Mr. Holland's Opus

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Template:Infobox Film Mr. Holland's Opus is a 1995 drama film.

Richard Dreyfuss plays Glenn Holland, a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal: to compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success.

It also stars Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, Alicia Witt, Terrence Howard, Jean Louisa Kelly, and Joanna Gleason.

The film features a very moving orchestral score by Michael Kamen and many pieces of classical music. Kamen also wrote "An American Symphony", the work Mr. Holland is shown working on throughout the movie.

The movie was written by Patrick Sheane Duncan (for which he received a Golden Globe nomination) and directed by Stephen Herek.

Dreyfuss was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe.

This movie was rated PG, for mild language (including cursing in American Sign Language) by the MPAA.

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Box office

US Gross Domestic Takings: US$ 82,569,971

+ Other International Takings: $23,700,000

= Gross Worldwide Takings: $106,269,971

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Soundtrack albums

Two soundtrack albums were released for this film in January 1996. One is the original motion picture score, and includes all of the original music written for the film by Michael Kamen. The second album is a collection of popular music featured in the film: