Mr. Holland's Opus

Dec 29, 1995

2h 23m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Hollywood Pictures

Interscope Communications

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

The Charlie Mopic Company

Mr. Holland's Opus Trailers

Cast

Glenn Holland

Richard Dreyfuss

Iris Holland

Glenne Headly

Bill Meister

Jay Thomas

Principal Jacobs

Olympia Dukakis

Vice Principal Gene Wolters

William H. Macy

Gertrude Lang

Alicia Witt

Louis Russ

Terrence Howard

Bobby Tidd

Damon Whitaker

Rowena Morgan

Jean Louisa Kelly

Sarah Olmstead

Alexandra Boyd

Cole at 6 Years Old

Nicholas John Renner

Cole at 15 Years Old

Joseph Anderson

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