1 00:02:48,934 --> 00:02:52,350 (radio) Senator Barry Goldwater is campaigning in Colorado. 2 00:02:52,438 --> 00:02:57,563 The Warren Commission, almost a full year after the Kennedy assassination... 3 00:02:59,446 --> 00:03:02,732 - Glenn, it's time. - No, just a little more. 4 00:03:02,824 --> 00:03:07,036 If you don't get up right now, I'm gonna cut one of your piano strings. 5 00:03:07,121 --> 00:03:09,114 Ugh... 6 00:03:09,206 --> 00:03:11,662 - What time is it? - Quarter to seven. 7 00:03:12,669 --> 00:03:15,374 - A quarter to seven! - Mm-hm. 8 00:03:15,463 --> 00:03:17,540 Oh, God. 9 00:03:18,425 --> 00:03:20,667 Does the sun really come out this early? 10 00:03:20,761 --> 00:03:25,637 It was a surprise to me, too. I took a picture in case it never happens again. 11 00:03:25,725 --> 00:03:29,972 - Nobody gets up this early. - Oh, yes, they do. 12 00:03:30,063 --> 00:03:33,895 Come on, come on, come on. Please, please, please, please, please! 13 00:03:33,984 --> 00:03:37,816 - Come on, come on, come on, come on. - No, no, no! This is a stupid idea. 14 00:03:37,905 --> 00:03:40,740 Oh, this is definitely not my scene, Iris. 15 00:03:41,409 --> 00:03:45,454 It's just a gig. If it doesn't work, you can try something else. 16 00:03:46,247 --> 00:03:49,202 - What time am I supposed to be there? - 7.30. 17 00:03:49,292 --> 00:03:51,369 7.30! 18 00:03:52,004 --> 00:03:56,298 What kind of people like to go to work at 7.30 in the morning? 19 00:03:56,384 --> 00:03:58,542 (~ `One, Two, Three` by Len Barry) 20 00:04:04,977 --> 00:04:07,053 ~ One, two, three 21 00:04:08,772 --> 00:04:11,939 ~ Oh, thats how elementary 22 00:04:12,527 --> 00:04:14,603 ~ It's gonna be 23 00:04:16,406 --> 00:04:18,980 ~ Come on, lets fall in love 24 00:04:19,075 --> 00:04:22,112 - ~ It's easy - ~ It`s so easy 25 00:04:22,204 --> 00:04:26,332 ~ Like taking candy from a baby 26 00:04:27,752 --> 00:04:31,584 - ~ A, B, C - ~ A, B, C 27 00:04:31,673 --> 00:04:34,591 ~ Falling in love with you was 28 00:04:35,302 --> 00:04:37,378 ~ Easy for me 29 00:04:39,139 --> 00:04:41,678 ~ And you can do it, too 30 00:04:41,767 --> 00:04:44,852 - ~ It's easy - ~ It`s so easy 31 00:04:44,937 --> 00:04:48,307 ~ Like taking candy from a baby 32 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,729 Hi. I'm Glenn Holland. I'm the new music teacher. 33 00:04:53,155 --> 00:04:54,946 Vice Principal Wolters. 34 00:04:56,283 --> 00:04:58,360 Holy cow! 35 00:05:00,288 --> 00:05:01,948 - A Corvair. - Yeah. 36 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,911 I take it you didn't read Ralph Nader's book. 37 00:05:05,001 --> 00:05:08,121 Well, unless Ralph is willing to buy me a new car, 38 00:05:08,213 --> 00:05:11,748 I'm gonna have to stick with this one until the wheels fall off. 39 00:05:11,842 --> 00:05:15,176 Well, you may not have to wait that long. Heh-heh. 40 00:05:16,973 --> 00:05:19,678 - Have a nice day. - Thanks. 41 00:05:19,768 --> 00:05:22,722 - ~ It's easy - ~ It`s so easy 42 00:05:22,813 --> 00:05:26,977 ~ Like taking candy from a baby 43 00:05:27,485 --> 00:05:29,561 You look lost, Mr Holland. 44 00:05:31,072 --> 00:05:33,907 Helen Jacobs. Remember? I hired you. 45 00:05:33,992 --> 00:05:36,281 Oh! 46 00:05:36,369 --> 00:05:42,076 Of course you did. I'm sorry. It was not that I'm lost. I was just looking for the... 47 00:05:42,167 --> 00:05:46,248 - Well, yes, of course I'm lost. - What an auspicious beginning. 48 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:48,916 This way. 49 00:05:49,425 --> 00:05:52,925 Your first day as a teacher, Mr Holland. Excited? 