Movie Night in May will be Sunday, May 12th at 5 PM, and we’ll be viewing Mr. Holland’s Opus. The story takes place in Portland, Oregon beginning in 1965, when Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss), a talented musician and composer, accepts a teaching position at John F. Kennedy High School. Holland’s lack of quality time with his wife, Iris, becomes problematic when their son Coltrane (Cole), is found to be deaf. Holland reacts with hostility to the news that he can never teach the joys of music to his own child. Iris willingly learns American Sign Language to communicate with her son, but Holland resists. This causes further estrangement within his family.
As the years progress, he inspires numerous students, but never has private time for himself or his family, delaying the completion of his own orchestral composition. Eventually, Mr. Holland finds fulfillment in his teaching career when one of his most musically challenged students explains that the symphony he wrote is not his only legacy: that legacy also includes the people he has inspired and taught, all of the people he has helped to make a better person.
Be sure to bring snacks to share and join us for this classic from 1995.