
Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own.
Mr. Holland's Opus
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.
Cast

Richard Dreyfuss
Glenn Holland

Glenne Headly
Iris Holland

Jay Thomas
Bill Meister

Olympia Dukakis
Principal Jacobs

William H. Macy
Vice Principal Gene Wolters

Alicia Witt
Gertrude Lang

Terrence Howard
Louis Russ

Damon Whitaker
Bobby Tidd

Jean Louisa Kelly
Rowena Morgan

Alexandra Boyd
Sarah Olmstead

Joseph Anderson
Cole at 15 Years Old

Joanna Gleason
Gertrude Lang as an adult
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