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Summary:
When 10-year old Lil' JB
serenades his ultra-conservative family with a rocking rendition of "Kickapoo,"
a song with lyrics that would make a sailor blush, his father unleashes his belt
and shows him no mercy, tearing down all of his beloved rock posters. JB then
implores Dio, one of his rock Gods, for guidance. Dio reassures him that he is
on the right path but he must leave his stifling home environment and go to
Hollywood to "find the secrets of his art." JB spends the next several years on
the road stopping at numerous towns called Hollywood until he finally arrives in
rock 'n roll Mecca--Hollywood, California. Strolling along the Venice boardwalk,
he is enthralled by the music of KG, a troubadour playing Bach's "Bourrees in E
Minor" on a classical guitar. Although his naïve suggestion that they form a
band together is rebuffed, JB joins in on KG's melody. To JB they are jam-ming;
to KG, the neophyte is driving away his crowd. After the dust settles, a
friendship is formed and a band is born. KG's funds having been cut off by his
parents, the two are in desperate straits. Their only hope is to win Open Mic
Night at Al's Bar. When their first performance is met with less than a stellar
response, they determine that to win the contest they need to write a
masterpiece. They soon realize this is much harder than they ever imagined. Then
Fate intervenes: they notice that every cover photo in their collection of
Rolling Stone magazines show all the great rockers using the same peculiar
guitar pick. Racing to The Guitar Center to buy one, the store manager has an
acute reaction when they show him the covers. Leading them to a private room,
the ex-guitar tech turned rock historian tells them the history of The Pick of
Destiny--the darkest secret in the history of rock. The Pick, he informs them,
now resides in the Rock and Roll History Museum--an impenetrable fortress.
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Box Office Info:
Cast:
Jack Black (as JB )
Kyle Gass (as KG )
Jason Reed (as Lee )
Tim Robbins (as The Stranger )
Ben Stiller (as Guitar Store Dude )
John C. Reilly (as Sasquatch )
Cynthia Ettinger (as Jack's Mother )
Amy Poehler (as Truck Stop Waitress )
Brittany Eldridge (as Amy - Girl 2 )
Lara Everly (as Kelly - Girl 1 )
Melissa-Anne Davenport (as Stacy - Girl 3 )
Meat Loaf (as Jack's Father )
Troy Gentile (as Little JB )
David Koechner (as Surplus Store Clerk )
Ronnie James Dio (as Ronnie James Dio )
Directed By: Liam Lynch
Written By: Jack Black & Kyle Gass
Produced By: New Line Cinema
Release Date (US): November 22nd, 2006
Length of Movie: 1h 40min
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language, sexual content and drug use
Budget: $
Opening Weekend: $5,212,156$
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Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Soundtrack
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1. Kickapoo
2. Classico
3. Baby
4. Destiny
5. History
6. The Government Totally Sucks
7. Master Exploder
8. The Divide
9. Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)
10. Dude (I Totally Miss You)
11. Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)
12. Car Chase City
13. Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)
14. POD
15. The Metal
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