50 00:05:53,013 --> 00:05:56,299 Nervous. Boy, I never thought I'd be here. 51 00:05:56,392 --> 00:05:58,598 No? Why not? 52 00:05:58,686 --> 00:06:02,137 Well... like most people, I only got my teaching certificate 53 00:06:02,231 --> 00:06:04,687 so I'd have something to fall back on. 54 00:06:04,776 --> 00:06:07,694 This isn't a drive-in, Mr Claridge. Hands off! 55 00:06:07,779 --> 00:06:12,240 You know, Mr Holland, I don't think of teaching as a fallback position. 56 00:06:12,326 --> 00:06:15,280 - No, no... - I grow nervous around people who do. 57 00:06:15,371 --> 00:06:18,456 I'm... I'm really very happy to be here. Really. 58 00:06:18,541 --> 00:06:24,247 Good. You'll drop by my office later on. I have a list of students You'll be advising. 59 00:06:24,339 --> 00:06:29,085 Advising? Can I ask when I'm supposed to be doing this advising? 60 00:06:29,178 --> 00:06:33,306 that's for you and the student to arrange. You meet your orchestra when? 61 00:06:33,391 --> 00:06:35,467 Fifth period. 62 00:06:36,728 --> 00:06:38,970 - Are they any good? - They try hard. 63 00:06:39,064 --> 00:06:43,109 By the way, I'll need a complete lesson plan from you by Friday. 64 00:06:43,694 --> 00:06:45,900 - Right. - For September and October. 65 00:06:45,988 --> 00:06:47,186 Right. 66 00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:00,544 (door opens) 67 00:07:11,016 --> 00:07:13,092 (school bell) 68 00:07:27,242 --> 00:07:31,536 All right. People, come on, let's take our seats a little quicker, please. 69 00:07:31,622 --> 00:07:35,490 A little quicker. We're losing time. Come on in, come on in. 70 00:07:35,585 --> 00:07:37,661 My name is Mr Holland. 71 00:07:38,838 --> 00:07:43,299 This, of course, is a title of courtesy that I will extend back to you - 72 00:07:43,552 --> 00:07:47,253 "Mr" or "Miss", as the circumstances allow. 73 00:07:47,348 --> 00:07:49,424 Welcome to Music Appreciation. 74 00:07:49,517 --> 00:07:55,057 This is a class in which we will be studying the history of music. 75 00:07:55,148 --> 00:07:59,442 Um, who would like to give me a definition of what music is? 76 00:08:01,238 --> 00:08:03,314 Any music. What do you think? 77 00:08:04,408 --> 00:08:09,949 What do they think that music is in... in general? What do they think? 78 00:08:10,039 --> 00:08:12,116 Anybody? 79 00:08:13,877 --> 00:08:15,953 Nobody? 80 00:08:16,505 --> 00:08:20,966 OK. Let's, uh... let's go to the text. 81 00:08:21,802 --> 00:08:26,346 And we turn to page, um... four. 82 00:08:26,433 --> 00:08:35,106 And we read that "Music is sound in melodic or harmonic combinations, 83 00:08:35,192 --> 00:08:37,980 whether produced by voice or instrument." 84 00:08:39,405 --> 00:08:41,482 Now, questions? 85 00:08:42,534 --> 00:08:44,859 Anybody... at all? 86 00:08:47,873 --> 00:08:49,830 No? 87 00:08:49,917 --> 00:08:50,866 Hm? 88 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,703 Good. 89 00:08:52,795 --> 00:08:54,752 All righty, uh... 90 00:08:54,839 --> 00:09:01,970 Now, I just... you know, I just... want you all to relax, have a little fun. 91 00:09:02,055 --> 00:09:04,891 We're not here to impress each other. 92 00:09:04,975 --> 00:09:07,549 OK. All right, let's get ready. 93 00:09:09,856 --> 00:09:11,932 Everyone? Come on. 94 00:09:14,986 --> 00:09:17,478 You ready? 95 00:09:18,031 --> 00:09:20,108 OK, here we go. 96 00:09:20,576 --> 00:09:24,028 (~ discordant `Symphony No 5 in C Minor``` by Beethoven) 97 00:10:07,962 --> 00:10:09,705 It was good. 98 00:10:09,797 --> 00:10:12,549 Miss Aronson. Would you stand up, please? 99 00:10:13,426 --> 00:10:15,300 Stand up, please. 100 00:10:15,387 --> 00:10:20,594 Is that skirt regulation length? On your knees, both of you, right now. 101 00:10:21,810 --> 00:10:25,974 I thought so. Come with me to the principal's office. You are going home. 102 00:10:26,065 --> 00:10:28,639 You can come back when you're dressed properly. 