Mr. Holland's Opus

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Movie
German title Mr. Holland's Opus
Original title Mr. Holland's Opus
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1995
length 140 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Stephen Herek
script Patrick Sheane Duncan
production Robert W. Cort ,
Ted Field ,
Michael Nolin
music Michael Kamen
camera Oliver Wood
cut Trudy Ship
occupation

Mr. Holland's Opus is an American drama from 1995 . The Director led Stephen Herek , the writer wrote Patrick Sheane Duncan . Richard Dreyfuss played the leading role .

action

The composer Glenn Holland took a job as a music teacher in a school in 1964. At first he only wants to work there for a limited time to save money and then write a symphony .

However, he underestimates the workload at school and when his wife becomes pregnant the couple decides to buy a house. In the end, the work on his composition is lost between school, the summer job as a driving instructor and his family responsibilities.

His temporary job as a teacher gradually turns into a life's work that he devotes himself to with enthusiasm, while private and contemporary events influence his life.

The hardest stroke of fate for him is when it turns out that his son Cole was born deaf and that he cannot share his great passion, music, with him. He increasingly neglects him in favor of his work at school until it finally falls out when Cole is in his teens. Only then does he begin to accept his son for who he is.

In the mid-1990s, Holland's position as a music teacher was cut because of savings. He strongly fights against it, but has to accept the dismissal.

He lets it be known that he feels that he has not used his life properly. But his friends and his former students do not want to accept this and are holding a farewell event in honor of Mr. Holland, at which many of his former students are present and at which his work "American Symphony", on which he has worked for many years, will be premiered . Mr. Holland is asked to conduct the performance and is visibly touched.

Reviews

“Melodrama told episodically with the tendency to overstrain the emotional vulnerability of the audience. A film full of false notes, in which only the main actor Richard Dreyfuss conveys a touch of real humanity. "

- Lexicon of international film

The magazine Cinema 4/1996 described the film as "poignant", the portrayal of Richard Dreyfuss as "terrific".

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film would focus on the theme of the triumph of the human mind. He praised the performance of supporting actors Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, Alicia Witt and Jean Louisa Kelly.

Awards

Richard Dreyfuss was for his starring role in the film awards Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. Patrick Sheane Duncan was nominated for the Screenplay for a Golden Globe.

The film (for Best Family Film ) and Nicholas John Renner won the Young Artist Award , for which Joseph Anderson was nominated.

Michael Kamen won the BMI Film Music Award for the film music . The film won the Christopher Award and a Heartland Film Festival award . He was nominated for the Casting Society of America Award .

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

background

The film grossed approximately US $ 82.6 million in cinemas in the United States and grossed over US $ 106 million worldwide.

The “American Symphony” composed by Michael Kamen is strongly based on the main theme of the fourth movement of Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 by Johannes Brahms .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mr. Holland's Opus. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 6, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Mr. Holland's Opus ( Memento from February 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon
  3. ^ Review by James Berardinelli

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