Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own.
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.
$31,000,000
$106,300,000
December 29, 1995
Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Communications
66 people
Richard Dreyfuss
Glenn Holland
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Glenne Headly
Iris Holland
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Jay Thomas
Bill Meister
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Olympia Dukakis
Principal Jacobs
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William H. Macy
Vice Principal Gene Wolters
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Alicia Witt
Gertrude Lang
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Terrence Howard
Louis Russ
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Damon Whitaker
Bobby Tidd
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Jean Louisa Kelly
Rowena Morgan
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Alexandra Boyd
Sarah Olmstead
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Nicholas John Renner
Cole at 6 Years Old
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Joseph Anderson
Cole at 15 Years Old
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