103 00:10:28,735 --> 00:10:30,562 - You're not being fair. - I am. 104 00:10:30,653 --> 00:10:33,690 If I allow you to do it, everyone is allowed to do it. 105 00:10:33,782 --> 00:10:36,071 - Hi. - Hi. 106 00:10:38,370 --> 00:10:40,447 Come on, out of my way. 107 00:10:42,792 --> 00:10:46,244 - Teachers don't wait. - Pardon me? 108 00:10:46,337 --> 00:10:49,374 High school is not a democracy. Teachers don't wait. 109 00:10:49,466 --> 00:10:51,673 Bill Meister. Phys ed. 110 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,512 - Glenn Holland. Music teacher. - Hi. 111 00:10:58,351 --> 00:11:01,471 - There you go. - Oh, my God! 112 00:11:01,563 --> 00:11:05,643 - What is this? - It's Monday. It's Turkey Spam Surprise. 113 00:11:06,234 --> 00:11:08,358 You could mortar walls with it. 114 00:11:08,445 --> 00:11:11,482 Word of advice: always bring a bag lunch. 115 00:11:11,574 --> 00:11:14,147 - Where's yours? - I ate it in second period. 116 00:11:14,243 --> 00:11:17,363 Sylvie! don't tease me. I need extra. 117 00:11:17,956 --> 00:11:20,625 So what have you been doin' for the last ten years? 118 00:11:20,709 --> 00:11:23,829 I've been playing music. Been on the road. 119 00:11:23,921 --> 00:11:29,295 You know, um... clubs and weddings and bar mitzvahs. That sort of thing. 120 00:11:29,385 --> 00:11:33,430 Wait a minute. I bet you met a ton of chicks in those clubs, huh? 121 00:11:33,515 --> 00:11:37,014 So you're in these clubs, there are all these women there... 122 00:11:37,102 --> 00:11:39,807 - Why'd you become a teacher? - Well... 123 00:11:39,897 --> 00:11:42,768 Actually, I started teaching because I was hoping 124 00:11:42,858 --> 00:11:47,236 it would give me some free time to do some composing. I'm a composer. 125 00:11:50,742 --> 00:11:53,530 - What? what's so funny? - Oh, the free time. 126 00:11:55,789 --> 00:11:59,372 Glenn, I can't remember the last time I had that was free. 127 00:12:25,572 --> 00:12:27,649 (Iris) I've got it all figured out. 128 00:12:27,741 --> 00:12:31,027 With your salary, plus what I take in with the photography, 129 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,658 in four years we should have enough for you to quit 130 00:12:33,748 --> 00:12:39,123 and do nothing but compose music and become famous and make us rich. 131 00:12:39,212 --> 00:12:42,582 - I'll never make it. - I made us $32 today. 132 00:12:42,675 --> 00:12:46,969 Big deal. I made 32 kids sleep with their eyes open. 133 00:12:47,054 --> 00:12:49,131 Oh, right there! Yeah. 134 00:12:50,183 --> 00:12:52,721 Right there. Yeah. 135 00:12:57,566 --> 00:13:03,237 Iris... I think this is gonna be a lot rougher gig than I originally thought. 136 00:13:06,367 --> 00:13:11,611 You know, when I was in high school... I wanted to be someplace else, you know. 137 00:13:11,707 --> 00:13:13,664 Anyplace. 138 00:13:13,751 --> 00:13:17,879 It never occurred to me that my teachers would feel the same way. 139 00:13:18,714 --> 00:13:21,384 Well... you can still quit. 140 00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:26,593 - Nah. We've been through all that. - The band's getting pretty good. 141 00:13:26,682 --> 00:13:29,517 We could play Holiday Inns for the rest of our lives. 142 00:13:29,602 --> 00:13:33,813 - Or Los Angeles. - I don't wanna be a studio musician. 143 00:13:34,816 --> 00:13:37,058 So, It's four years' teaching, then. 144 00:13:42,282 --> 00:13:44,358 Come here. 145 00:13:50,958 --> 00:13:53,035 When you were in high school... 146 00:13:53,628 --> 00:13:56,962 did you ever wonder if your teachers got it on at night? 