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Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) 7.3
A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher. Director:Stephen HerekWriter:Patrick Sheane Duncan |
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Cast
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Coach Bill Meister
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Principal Jacobs
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Vice Principal Wolters
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Gertrude Lang
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Louis Russ
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Rowena Morgan
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Sarah Olmstead
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Joseph Anderson | ... |
Cole at 15 Years Old
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Cole at 28 Years Old
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Governor Gertrude Lang
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Deaf School Principal
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Storyline
Glenn Holland is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success. Written by <russell.boyd@dsto.defence.gov.au>
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teaching | high school | 1990s | teacher inspires students | high school teacher |Taglines:
It's not about the direction you take. It's about the direction you give. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
19 January 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Querido maestro See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$92,254 (USA) (19 July 1996)Gross:
$82,528,097 (USA) (26 July 1996)Company Credits
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Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Communications, Polygram Filmed Entertainment See more »
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Glenn Holland: Well, I guess you can cut the arts as much as you want, Gene. Sooner or later, these kids aren't going to have anything to read or write about.
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Performed by The London Metropolitan Orchestra
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Trivia
As a child, Katee Sackhoff was a child extra in this film. She has stated that she hated the experience, but vowed to Richard Dreyfuss that she would work with him again. She ended up playing his daughter in the series The Education of Max Bickford (2001) six years later. See more »Goofs
If Mr. Holland is 60 in 1995, he would be 30 in 1965, when he tells Iris how he fell in love with John Coltrane's music in 1950, when he was 15. Coltrane's first session as a leader was on 31 May 1957, so he couldn't have had a John Coltrane record then. See more »Quotes
Vice Principal Wolters: I care about these kids just as much as you do. And if I'm forced to choose between Mozart and reading and writing and long division, I choose long division.Glenn Holland: Well, I guess you can cut the arts as much as you want, Gene. Sooner or later, these kids aren't going to have anything to read or write about.
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The producers wish to thank: Alain Levy; Michael Kuhn; Portland Public Schools; Grant High School, Portland, Oregon (Pricipal: Darryl Tucker); The Christie School Marylurst, Oregon. See more »Soundtracks
An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus)Performed by The London Metropolitan Orchestra
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I love this movie because I had a fantastic, inspirational teacher in high school that all the students admired and looked up to. Even though I was in high school when this movie came out, I still carry the memories. Nicolas Cage deserved to win his Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas, but I still would have loved to see Richard Dreyfuss win. The whole cast was wonderful, and you actually felt like you were in the 60s and 70s, unlike other films set in that time period.
How often does a film come out that generations relate to; and a film so touching about a teacher who cares about his students, and vice versa? Will always be one of my favorite films.