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Mr. Holland's Opus

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

7.0(474)19952h 23m5

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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Status
Released
Budget
$31M
Box office
$106.3M
Language
English
  • high school
  • husband wife relationship
  • composer
  • music teacher
  • mentor
  • deaf-mute
  • portland, oregon
  • marching band
  • teacher student relationship
  • high school teacher
  • disabled
  • teaching

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG29 Dec 1995
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG7 Mar 1996
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical12+5 Sept 1996
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical64 Apr 1996
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/1224 May 1996

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Mr. Holland's Opus was released on 29 December 1995.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    5/29/2019

    7/10

    ***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-oriented drama that’s ep…

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    Filipe Manuel Neto

    9/12/2023

    8/10

    **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 book, is one of the…

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