147 00:13:57,049 --> 00:14:01,094 When I was in high school my teachers were all priests and nuns. 148 00:14:02,263 --> 00:14:07,803 I had such a crush on Mr Griffith. He could've taken me home any time. 149 00:14:07,894 --> 00:14:10,219 - Really? - Mm-hm. 150 00:14:10,313 --> 00:14:12,721 And who was this Mr Griffith? 151 00:14:12,816 --> 00:14:16,232 Oh... he was my music teacher. 152 00:14:21,492 --> 00:14:23,651 (~ woodwind section plays) 153 00:14:34,632 --> 00:14:36,708 (~ discordant notes) 154 00:14:40,597 --> 00:14:42,305 OK. OK. 155 00:14:42,390 --> 00:14:45,308 That wasn't bad. That wasn't bad at all. 156 00:14:45,394 --> 00:14:47,766 - Miss...? I'm sorry. - Lang. 157 00:14:47,855 --> 00:14:50,524 - Pardon me? - Lang. Gertrude Lang. 158 00:14:51,317 --> 00:14:57,652 OK. Miss Lang, um... would you take it from bar 37, please? 159 00:15:07,835 --> 00:15:09,912 (~ discordant notes) 160 00:15:18,055 --> 00:15:19,798 (whispering and giggling) 161 00:15:19,890 --> 00:15:21,468 OK. OK. 162 00:15:21,559 --> 00:15:24,928 - (school bell) - Good. Good. that's enough for today. 163 00:15:25,021 --> 00:15:27,808 I'll see you all tomorrow. Very good work. 164 00:15:27,899 --> 00:15:31,518 Miss Lang? Would you mind hanging for a moment, please? 165 00:15:40,038 --> 00:15:43,573 You seem to be having a little trouble getting through the break. 166 00:15:43,667 --> 00:15:45,873 I know. 167 00:15:45,961 --> 00:15:48,832 - How long have you been playing? - Three years. 168 00:15:50,424 --> 00:15:52,832 Really? 169 00:15:52,927 --> 00:15:54,386 Uh... 170 00:15:54,470 --> 00:15:57,555 Do you find that you get all the practice time that you need? 171 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,132 I practise constantly, yeah. 172 00:16:03,647 --> 00:16:05,723 Well... 173 00:16:06,775 --> 00:16:11,272 then I think... I think maybe you and I should find some time 174 00:16:11,364 --> 00:16:13,606 to work on an individual basis. 175 00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:16,535 - That would be great. - I don't have a lot of time, but... 176 00:16:16,620 --> 00:16:21,033 that's OK. Whatever you can give me. I really, really wanna do good at this. 177 00:16:21,125 --> 00:16:23,201 I bet you do. Um... 178 00:16:23,836 --> 00:16:29,590 Well, come in about a half-hour before first period tomorrow and we'll just start... 179 00:16:29,676 --> 00:16:34,006 OK. All right. Thank you... thank you very much. Thanks. 180 00:17:02,003 --> 00:17:06,500 When a flat precedes a note, like this, 181 00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:11,301 it indicates that the note is to be played a half-step lower. 182 00:17:12,306 --> 00:17:14,299 A piece based in F major 183 00:17:14,392 --> 00:17:17,975 should have a flat sign at the beginning of every stave. 184 00:18:19,798 --> 00:18:22,965 These tests... are pathetic. 185 00:18:27,264 --> 00:18:30,100 "Name an American composer." 186 00:18:30,184 --> 00:18:33,719 Miss Swedlin, your answer was...? 187 00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:35,356 "Bach"? 188 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,014 "Johann Sebastian Bach." 189 00:18:40,404 --> 00:18:42,646 Oh, this is my favourite one. 190 00:18:42,740 --> 00:18:47,034 "How do you know what key a concerto is in?" 191 00:18:47,954 --> 00:18:54,372 Mr Mims, your answer was "Look on the front page?" 192 00:18:55,504 --> 00:18:59,502 Now, this question mark - was that because you weren't sure? 193 00:18:59,592 --> 00:19:04,503 Or because your English skills are on the same level as your musical theory? 194 00:19:04,597 --> 00:19:08,180 These tests are a waste of my time, and yours! 