The Rocker

Musician Robert "Fish" Fishman (Rainn Wilson) is fired from Vesuvius, a fictional '80s hair band, before they become famous. The movie follows him as he gets a second chance at fame when he joins the garage band of his nephew Matt (Josh Gad). His love interest (Christina Applegate) is the mother of the band's guitarist, Curtis (Teddy Geiger). Pete Best, a former member of The Beatles who suffered a similar fate, has a cameo role in the film as himself.

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To promote the movie, the song "Promised Land", as performed by the fictional band Vesuvius, was released as free downloadable content for the video game Rock Band, which is shown being played in the movie.

Cast
Rainn Wilson as Robert “Fish” Fishman
Christina Applegate as Kim
Josh Gad as Matt Gadman
Teddy Geiger as Curtis Wood
Emma Stone as Amelia
Will Arnett as Lex
Jane Lynch as Lisa
Jason Sudeikis as David Marshall
Lonny Ross as Sticks
Jeff Garlin as Stan
Howard Hesseman as Gator
Fred Armisen as Kerr
Bradley Cooper as Trash
Aziz Ansari as Aziz

Cameo
Pete Best

Movie Detail
Directed by Peter Cattaneo
Produced by Shawn Levy
Written by Wallace Wolodarsky
Cinematography Anthony B. Richmond
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) August 20, 2008
Running time 102 Minutes
Country United States
Language English