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Of All the Lives He Changed, the One That Changed the Most Was His Own. - Mr. Holland's Opus
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Title: Mr. Holland's Opus

Release Date: 29 Dec 1995

Runtime: 2h 23m

Genre: Drama, Music

Director: Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, The Charlie Mopic Company

Production Companies: Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, The Charlie Mopic Company

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.

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Average Vote: 6.973 (419 votes)

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 Todd: Damon Whitaker
  • Rowena Morgan: Jean Louisa Kelly
  • Sarah Olmstead: Alexandra Boyd
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