Goodbye Mr. Holland

Dead Poets Society without the suicides. A composer takes a high school teaching job to pay the bills, but finds fulfillment in his students' successes. A solid, sentimental vehicle for Richard Dreyfuss.

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Stephen Herek directed Goodbye Mr. Holland in 1995. See Stephen Herek's full filmography, where to start with Stephen Herek, or where to go after you've seen everything by Stephen Herek.

Goodbye Mr. Holland was released in 1995 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 143 minutes.