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Mr. Holland's Opus

Release Date:December 29, 1995

Running Time:143 min

Genres:Drama, Music

Director

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss Glenne Headly Jay Thomas Olympia Dukakis William H. Macy Alicia Witt Terrence Howard Damon Whitaker Jean Louisa Kelly Alexandra Boyd Nicholas John Renner Joseph Anderson

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Synopsis

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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