Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: DREYFUSS,RICHARD
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9786305428350
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788816217
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Hollywood Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1FrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Hollywood Pictures
MPN: DISD17491D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Hollywood Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 24, 1999
Running Time: 143 minutes
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Hollywood Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: January 19, 1996

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Of all the lives he changed the one that changed the most was his own. Glenn holland is a remarkable music teacher whose own aspirations to compose a great opus have taken a back seat to the needs of his students. Holland realizes the true rewards of his lifetime are self-sacrifice and lasting impact he has. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 01/25/2005 Starring: Richard Dreyfuss Olympia Dukakis Run time: 143 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Stephen Herek

Amazon.com:
An earnest and at times overblown story of a music teacher's impact on those around him, Mr. Holland's Opus is at times a genuinely touching drama in the vein of It's a Wonderful Life. Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) plays an aspiring composer and musician who takes a job teaching music at a local high school to save money while he composes his music. But when his wife (Glenne Headley) becomes pregnant, Glenn Holland must put aside his dreams and address the everyday realities of his life, from the melancholy and sometimes tragic fates of his students to the discovery that the son he cherishes is deaf. Building to a highly emotional climax in which the teacher sees the impact he's had on the world around him, Mr. Holland's Opus is a showcase for a fine Oscar-nominated performance by Dreyfuss and an engaging, heartwarming story. --Robert Lane




Rating: - Music
Mr. Holland's Opus is a wonderful movie about love of music and will likely go down as a classic!

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Rating: - One of the BEST movies ever made!!!
The first time I saw this movie, I was a young teenager visiting my grandparents. It was coming on TV one night, and my grandmother mentioned that I would probably most enjoy it. As always, she was correct. Mr. Holland's Opus is, by far, one the BEST movies ever made!!! There are so many personalities exhibited; full ranges of emotions explored and expressed. It is amazing to watch the unfolding of a person's life. And it is truly wondrous to see how so many small actions and events affect so many ... Read More

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Rating: - dvd
Mr. Holland's Opus is a great movie. I have watched it several times and I will keep watching it. It has so much meaning and caring and Richard Dreyfuss did a great job.

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Rating: - Mr. Holland's Opus
"Mr. Holland's Opus" is an excellent movie! More importantly, however, the introduction of Jean Louisa Kelly's George Gershwin solos to movies -- particularly "Someone To Watch Over Me" -- is incredible, and just plain sensuous! I find myself drawn to hear her sing it over and over. But the subplots of Holland and his son, of the love story between Holland and his wife, and of the incredible affinity between Holland's music students and him, are also excellent. All in all, worth a mature family's ... Read More

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Rating: - Really worthwhile film
A really sensitive and human story about youth and high school orchestra music. I heartily recommend it.

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