Mr. Holland's Opus is a 1996 American drama film directed by Stephen Herek, produced by Ted Field, Robert W. Cort, and Michael Nolin, and Executive Produced by Patrick Sheane Duncan. It stars Richard Dreyfuss in the title role, and the cast includes Glenne Headly, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy and Jay Thomas. Mr. Holland's Opus is presented as a video biography of the 30-year career of the eponymous lead character, Glenn Holland, as a music teacher at the fictional John F. Kennedy High School in Portland, Oregon. In 1965, Glenn Holland 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 , and to enable him to compose a piece of orchestral music, the 30-year-old Holland accepts a teaching position. Unfortunately for Holland, he is soon forced to realize that his position as a music teacher makes him a marginalized figure in the faculty's hierarchy.
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| Release date: | December 29, 1995 |
| Directed by: | Stephen Herek |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 143 Minutes |
| Producer: | Patrick Sheane Duncan, Ted Field, Robert W. Cort |
| Music by: | Michael Kamen |
| Cinematography: | Oliver Wood |
| Screenplay by: | Patrick Sheane Duncan |
| Genre: | Musical |