School of Life
School of Life DVD cover
Directed by	William Dear
Produced by	Rosanne Milliken
Written by	Jonathan Kahn
Starring	Ryan Reynolds David Paymer John Astin Andrew Robb Kate Vernon
Music by	Ari Wise
Cinematography	Brian Pearson
Editing by	Edgar Burcksen
Distributed by	American World Pictures
Release date(s)	February 19, 2005
Running time	110 min.
Country
Language	English

School of Life is a film about a teacher who moves to a town and shakes the old school ways up a bit.

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At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman Warner has won the award. Now that he has died, the burden of carrying the legacy falls into the hands of Matt Warner, the son of the late Norman Warner who has always lived in the shadow of his father.

Determined to keep the family tradition of being Teacher of the Year alive, Matt focuses all his attention and efforts in winning the coveted title. But once again there is someone in his way, the new history teacher, Mr. Michael D'Angelo, but immediately called, even by fellow and senior teachers, "Mr. D". Young, funny, having unconventional methods of teaching and his uncanny ability to connect with his students he quickly wins their hearts, not only of the students but also the teachers especially the young art teacher, Ms. Davies. Now the most popular teacher on campus, Matt has no chances of winning against Mr. D.

Now obsessed with discrediting Mr. D, Matt soon forgets what it means to be a teacher... Desperate to find a flaw in "Mr Perfect", Matt follows D around town and discovers a secret the alarmingly perfect teacher is hiding: Mr. D has been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and does not have long to live. Shocked by the startling discovery into realising his own pettiness, Matt slowly changes his ways of teaching and in the process wins the hearts of his students. When Mr. D stops coming in for work because of his worsening lung cancer, the students become saddened by the situation. Matt steps in to cheer up the student's spirits and leads the basketball team to a victory with a special guest appearance with 30 seconds left in the game by Mr. D.

The film concludes with three years having passed: Matt's own son is now in high school, and Matt is teaching a brand new year of pupils in his life science class. He has won the Teacher of the Year for the last two years, Mr. D having died from his lung cancer. The art teacher, Ms. Davies, inherited his car.

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[edit] External links

• School of Life at the Internet Movie Database
• School of Life on tribute.ca
• School of Life at Allmovie