I saw Richard Dreyfuss in a bookstore while they were filming this.

Rating: 10/10 (10 November 2006)

In September, 1994, my mom and I were in the checkout line in Powell's Bookstore in Portland, Oregon. There was a very short man in front of us. When we got up to the cashier, she identified the man as none other than Richard Dreyfuss. We turned around and sure enough, it was he. Needless to say, we wondered what he was doing in Portland.
A little over a year later, we found out what he was doing when "Mr. Holland's Opus" got released. We thought that it was one of the best movies that year. We all really liked that it portrayed how sad he got when John Lennon got assassinated. A very good movie.
About a year later, Richard Dreyfuss appeared at Grant High School again. He made a speech encouraging people to vote in the upcoming election.
All in all, a great movie. I recommend it to everyone. Also starring Glenne Headly, Olympia Dukakis and William H. Macy. Strange that Stephen Herek also directed movies such as "Critters".