195 00:19:08,268 --> 00:19:11,353 No kidding! I'd rather be somewhere else. 196 00:19:11,438 --> 00:19:15,686 Mr Sullivan! Why don't you pay a visit to Mr Wolters, right now! 197 00:19:15,776 --> 00:19:18,149 Get your books and get outta here! 198 00:19:22,033 --> 00:19:25,485 As for the rest of you, get your textbooks out. 199 00:19:25,579 --> 00:19:30,455 We're gonna go over these answers one by one until you get them right. 200 00:19:30,543 --> 00:19:32,619 (school bell) 201 00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:55,186 (~ discordant clarinet) 202 00:20:04,539 --> 00:20:06,911 Give it up, Miss Lang. 203 00:20:09,544 --> 00:20:11,620 (sobbing) 204 00:20:33,779 --> 00:20:35,856 I meant for the day. 205 00:20:36,532 --> 00:20:39,653 - I meant "Give it up for the day". - I know what you meant. 206 00:20:39,744 --> 00:20:42,449 Then... why are you crying? 207 00:20:42,539 --> 00:20:44,615 I'm terrible. I'm... 208 00:20:45,250 --> 00:20:49,996 I'm terrible. I practise till my lips swell up, but all I make is noise. 209 00:20:50,089 --> 00:20:52,627 It takes work to learn a musical instrument. 210 00:20:52,717 --> 00:20:55,921 I just... I just wanna be good at something. 211 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:59,887 My sister's got a ballet scholarship to go to Juilliard, 212 00:20:59,975 --> 00:21:04,602 and my brother's going to Notre Dame on a football scholarship. 213 00:21:04,689 --> 00:21:08,390 My mother's won the blue ribbon for watercolours at the state fair 214 00:21:08,484 --> 00:21:11,154 so many times they've retired the category. 215 00:21:11,238 --> 00:21:14,523 My father's got the most beautiful voice. he's... 216 00:21:17,202 --> 00:21:19,694 I'm the only one in my family who's... 217 00:21:20,748 --> 00:21:23,286 I... I just can't... 218 00:21:24,085 --> 00:21:25,579 (sobbing) 219 00:21:25,670 --> 00:21:28,541 It doesn't make any difference anyway. I... 220 00:21:35,806 --> 00:21:38,843 Mr Holland! Just the man I was looking for. 221 00:21:38,935 --> 00:21:41,604 We're forming a textbook committee for next year. 222 00:21:41,688 --> 00:21:46,231 I would like to have your suggestions. We meet next Tuesday night in the library. 223 00:21:46,318 --> 00:21:49,568 Oh, I'm sorry, Mrs Jacobs. I'm very busy on Tuesday night. 224 00:21:49,655 --> 00:21:51,363 Uh-huh? 225 00:21:51,449 --> 00:21:55,198 You know, for a good four or five months now, I've been watching you. 226 00:21:55,286 --> 00:21:58,620 I've never seen a teacher sprint for the parking lot 227 00:21:58,707 --> 00:22:01,412 with more speed and enthusiasm than his students. 228 00:22:01,501 --> 00:22:03,909 Perhaps you should be our track coach. 229 00:22:04,004 --> 00:22:08,085 Mrs Jacobs, I get here on time every morning, don't I? 230 00:22:08,176 --> 00:22:10,548 I'm doing my job the best I can. 231 00:22:10,678 --> 00:22:14,842 A teacher is two jobs. Fill young minds with knowledge, yes. 232 00:22:14,933 --> 00:22:18,302 But, more important, give those minds a compass 233 00:22:18,395 --> 00:22:20,471 so that knowledge doesn't go to waste. 234 00:22:20,564 --> 00:22:23,056 I don't know what you do with the knowledge, 235 00:22:23,150 --> 00:22:25,724 but as a compass, you're stuck. 236 00:22:30,826 --> 00:22:35,903 I really hate that woman! And I hate teaching, Iris. I hate it. 237 00:22:35,998 --> 00:22:38,620 Nobody could teach these children. Nobody! 238 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,166 I don't know what I'm gonna do. 239 00:22:41,254 --> 00:22:46,759 They just sit there, staring up at me. there's no there there. I've been trying... 