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Mr. Holland's Opus

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

1995 · PG · 2h 23m

Directed by Stephen Herek

7.0

TMDB audience score
476 votes, out of 10

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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
    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

  • Nicholas John Renner
    Cole at 6 Years Old

  • Joseph Anderson
    Cole at 15 Years Old

  • Anthony Natale
    Cole at 28 Years Old

  • Joanna Gleason
    Gertrude Lang as an adult

  • Beth Maitland
    Deaf School Principal

  • Patrick Fong
    Study Hall Student

  • Benjamin J. Dixon
    Mr. Mims

  • Kathryn Arnett
    Ms. Swedlin