Mr. Holland's opus / Hollywood Pictures presents an Interscope Communications Polygram Filmed Entertainment Production ; in association with the Charlie Mopic Company ; a Stephen Herek film ; written by Patrick Sheane Duncan ; produced by Ted Field, Michael Nolin and Robert W. Cort ; directed by Stephen Herek.

A frustrated composer comes to realize that his real passion is teaching and that his legacy is not a truly memorable piece of music, but the generations of young people whose lives he affects.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Mr. Holland's opus (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Kamen, Michael (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Hollywood Pictures
Interscope Communications (Firm)
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm)
Charlie Mopic Company
Hollywood Pictures Home Video (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Field, Ted (Producer)
Nolin, Michael (Producer)
Cort, Robert W. (Producer)
Herek, Stephen (Director)
Duncan, Patrick Sheane (Screenwriter)
Ship, Trudy (Editor)
Dreyfuss, Richard (Actor)
Headly, Glenne (Actor)
Thomas, Jay, 1948-2017 (Actor)
Dukakis, Olympia (Actor)
Macy, William H., 1950- (Actor)
Witt, Alicia, 1975- (Actor)
Kelly, Jean Louisa (Actor)
Language:English
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English or French with optional English captions for the hearing impaired; closed-captioned.
Published: [Burbank, Calif.] : Hollywood Pictures Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [1999?]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Genre:
Physical Description:1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Program start
  • Opening credits
  • Inauspicious beginning
  • Free time
  • Off-key
  • A poor compass
  • Connective tissue
  • Not just notes on a page
  • Cirriculum in question
  • New Assignment
  • Challenged
  • Terrible news
  • A mother's despair
  • A momento
  • Domestic discord
  • Free advise
  • Late night rehearsal
  • A proposition
  • At the bus depot
  • Angry son
  • A personal dedication
  • An apology for the arts
  • Surprise
  • A symphony
  • End credits.