and re-establishing him as a respected rocker...
Orange County (Dir. Jake Kasdan, 2001): Shaun Brumder, a high school senior, dreams of attending Stanford University until his guidance counselor mistakenly spoils his chances. Shaun's journey soon becomes one filled with hilarity his girlfriend, dysfunctional parents and stoner brother get in the mix and try to help him make his dream of escaping his hometown nightmare a reality.
Without A Paddle (Dir. Steven Brill, 2004): Seth Green, Matthew Lillard and Dax Shepard star in this offbeat comedy as childhood friends whose lives have drifted apart but must reunite following the sudden death of a fourth friend.
The trio finds out that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 that vanished with real-life airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. After discovering a map left behind, they decide to follow its course to claim the loot. They soon run into a few things that their friend hadn't planned on, including backwoods pot farmers with itchy trigger fingers, beautiful tree-living hippies and a bear with maternal instincts that knows no bounds!
Also starring a hilarious Burt Reynolds, Without A Paddle proves that it's better to be down a river than up a creek.