Mr Holland's Opus By Stephen Herek
MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS
MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS is a film by director Stephen Herek, written by Patrick Sheane Duncan, and produced by Ted Field, Michael Nolin, and Robert W. Cort. This emotional drama is a classic fictional story about Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss), a man with a deep love of music, who has a desire to write at least one symphony of lasting significance. The story starts when he unenthusiastically accepts a job as a high school music teacher at John F. Kennedy High School so that he can have the time and money to be able to compose his opus. In his first year of teaching, he finds himself turning into that very thing which he despises, a dry and boring instructor who isn't getting through to the students. Mr. Holland finds he has a group of indolent and inept students, and their attempt at music results in a horrible disharmony. He hates his job, and at first he is terrible at it. He uses little witticisms like "There's more to music than notes on a page" and "Playing music is supposed to be fun" in attempts to awaken and inspire his impassionate students. These however, did …show more content…
Using all manner of unorthodox teaching methods like using rock music to teach classical music, Mr. Holland eventually breaks through and becomes the darling of John F. Kennedy High School, and had profound effect on a number of his students. Over the next 30 years, Holland is able to
MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS is a film by director Stephen Herek, written by Patrick Sheane Duncan, and produced by Ted Field, Michael Nolin, and Robert W. Cort. This emotional drama is a classic fictional story about Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss), a man with a deep love of music, who has a desire to write at least one symphony of lasting significance. The story starts when he unenthusiastically accepts a job as a high school music teacher at John F. Kennedy High School so that he can have the time and money to be able to compose his opus. In his first year of teaching, he finds himself turning into that very thing which he despises, a dry and boring instructor who isn't getting through to the students. Mr. Holland finds he has a group of indolent and inept students, and their attempt at music results in a horrible disharmony. He hates his job, and at first he is terrible at it. He uses little witticisms like "There's more to music than notes on a page" and "Playing music is supposed to be fun" in attempts to awaken and inspire his impassionate students. These however, did …show more content…
Using all manner of unorthodox teaching methods like using rock music to teach classical music, Mr. Holland eventually breaks through and becomes the darling of John F. Kennedy High School, and had profound effect on a number of his students. Over the next 30 years, Holland is able to