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1995 |
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PG |
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143 minutes |
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Stephen Herek |
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Ted Field, Michael Nolin, Robert W. Cort |
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Alicia Witt, Richard Dreyfuss, William H. Macy |
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Mr. Holland's Opus Image Gallery, Wallpapers & Desktop Themes |
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The song young Gertrude Lang learns on the clarinet is "Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk.
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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.
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Mr. Holland's Opus Reviews |
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rec.art.movies.reviews newsgroup |
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I greatly respect for the teaching profession, though I cannot say the same of all films made about teaching. We see a lot of films about the teaching profession and with a few notable exceptions (much notably THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE), they generally make the teacher a hero. Teacher-hero stories fall into two different categories. One is the "flashbulb" sort of story, the other is the "candle." Flashbulb teacher films generally cover one semester. They have a new teacher come in and be faced with a nearly impossible situation. Either the students are totally establishment thinkers, the classroom is in total anarchy, or the students are treated by school officials as if they have the intelligence of water fowl. The teacher comes in, bringing with him or her the word that there is a world out there of knowledge and culture. Then in one quick semester the new erudition transforms the lives of the students. Example of this sort of film include DEAD POETS SOCIETY, RENAISSANCE MAN, TO SIR WITH LOVE, and STAND AND DELIVER. The teacher has brought enlightenment in one quick flash. This is rarely how the teaching profession operates.
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