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Release Date
• USA: Jan 19, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 24, 1999
Official Website:
Mr. Holland's Opus Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG for mild language.
Running Time
2 hours, 23 minutes
Country USA
Studio Buena Vista, Charlie Mopic Company, Interscope Communications
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Other Titles
• Mr. Holland's Opus
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Genre: Drama, School / Campus, Society, Melodrama, Psychodrama, Tear Jerker
Tagline: It's not about the direction you take. It's about the direction you give.
Plot: The year is 1965, and Glenn Holland, a composer convinced he is destined to write an historic opus, takes a job as a music teacher to pay the bills. Unbeknownst to him, it is the next 30 years, spent as an instructor, that will define his life. His passionate teaching motivates and even changes a number of his students. However, Holland suffers a tragedy in his personal life: his young son Cole is deaf, and thus unable to fully appreciate the joys of music. As a result, Holland concentrates more on his students than on his own child. But when Holland finally realizes the extent of his neglect, thanks to his wife and Cole himself, the teacher must learn to accept his son's handicap, and give him the love and guidance he deserves.
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Stephen Herek
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Three Musketeers, Rock Star |
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