240 00:22:46,843 --> 00:22:50,758 You played a lot of tough houses. When they didn't listen, did you quit? 241 00:22:50,848 --> 00:22:55,178 Wait a minute. Wait a minute! Aren't we supposed to be on the same side? 242 00:22:55,269 --> 00:22:57,061 I am. 243 00:22:57,146 --> 00:22:59,223 It's just that I... 244 00:22:59,941 --> 00:23:01,981 I... 245 00:23:02,694 --> 00:23:04,853 - (sighs) - What? 246 00:23:07,992 --> 00:23:10,068 I'm pregnant. 247 00:23:12,121 --> 00:23:20,296 I wasn't... I wasn't sure if I was, but I went to the doctor and I... I am. 248 00:23:23,342 --> 00:23:25,418 We are. 249 00:23:29,599 --> 00:23:31,675 S... 250 00:23:32,227 --> 00:23:34,136 Say something. 251 00:23:39,819 --> 00:23:42,274 Wow. 252 00:24:04,388 --> 00:24:06,464 Iris... 253 00:24:07,266 --> 00:24:12,059 - Iris... - I... I don't know. I knew! 254 00:24:12,146 --> 00:24:17,852 - I knew you wouldn't be, but I just... - Iris, it just took me by surprise, that's all. 255 00:24:24,994 --> 00:24:27,567 Let me tell you a story, OK? 256 00:24:29,832 --> 00:24:34,495 When I was 15 years old I used to hang out at a local record store. 257 00:24:34,588 --> 00:24:39,416 There was this guy who worked there who thought he knew what I liked, 258 00:24:39,510 --> 00:24:44,137 and he handed me this album one day and it was John Coltrane. 259 00:24:46,059 --> 00:24:48,894 So I took it home and I put it on the machine. 260 00:24:49,604 --> 00:24:52,974 And I hated it. I mean, I really hated it. 261 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,523 I just didn't get it. 262 00:24:57,196 --> 00:25:00,897 So I... played it again. 263 00:25:01,993 --> 00:25:04,698 I played it again, and I played it again... 264 00:25:05,872 --> 00:25:10,499 and then... I just couldn't stop playin' it. 265 00:25:12,963 --> 00:25:15,455 I kept listening to those notes. 266 00:25:17,886 --> 00:25:24,684 And I realised that... that's what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. 267 00:25:25,894 --> 00:25:27,971 You know? 268 00:25:29,106 --> 00:25:31,183 Make music. 269 00:25:44,623 --> 00:25:46,700 What am I tryin' to say? 270 00:25:49,295 --> 00:25:51,454 Look, Iris... 271 00:25:51,548 --> 00:25:56,791 Look, you... you tell me that... We're gonna have a baby. 272 00:25:58,889 --> 00:26:00,966 Well... 273 00:26:03,269 --> 00:26:07,932 that's like... falling in love with John Coltrane... 274 00:26:09,985 --> 00:26:12,061 all over again. 275 00:26:16,951 --> 00:26:21,697 If that is a lie, that is the sweetest lie I ever heard. 276 00:26:31,008 --> 00:26:34,045 - (school bell) - Let's take our seats, please. 277 00:26:36,931 --> 00:26:41,843 Anybody here know the difference between the lonian and the Dorian scale? 278 00:26:42,604 --> 00:26:44,681 Anybody? 279 00:26:45,774 --> 00:26:47,233 (chuckles) 280 00:26:47,318 --> 00:26:49,394 I just wanted to confirm the fact 281 00:26:49,487 --> 00:26:54,446 that I've made absolutely no impact on you in the last five months. 282 00:26:56,620 --> 00:26:59,194 - Mr Sullivan. - Yeah. 283 00:27:00,708 --> 00:27:03,662 What kind of music do you like to listen to? 284 00:27:03,753 --> 00:27:06,624 - Um... - don't be afraid. 285 00:27:09,050 --> 00:27:10,877 Rock'n'roll. 286 00:27:10,969 --> 00:27:13,425 - What about you? - Rock'n'roll. 287 00:27:16,267 --> 00:27:18,840 - You? - Classical. 288 00:27:18,936 --> 00:27:21,309 - Brown-noser. - (laughter) 289 00:27:22,565 --> 00:27:25,270 Does anybody here like Johann Sebastian Bach? 290 00:27:26,194 --> 00:27:28,401 Other than you? 291 00:27:28,488 --> 00:27:34,029 I'll bet all of you, whether you know it or not, already like Johann Sebastian Bach. 292 00:27:34,537 --> 00:27:37,110 (~ `A Lover`s Concerto```) 293 00:27:41,753 --> 00:27:44,920 - what's this called? - (all) "A Lover's Concerto". 294 00:27:45,674 --> 00:27:48,426 - Who wrote it? - The Toys. 295 00:27:48,511 --> 00:27:49,756 Wrong! 