Mr. Holland's Opus with Richard Dreyfuss: DVD Cover
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Mr. Holland's Opus Director: Stephen Herek Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis

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  • DVD Release Date: 08/24/1999
  • Original Release: 1995
  • Rating: Rated PG
  • Sales Rank: 6,635

Viewer Rating: (14 ratings)

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Widescreen [2.35:1]; Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio; French-language track; Production featurette; Chapter search

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Chapter Selection
1. Program Start [:25]
2. Opening Credits [:25]
3. Inauspicious Beginning [4:19]
4. Free Time [4:19]
5. Off-Key [:32]
6. A Poor Compass [5:54]
7. Connective Tissue [3:03]
8. Not Just Notes on a Page [7:13]
9. Curriculum in Question [4:55]
10. New Assignment [4:04]
11. Challenged [10:42]
12. Terrible News [2:17]
13. A Mother's Despair [6:03]
14. A Memento [7:37]
15. Domestic Discord [6:47]
16. Free Advice [8:36]
17. Late-Night Rehearsal [7:54]
18. A Proposition [4:02]
19. At the Bus Depot [4:11]
20. Angry Son [6:21]
21. A Personal Dedication [5:57]
22. An Apology for the Arts [5:06]
23. Surprise [4:28]
24. A Symphony [9:11]
25. End Credits [6:22]

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Editorial Reviews

A teacher belatedly discovers just how important his job really is in this emotional drama. Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) is a man with a deep love of music and a desire to write at least one piece of lasting significance. However, playing piano in cocktail lounges while he works on his own compositions doesn't pay the bills, so in 1965 he reluctantly accepts a job as a high school music teacher. Over the next 30 years, Holland is able to teach a great deal about both music and life to thousands of kids who pass through the various classes he leads and school bands he directs; however, he finds it easier to reach his students than his son Cole (played, as he grows older, by Nicholas John Renner, Joseph Anderson, and Anthony Natale), who is deaf, which drives a wedge between Glenn and his wife Iris (Glenne Headly). Richard Dreyfuss earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for Mr. Holland's Opus; the cast also includes Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, and Jay Thomas. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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I love this movie!by Anonymous

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June 06, 2009: Great storyline!

I wish Mr. Holland was MY teacher.by Anonymous

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July 15, 2008: This movie is fantastic. I don't normally watch Richard Dreyfuss movies since I'm not really fond of him, but he did a fabulous job portraying Mr. Holland. I recommend this movie to anyone who has...ever been in school, had a teacher that made a difference, any teacher looking for inspiration, or any student curious to know if their teachers are human beings. I just wish our education system could live up to the standards portrayed in this movie. If all my teachers were half as good as Mr. Holland I doubt I would have hated school so much.


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