Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

1995-12-29 · 143 min · Rating 6.97/10 (447 votes)

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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