"Mr. Holland's Opus" is my favorite movie because he struggles with so many different obstacles in his life. He becomes a teacher because he seems to have nowhere else to turn to. Then he learns that his son Cole has a 90% hearing deficiency which is ironic because he is a music teacher. He works for 30 years (until 1995) when the entire music department at his high school is cut. Over those 30 years he's been working on his "American Symphony" and some of his former students perform the piece much to his surprise at his "encore" appearance. I believe that the title has a double meaning: 1. his symphonic masterpiece which at the movies end finally becomes a reality. 2. the positive legacy he left with so many of his present and past students! I think that students, fellow teachers and others were influenced positively just by knowing him as a teacher, a composer and an overall person!
Daniel
Mr. Holland's Opus
Mr. Holland's Opus
