Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) is a musician & composer world health organization requires a teaching job to pay the rent when, inside his 'spare period', he might strive to achieve his avowedly goal - compose 1 memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. When Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to smart shoppers patch we're occupy making more plans' & when a years unfold a joy of sharing his contagious passion for music using his students becomes his newly definition of profits.

It as well stars Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, Alicia Witt, Terrence Dashon Howard, Jean Louisa Kelly, and Joanna Gleason.

the film features a super moving orchestral score by Michael Kamen and many pieces of classical music. Kamen too wrote "An American Symphony", a function Mr. Holland is shown working off and in on throughout a film.

A moving-picture show was written by Patrick Sheane Duncan (for which he received a Golden Globe nomination) and directed by Stephen Herek.

Dreyfuss was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Earth.

This picture show was rated PG, for modest language (including cursing around American Sign Language) by the MPAA.

Box Office

US Gross Domestic Yield: US$ 82,569,971 = Gross Worldwide Proceeds: $106,269,971

Soundtrack albums
2 soundtrack albums were freed for this film inside January 1996. Of these is the original motion picture score, and includes completely of the original music written for the film by Michael Kamen. A 2nd album occurs as collection of popular music featured in the film: