Title:
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.
ISBN:
9780788816215
Uniform Title:
Mr. Holland's opus (Motion picture)
Publication Information:
Burbank, Calif. : Hollywood Pictures Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, ©1999.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
Special features include production featurette.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.25:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.
Awards Note:
1995 Academy Award nominee, best actor, Richard Dreyfuss.
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.
Summary:
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.
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Language Note:
In English or French with optional English captions for people who are deaf or hard of hearing; closed-captioned.
Audience:
Rated PG.
Performer:
Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, W.H. Macy, Alicia Witt, Terrence Howard, Jean Louisa Kelly.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Oliver Wood ; editor, Trudy Ship ; music, Michael Kamen.
OCLC Number:
ocm42247846
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
