Mr. Holland's Opus

1995·143'

Stephen Herek

DramaMusic

★ 7.0

Letterboxd TMDB #2054

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

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.

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