
#16 Box Office Hit of 1996
Mr. Holland's Opus (1996)
"Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own."
Overview
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

Glenn Holland
Richard Dreyfuss

Iris Holland
Glenne Headly

Bill Meister
Jay Thomas

Principal Jacobs
Olympia Dukakis

Vice Principal Gene Wolters
William H. Macy

Gertrude Lang
Alicia Witt

Louis Russ
Terrence Howard

Bobby Tidd
Damon Whitaker

Rowena Morgan
Jean Louisa Kelly

Sarah Olmstead
Alexandra Boyd
Cole at 6 Years Old
Nicholas John Renner

Cole at 15 Years Old
Joseph Anderson
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