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Release Date
• USA: Oct 29, 1999
• UK: 21 Jan 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 25, 2000
Budget $27,000,000
Official Website:
Music of the Heart Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG for brief mild language and sensuality.
Running Time
2 hours, 4 minutes
Country USA
Studio Maddalena Films, Miramax
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Other Titles
• Music of the Heart
• 50 Violins (1998)
• Fiddlefest (1999)
• Music of My Heart (1998)
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Genre: Drama, True Story, School / Campus, Urban
Tagline: She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.
Plot: After her husband leaves her, Roberta Guaspari (Streep) struggles to find a job. When she bumps into an old friend (Quinn), he tells her of a high school that could is without a music teacher. She meets with the school's principal (Bassett) and states her desire to teach the children the violin. The principal rejects her, citing lack of funding as one of the many excuses why it could never happen. Persistently, she eventually breaks her down and fights to establish a solid, effective program. Ten years later, the program has spread to other schools and is a smashing success. When funds are once again cut and the program is threatened for real, Roberta uses connections to get the injustice printed in the New York Times. A benefit concert ensues at Carnegie Hall, featuring appearances of such luminaries as Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, and Arnold Steinhardt.
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| Cast |
Meryl Streep
Adaptation., The Deer Hunter, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events |
 | Cloris Leachman
Young Frankenstein, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Iron Giant |
 | Aidan Quinn
Legends of the Fall, Practical Magic, Frankenstein |
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| Music By |
Mason Daring
Lone Star, The Opposite of Sex, Where the Heart Is |
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