Mr. Holland's Opus

• 7.0 Drama
• 1995-12-29
• 143 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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 Todd) Jean Louisa Kelly (Rowena Morgan) Alexandra Boyd (Sarah Olmstead)

Director:

Stephen Herek

Writer:

Patrick Sheane Duncan