296 00:27:49,845 --> 00:27:55,967 That was "Minuet in G", and it was written by Johann Sebastian Bach. 297 00:27:56,061 --> 00:27:58,137 (~ `Minuet in G Major``` by Bach) 298 00:28:02,693 --> 00:28:04,769 Can you hear it? 299 00:28:07,198 --> 00:28:09,274 ~ Bom-bom, bom-bom, bom 300 00:28:10,368 --> 00:28:12,491 And he wrote it in 1725. 301 00:28:12,579 --> 00:28:16,328 They are both prime examples of the lonian scale. 302 00:28:16,917 --> 00:28:21,247 Now listen... and see if you can hear the connective tissue 303 00:28:21,339 --> 00:28:24,673 between what I just played and this. 304 00:28:24,926 --> 00:28:26,634 (~ honky-tonk) 305 00:28:50,579 --> 00:28:54,874 .. and they were answering questions and it was so much fun. 306 00:28:54,959 --> 00:28:59,254 It was rowdy, you know. It was... it was just great. 307 00:29:02,217 --> 00:29:05,088 Hey, hey, hey! What do we think, huh? 308 00:29:05,179 --> 00:29:08,762 And it only took two tries and three hours. 309 00:29:08,850 --> 00:29:11,471 You didn't realise you'd married such a handy man! 310 00:29:11,561 --> 00:29:13,850 But now we really don't have any space. 311 00:29:17,651 --> 00:29:22,728 Well... how would you feel if we moved into a house? 312 00:29:23,950 --> 00:29:26,785 - You're kidding? - No. 313 00:29:27,954 --> 00:29:30,659 But we can't afford that. 314 00:29:30,749 --> 00:29:35,707 If we used our savings account we could, and I taught driver's ed in the summer. 315 00:29:35,796 --> 00:29:40,174 - You were gonna compose this summer. - Well, we could make it work. 316 00:29:40,426 --> 00:29:43,546 - It'd mean taking the crib apart again. - Never! 317 00:29:44,472 --> 00:29:47,142 I'll tear a wall down first. 318 00:29:48,268 --> 00:29:50,806 It's up to you. 319 00:29:50,896 --> 00:29:53,055 - I think we should do it. - Really?! 320 00:29:54,859 --> 00:29:58,359 Play the song you wrote that made me fall in love with you. 321 00:29:58,446 --> 00:30:01,151 The song that made you fall in love with me? 322 00:30:02,159 --> 00:30:06,371 The song that made you... Oh, yes! The song! 323 00:30:07,122 --> 00:30:10,492 - ~ Give me some men who are... - No! No! 324 00:30:10,585 --> 00:30:12,661 - No? - No, come on. 325 00:30:14,881 --> 00:30:16,708 (~ romantic tune) 326 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,876 Mm-hm. 327 00:30:50,295 --> 00:30:52,371 - Mr Holland? - You're late. 328 00:30:53,007 --> 00:30:55,924 And you left your clarinet here the other day. 329 00:30:56,427 --> 00:31:00,211 Yeah, um... if you know anyone who wants it... 330 00:31:02,267 --> 00:31:07,013 I'm giving up the clarinet. I'm just goofing everybody else up anyway. 331 00:31:07,606 --> 00:31:12,683 So, um... I just wanted to say thanks. Thanks for trying. 332 00:31:15,865 --> 00:31:17,941 Is it any fun? 333 00:31:23,624 --> 00:31:25,700 I wanted it to be. 334 00:31:28,546 --> 00:31:30,752 You know what We've been doing wrong? 335 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,545 We've been playing the notes on the page. 336 00:31:36,138 --> 00:31:38,427 Well, what else is there to play? 337 00:31:40,142 --> 00:31:43,179 there's a lot more to music than notes on a page. 338 00:31:44,772 --> 00:31:46,848 (~ `Louie, Louie``` by the Kingsmen) 339 00:31:46,941 --> 00:31:49,017 These guys, for example. 340 00:31:50,070 --> 00:31:53,154 Now... they can't sing, 341 00:31:53,365 --> 00:31:56,817 and they have absolutely no harmonic sense, and they're... 342 00:31:56,952 --> 00:32:00,867 they're playing the same three chords over and over again. 343 00:32:00,957 --> 00:32:03,033 And I love it. 344 00:32:03,585 --> 00:32:05,162 - Do you? - Yeah. 345 00:32:05,253 --> 00:32:07,376 Yeah! 346 00:32:07,464 --> 00:32:09,540 Why? 347 00:32:12,553 --> 00:32:15,127 - I don't know. - Yeah, you do. 348 00:32:15,806 --> 00:32:18,298 - Because It's fun? - that's right. 