Mr. Holland's Opus
“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.
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Cast
66 people
Richard Dreyfuss
Glenn Holland
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jaws
Glenne Headly
Iris Holland
Known for
The Night Of
Don Jon
Jay Thomas
Bill Meister
Known for
Mork & Mindy
Dragonfly
Olympia Dukakis
Principal Jacobs
Known for
Look Who's Talking
Moonstruck
William H. Macy
Vice Principal Gene Wolters
Known for
Shameless
Fargo
Alicia Witt
Gertrude Lang
Known for
Urban Legend
Longlegs
Terrence Howard
Louis Russ
Known for
Iron Man
Prisoners
Damon Whitaker
Bobby Tidd
Known for
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Bird
Jean Louisa Kelly
Rowena Morgan
Known for
Uncle Buck
Malignant
Alexandra Boyd
Sarah Olmstead
Known for
From Paris with Love
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Nicholas John Renner
Cole at 6 Years Old
No other roles listed
Joseph Anderson
Cole at 15 Years Old
Stephen Herek Director · Patrick Sheane Duncan Writer Michael Kamen Composer
Worldwide gross $106M · Budget $31M · United States release December 29, 1995
Box office
Budget
$31,000,000
Worldwide gross
$106,300,000
Gross vs. budget
3.4×
Production
Hollywood Pictures
Production
Interscope Communications
Production
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Production
The Charlie Mopic Company
Production
Buena Vista Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 29, 1995
Theatrical
Australia
March 7, 1996 · Theatrical
Czechia
September 5, 1996 · Theatrical
Germany
April 4, 1996 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 24, 1996 · Theatrical
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