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.
Directed byStephen Herek
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- December 29, 1995
- Budget
- $31,000,000
- Revenue
- $106,300,000
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Featuring
Cast & crew
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
- Directed by
- Stephen Herek
- Written by
- Patrick Sheane Duncan
- Produced by
- Robert W. CortTed Field
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