Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1995-12-29) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 5 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $82,569,971 |
| Screen: | Patrick Sheane Duncan |
| Productions: | Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, The Charlie Mopic Company |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 3037: Richard Dreyfuss - Glenn Holland
- 21104: Glenne Headly - Iris Holland
- 21105: Jay Thomas - Bill Meister
- 3019: Olympia Dukakis - Principal Jacobs
- 3905: William H. Macy - Vice Principal Gene Wolters
- 3128: Alicia Witt - Gertrude Lang
- 18288: Terrence Howard - Louis Russ
Crews
- 18356: Stephen Herek - Director - Directing
- 18389: Robert W. Cort - Producer - Production
- 9196: Ted Field - Producer - Production
- 21102: Michael Nolin - Producer - Production
- 7714: Michael Kamen - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 11409: Oliver Wood - Director of Photography - Camera
- 14713: Ken Chase - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
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Reviews
Wuchak
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***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 pr ....
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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. T ....
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