Mr Holland's Opus (1995)

(woman) Your first day as a teacher, Mr. Holland. Excited? (Mr. Holland) Nervous. (narrator) Academy Award Winner, and 1995 Academy Award Nominee, Richard Dreyfus, stars in the movie critics are calling "One of the year's ten best pictures", (Mr. Holland) What kind of music do like to listen to? (student) Rock-n-roll. (narrator) It's the powerful story of the hope one man inspired, (woman) It has come to my attention that you are teaching the students rock-n-roll. (Mr. Holland) I will use anything if it think it will help teach a student to love music. (narrator)...The challenges he faced... (mother) Something's wrong with Cole. I don't think he can hear. (narrator)...the dreams he chased... (Cole, interpreted by mom) You care more about teaching other people than you do about me. (narrator) Of all the lives he changed... (Mr. Holland) I would like to dedicate this song to my son. (narrator)...the one he changed the most was his own. [orchestra music] (narrator) Richard Dreyfus, Mr. Holland's Opus. Rated PG