Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

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"Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own."

Movie · 1995 · 2h 23m · Released · Rated PG · Drama, Music

Synopsis

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.

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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

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