Tenacious D In: The Pick of Destiny
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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.
Director
Liam Lynch
Cast
Jack Black
Kyle Gass
J R Reed
Fred Armisen
Ned Bellamy
Meat Loaf
Amy Poehler
Paul F Tompkins
Ronnie James Dio
Troy Gentile
Kirk Ward
Tim Robbins
Dave Grohl
Ben Stiller
Lara Everly
Brittany Eldridge
Melissa-anne Davenport
John Ennis
V.j. Foster
Jay Johnstone
Christopher +c-minus+ Rivas
Colin Hanks
Stephanie Erb
Amy Adams
Milos Milicevic
Molly Bryant
Michael Rivkin
Neil Hamburger
Patrick M Walsh
Bevin Kaye
Evie Peck
Mason Knight
Erik Walker
Dean Marchiano
Cynthia Ettinger
Andrew Caldwell
Laura Milligan
Tenacious D
Wendy Carlos
John Tillotson
Crew
Nicole Abellera
Kevin Abercrombie
Mark Agostino
Alfie Ainsworth
Pamela Alch
Somkiart Alfred
Eric Allard
Tom Altobello
Merribelle A Anderson
Denise Anderson Poore
Etienne Andlau
Brian Andrews
Ken Andrews
John Ashker
Larry Aube
Scott Aukerman
Brian Edward Avery
Joni Avery
Mikey Avery
Rick Avery
Rick Avery
Todd Avery
Roger Awad
Michael Baber
William Babington
David Bach
Dean Bailey
Christopher Scott Baker
Maria Baker
Samuel Barber
Augusto Barranco
Beverley Barritt
Sara Bartkiewicz
Bruce Benson
Ralph Bertelle
Juel Bestrop
Katherine E Beyda
Todd Bishop
Jack Black
Jack Black
Jack Black
Jennifer Blair
Darren Block
Lisa Blok-linson
Tony Blondal
Beau Borders
Scott Bourke
Bob Bowen
Cale Boyter
Keith Brachmann
Brad Breeck
Brad Breeck
Richard Brener
Richard Brener
Michael Brennan
Robert Brinkmann
Robert Brinkmann
Jeff Brockton
Richard Bronskill
Paul Broucek
Judy Brown
Ronald G Brown
Robert Brugger
Bill Bryan
Ray Bulinski
Barney Burman
Gary Burritt
Kenneth Bushling
Lisa Calderon
Tom Calzia
Wendy Carlos
Laurie Cartwright
Bill Church
John Cleveland
John Coates
Doug Coleman
Eliza Coleman
Gil Combs
Timothy Considine
Mark Coo
Michael Coo
Glenn Coopersmith
Scott Corgan
Stuart Cornfeld
Jennifer Cram
Rosemary Cremona
Pud Cusack
Tenacious D
Tenacious D
Chris D'arenzo
Debbi Datz-pyle
Jon Davidson
James E Day
Max Delgado
Beth Dewey
Rachel Dickson
Don Diers
Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio
Jessica Dolinger
Harris Done
Andrea Dopaso
Jim Doyle
John Dugan
Andre Dukes
Marcelle Dutton
Elaine Dysinger
Jeff Egan
Rachel Elkind
Erin S Ellescas
Tom Elliott
Todd Ellis
Erik Ellner
Toby Emmerich
Toby Emmerich
Paloma Fataar
Craig Fehrman
Matthew Ferreira
Michael-ryan Fletchall
Linda Flowers
Kristi Frankenheimer-davis
Nelson Franklin
Toni G
Johannes Gamble
Johannes Gamble
Kyle Gass
Kyle Gass
Kyle Gass
Seamus Gibbons
Seamus Gibbons
Jack Gill
Sean M Ginn
Marc Glassman
Emily Glatter
Eli Golub
Juan Gonzalez
Anne Graham
Laura Graham
Sean Graham
Benoit Grey
Heather Grierson
Tad Griffith
Dave Grohl
Allison Gross
Andrew Gross
Bob Hagman
Matt Hanson
Helen Harlan
Catherine Harper
Stephen P Hart
Eric Harwood
Eric Harwood
Michael Hatzer
Joseph A Hawthorne
Gabriel Hays
Kevin Hermanson
Wendall S. Hinkle
Shawn Holden
Erik Holmberg
Michael Hugghins
Paul Hughen
Paul Hughen
Matthew Humphreys
Craig Hunter
Kieran C Illes
Terry Jackson
David B Jarrell
Johnnie Jenkins
Cory Johnson
David Johnson
Jermel Jones
Keith Jones
Georgia Kacandes
Georgia Kacandes
Michael Kay
Michael Kay
Vesselka Kazachka
Isaac Kellman-carlen
Sean Kennedy
Steve Kesmodel
Jeff Khachadoorian
Jeff Khachadoorian
Margery Kimbrough
John C King
John C King
John C King
Andrew Kinney
C Jonas Kirk
Elizabeth Kirkscey
Steve Koch
Craig Kohtala
John S Konesky
John S Konesky
Jack Korbel
Ivan Kraljeviz
Jody Kreinbrink
John Kricfalusi
Frans Tedja Kusuma
Harold C Lacy
Rick Lamb
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Released in United States Fall November 22, 2006
Released in United States on Video February 27, 2007
Though the film wrapped summer 2005, disappointing test screenings caused re-shoots to be scheduled and the release moved from 2005 to late 2006.
Released in United States Fall November 22, 2006
Released in United States on Video February 27, 2007
