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"Jumping" Jack Black (news) in School of Rock arrives on DVD today, and there are cinematic equivalents of a guitar-drums-and-sax lineup. For narrative movies about rock (with/without roll), the "101" would be:

A Hard Day's Night

1964, Miramax, rated G, $30 (and under)

The Beatles' screen debut purported to show what it was like to be them - and winkingly so when the movie's direction (by Richard Lester (news)) came off as fresh as the foursome's music. A foregone commercial smash, it also was 1964's most cutting-edge release, next to Dr. Strangelove. (Not on DVD: Director Robert Zemeckis (news)' 1978 screen debut about Beatlemania: I Wanna Hold Your Hand.)

Extras: Yeah, yeah, yeah! A 70-year-old Lester charms with self-effacement, while musical director George Martin analyzes the score song by song (All My Loving to Can't Buy Me Love). Also interviewed: the movie's hairdresser.

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When this first came out, my buds and I stayed all day and watched the movie over and over. It still holds up--alot of wit and charm.

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