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.
- 6.9
- 1995
- Released
- 2h 23m
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 PrincipalPatrick Fong
Study Hall StudentBenjamin J. Dixon
Mr. MimsKathryn Arnett
Ms. SwedlinFreeman O. Corbin
Mr. SullivanMoira Feeney
Ms. GodfreyJoshua Minnick
Mr. ShapiroAshley Hamrick
Miss ReevesJanine Shouse
Miss SchumakerSpencer Riviera
Mr. HostaDan Vhay
Mr. MaloneSean Bevington
Mr. McMartinJohn Henry Redwood
Mr. RussTed Roisum
Dr. SorensonMark Daniels
RalphKaili Carlton
Ms. WayneAdam Fitzhugh
Mr. McKenzie
Eric Michael Cole
Boy 2Joe Campbell
Boy 3Tomiko Peirano
Girl 2Kasey Nelson
Girl 3
Zoe McLellan
Girl 4Kelly M. Casey
Deaf School TeacherMichael Mendelson
ChaplainAlex Dudgeon
Auditioner 1Rachel Wooley
Auditioner 2Jordan Carlton
Auditioner 3Aurora Miller
Auditioner 4Paul Bernard
Auditioner 5Mary Kay O'Mealy
Auditioner 6Dieffyd Gilman-Frederick
Auditioner 7Tara Eng
Auditioner 8Jay Frank
Auditioner 9Conan Doherty
Toby KleinStacey Siegel
Diner WaitressNicolas Sirianni
Football Player 1Jacob Adams
Football Player 2Chris Marth
Football Player 3Brent Archie
Football Player 4Kevin Calaba
Football Player 5Keith Swift
Football Player 6John Boyer
Billy FaradayLinda Williams Janke
SecretaryDavid Clegg
SuperintendentDon Burns
City OfficialDennis Biasi
Adult StadlerCazzey Louis Cereghino
Graduate (uncredited)Elizabeth Fournier
Woman in audience (uncredited)
Balthazar Getty
Stadler (uncredited)
Forest Whitaker
Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
Released
en
$31,000,000.00
$106,300,000.00
- #high school
- #husband wife relationship
- #composer
- #music teacher
- #mentor
- #deaf-mute
- #portland, oregon
- #marching band
- #teacher student relationship
- #high school teacher
- #disabled
- #teaching
- #retirement party
- #sign languages
- #forced retirement
- #1960s
- #1990s
- #father son relationship
- #inspiring teacher
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**Another good film about an outstanding teacher marking the lives of his students... another one.** One of the things I like most about a film, in addition to telling a good story and positively entertaining us for an hour or two, is to reflect on different subjects and themes. This exercise of critical questioning, free and reachable to the public, much more attractive than a six-hundred-page
***Taking a bypass from your dreams and finding your true calling*** A composer (Richard Dreyfuss) puts his lofty ambitions on hold to become a high school music teacher in Portland, Oregon, from 1965-1995. Glenne Headly plays his wife, Jay Thomas the coach, Olympia Dukakis the principal and William H. Macy the irritating vice principal. "Mr. Holland’s Opus" (1995) is a good school-orie