Mr. Holland's Opus
1995 · 143 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 42,856 VOTES · DIR. Stephen Herek
Overview
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,498 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:46 (~ piano)
00:06:11 - Are they any good? - They try hard.
00:11:12 - What? what's so funny? - Oh, the free time.
00:17:40 "Johann Sebastian Bach. "
00:22:32 Wow.
00:28:13 - You were gonna compose this summer. - Well, we could make it work.
00:32:54 Close your eyes.
00:39:46 My point is rock"n"roll, by its very nature, leads to a breakdown in discipline.
00:43:53 OK.
00:48:19 Is he gonna make it?
00:53:49 Louis!
01:00:00 ~ Livin life in peace
01:04:43 - You stoned again, Stadler? - I don't need to stay straight. I know this.
01:10:34 I've been promising my husband for several years now. It's time.
01:14:59 ~ I've got daisies
01:18:25 I'm both!
01:22:52 Maybe I shouldn"t tell you this, Miss Morgan, but you have a great talent.
01:28:46 Saturday, then.
01:33:58 ~ I'd like to add his initial to my monogram
01:44:01 "I know what music is. You could help me to know it better, but... no. "
01:50:08 (voice quivers) ~ Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
01:54:29 A recommendation?
02:00:00 What are you doing here?!
02:11:26 ~ From the moment you were born
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,498
Dialogue density10.5 lines / min
First line00:00:46
Final line02:11:26
Production Record
DirectorStephen Herek
LanguageEnglish
Budget$31,000,000
Revenue$106,300,000
IMDb votes42,856