Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
29/12/1995
Drama, Music
2h 23m
- 70% (431 votes)
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Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own.
Overview
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
- Stephen HerekDirector
- Patrick Sheane DuncanWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$31,000,000
Revenue
$106,300,000
Keywords
- high school
- husband wife relationship
- composer
- music teacher
- mentor
- deaf-mute
- portland, oregon
- marching band
- teacher student relationship
- high school teacher
- disabled
- teaching
- retirement party
- sign languages
- forced retirement
- 1960s
- 1990s
- father son relationship
- inspiring teacher
Top Billed Cast
Richard Dreyfuss
Glenn Holland
Glenne Headly
Iris Holland
Jay Thomas
Bill Meister
Olympia Dukakis
Principal Jacobs
William H. Macy
Vice Principal Gene Wolters
Alicia Witt
Gertrude Lang
Terrence Howard
Louis Russ
Damon Whitaker
Bobby Tidd
Jean Louisa Kelly
Rowena Morgan
Alexandra Boyd
Sarah Olmstead
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