Movie · 1995
Mr. Holland's Opus
“Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own.”
Released 29 December 1995 143 min Drama / Music More from 1995 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Olympia Dukakis
as Principal Jacobs
Richard Dreyfuss
as Glenn Holland
Jay Thomas
as Bill Meister
William H. Macy
as Vice Principal Gene Wolters
Joanna Gleason
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
Ted Roisum
as Dr. Sorenson
Glenne Headly
as Iris Holland
Beth Maitland
as Deaf School Principal
Forest Whitaker
as Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
Alexandra Boyd
as Sarah Olmstead
Terrence Howard
as Louis Russ
Damon Whitaker
as Bobby Tidd
Jean Louisa Kelly
as Rowena Morgan
Alicia Witt
as Gertrude Lang
Eric Michael Cole
as Boy 2
Nicholas John Renner
as Cole at 6 Years Old
Joseph Anderson
as Cole at 15 Years Old
Anthony Natale
as Cole at 28 Years Old
Joshua Minnick
as Mr. Shapiro
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The numbers
46years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Olympia Dukakis — oldest on the call sheet
18Eric Michael Cole — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast