Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy
Director: Stephen Herek 

    This is a story for anyone who has had to postpone their dreams because life gets in the way.  Glenn Holland is a music teacher frustrated by his lot in life with dreams of becoming a composer but his wife's pregnancy forces him to give up the dream and become a teacher at the local high school.  Add to this, his son is born deaf and Holland feels he has nothing in common with his child.  The ending of the movie is a testament to the power of pursuing your dreams and the bond that can develop even within adversity between a father and son.   You'll cheer, you'll cry and you'll beg for more.  






     What's an opus? Basically it means a chapter of musical composition.  Each segment of a musical piece is an opus in the entire symphony, much like a chapter is part of a novel.

  

      Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) is a talented musician and composer who has been relatively successful in the exhausting life of a professional musical performer. However, in an attempt to enjoy more free time with his young wife, Iris (Glenne Headly), and to enable him to compose a piece of orchestral music, the 30-year-old Holland accepts a teaching position. A series of establishing shots, accompanied by popular music of the period, make clear that it is 1964.

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