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About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 29, 1995
Box Office
$106.3M
Budget
$31.0M
Return
3.4x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 24, 1999
Theaters
1
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Communications, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, The Charlie Mopic Company
Quotes
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Taglines
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Impact of Change on One's Life
Taglines
Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →R
Richard Dreyfuss
Glenn Holland
G
Glenne Headly
Iris Holland
J
Jay Thomas
Bill Meister
O
Olympia Dukakis
Principal Jacobs
W
William H. Macy
Vice Principal Gene Wolters
Alicia Witt
Gertrude Lang
T
Terrence Howard
Louis Russ
D
Damon Whitaker
Bobby Tidd
J
Jean Louisa Kelly
Rowena Morgan
A
Alexandra Boyd
Sarah Olmstead
A
Anthony Natale
Cole at 28 Years Old
J
Joanna Gleason
Gertrude Lang as an adult
D
Dan Vhay
Mr. Malone
J
John Henry Redwood
Mr. Russ
T
Ted Roisum
Dr. Sorenson
A
Adam Fitzhugh
Mr. McKenzie
E
Eric Michael Cole
Boy 2
Z
Zoe McLellan
Girl 4
M
Michael Mendelson
Chaplain
D
Don Burns
City Official
