A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 5 nominations total
- Vice Principal Wolters
- (as W.H. Macy)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEvery person in the film that portrayed a deaf person is deaf in real life.
- GoofsMr. Holland plays Lovers Concerto to his class and asks who wrote It. A student replies, 'The Toys.' Mr Holland corrects him and says "That was Minuet in G, by Johan Sebastian Bach." At the time the film was set this was attributed to Bach as it was found in a book kept by Bach's wife. It was determined in 1970 to be part of a larger piece written by Christian Petzold (1677-1733).
- Quotes
Adult Gertrude Lang: Mr. Holland had a profound influence on my life and on a lot of lives I know. But I have a feeling that he considers a great part of his own life misspent. Rumor had it he was always working on this symphony of his. And this was going to make him famous, rich, probably both. But Mr. Holland isn't rich and he isn't famous, at least not outside of our little town. So it might be easy for him to think himself a failure. But he would be wrong, because I think that he's achieved a success far beyond riches and fame. Look around you. There is not a life in this room that you have not touched, and each of us is a better person because of you. We are your symphony Mr. Holland. We are the melodies and the notes of your opus. We are the music of your life.
- Crazy creditsThanks to The Seattle Symphony Orchestra
- SoundtracksOne, Two, Three
Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland (as Edward Holland), John Madara, Dave White, and Len Barry (as Leonard Borisoff)
Performed by Len Barry
Courtesy of MCA Records
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Nhạc Phẩm Của Thầy Holland
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Box office
- Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $82,569,971
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,466
- Jan 1, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $106,269,971
- Runtime2 hours 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1