Glenn Holland in Mr. Holland's Opus

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Glenn Holland in "Mr. Holland's Opus" is a dedicated high school music teacher and composer whose decades-long career profoundly impacts his students while he struggles to balance his artistic ambitions with family and professional responsibilities.

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instanceOf composer
fictional character
high school music teacher
appearsIn Mr. Holland's Opus
appearsInGenre drama film
careerDuration several decades
characterArc comes to value teaching as his true legacy
childDisability deafness
communicatesWithSonUsing American Sign Language
createdBy Patrick Sheane Duncan
employer John F. Kennedy High School
facesConflictWith school administration
facesIssue budget cuts to music program
filmReleaseYearContext 1995
gender male
hairColor brown
hasChild Cole Holland
honoredBy a surprise concert by former students
initialGoal to compose a major piece of music
to teach temporarily to support his composing
medium film character
mentors Gertrude Lang
Louis Russ
Rowena Morgan
various generations of students
narrativeTheme sacrifice of personal dreams
the impact of teachers on students
value of arts education
nationalityInFiction American
notableWork An American Symphony
occupation composer
music teacher
portrayedBy Richard Dreyfuss
primaryInstrument piano
realizes his students are his true opus
secondaryInstrument clarinet
settingCity Portland, Oregon, United States
surface form: Portland, Oregon
spouse Iris Holland
strugglesWith balancing career and family life
communicating with his deaf son
unfulfilled ambitions as a composer
teachesLevel high school
teachesSubject music
teachingStyle innovative
patient
student-centered
usesInTeaching classical music
rock and roll music

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Richard Dreyfuss notableRole Glenn Holland in Mr. Holland's Opus