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Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

Drama Music

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

Release Date: 1995, December 29
Directors: Stephen Herek
Countries: United States of America
Production: Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, The Charlie Mopic Company
Cast: William H. Macy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Terrence Howard, Alicia Witt, Forest Whitaker, Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Michael Cole, Alexandra Boyd, Joanna Gleason, Balthazar Getty, Glenne Headly, Anthony Natale

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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