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Mr. Holland's Opus
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.
1995 · Directed by Stephen Herek · 143 min · Drama · Music · 10 frames
Tagline
Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own.
Crew
- Written by: Patrick Sheane Duncan
- Cinematography: Oliver Wood
- Edited by: Trudy Ship
- Music: Michael Kamen
- Production design: David Nichols
- Produced by: Robert W. Cort, Ted Field, Michael Nolin
Cast
- Richard Dreyfuss as Glenn Holland
- Glenne Headly as Iris Holland
- Jay Thomas as Bill Meister
- Olympia Dukakis as Principal Jacobs
- William H. Macy as Vice Principal Gene Wolters
- Alicia Witt as Gertrude Lang
- Terrence Howard as Louis Russ
- Damon Whitaker as Bobby Tidd
- Jean Louisa Kelly as Rowena Morgan
- Alexandra Boyd as Sarah Olmstead
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, The Charlie Mopic Company
- Budget: $31,000,000
- Box office: $106,300,000
- Themes: high school, husband wife relationship, composer, music teacher, mentor, deaf-mute, portland, oregon, marching band, teacher student relationship, high school teacher
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