349 00:32:18,393 --> 00:32:22,011 Because playing music is supposed to be fun. 350 00:32:22,731 --> 00:32:24,973 It's about... heart. 351 00:32:25,651 --> 00:32:31,156 It's about feelings and... moving people and something beautiful and being alive, 352 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,241 and It's not about notes on a page! 353 00:32:34,327 --> 00:32:38,871 I could teach you notes on a page. I can't teach you that other stuff. 354 00:32:40,125 --> 00:32:42,201 Do me a favour. 355 00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:46,332 Pick up your clarinet... and play with me. 356 00:32:46,924 --> 00:32:50,424 - OK. - And this time... no music. 357 00:32:50,512 --> 00:32:53,347 - Oh, what... - Because you already know it. 358 00:32:54,474 --> 00:32:57,179 It's in your head and your fingers and your heart. 359 00:32:57,269 --> 00:32:59,891 You just don't trust yourself to know that. 360 00:33:04,027 --> 00:33:05,854 OK. 361 00:33:05,945 --> 00:33:08,022 Here we go. Ready? 362 00:33:10,283 --> 00:33:12,953 One, two, three, four... 363 00:33:13,037 --> 00:33:15,113 (~ `Stranger on the Shore```) 364 00:33:22,547 --> 00:33:24,125 (~ discordant note) 365 00:33:24,216 --> 00:33:26,754 OK, let's do it again. 366 00:33:26,843 --> 00:33:29,086 And not so much lip on the mouthpiece. 367 00:33:29,179 --> 00:33:31,089 OK. 368 00:33:31,182 --> 00:33:34,017 One, two, three, four... 369 00:33:34,101 --> 00:33:35,893 (~ piano) 370 00:33:44,154 --> 00:33:45,814 (~ discordant note) 371 00:33:45,906 --> 00:33:48,444 All right. No, no. don't do that. 372 00:33:51,704 --> 00:33:53,993 - Let me ask you a question. - What? 373 00:33:55,000 --> 00:34:01,252 When you look in the mirror... what do you like best about yourself? 374 00:34:05,887 --> 00:34:08,045 My hair. 375 00:34:10,392 --> 00:34:12,550 Why? 376 00:34:12,644 --> 00:34:16,974 Well, my father always says that it reminds him of a sunset. 377 00:34:19,860 --> 00:34:21,818 Play the sunset. 378 00:34:28,203 --> 00:34:30,279 Close your eyes. 379 00:34:30,956 --> 00:34:33,364 One, two, three, four... 380 00:34:33,459 --> 00:34:35,535 (~ piano) 381 00:34:45,722 --> 00:34:48,214 don't stop playing! 382 00:35:09,832 --> 00:35:11,909 (~ `Stranger on the Shore```) 383 00:35:54,257 --> 00:35:57,543 (President Lyndon Johnson) I do not find it easy 384 00:35:57,635 --> 00:36:03,306 to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle. 385 00:36:04,393 --> 00:36:07,727 But as long as there are men who hate and destroy, 386 00:36:08,940 --> 00:36:11,513 we must have the courage to resist. 387 00:36:12,902 --> 00:36:16,651 We will stand in Vietnam. 388 00:36:21,537 --> 00:36:25,202 (Holland) Just relax. Try to use one foot. 389 00:36:25,291 --> 00:36:28,292 Try to use one foot! Try to just... 390 00:36:28,503 --> 00:36:30,709 Two feet off! that's it! Right foot. 391 00:36:30,797 --> 00:36:33,882 One foot, one foot! that's it. Come on. 392 00:36:34,384 --> 00:36:36,045 ~ Keep on runnin 393 00:36:37,179 --> 00:36:39,635 ~ Keep on hidin 394 00:36:40,099 --> 00:36:44,678 Now you're going a little too fast. A little too fast. A little too erratic. 395 00:36:44,813 --> 00:36:47,933 A little too erratic. Just a little. 396 00:36:48,024 --> 00:36:50,064 Oh! 397 00:36:53,030 --> 00:36:54,857 ~ Keep on runnin 398 00:36:54,949 --> 00:36:57,072 OK, what have we learned from this? 399 00:37:00,079 --> 00:37:05,323 ~ One fine day Im gonna be the one to make you understand 400 00:37:05,419 --> 00:37:08,254 ~ Oh, yeah, Im gonna be your man 401 00:37:08,339 --> 00:37:10,415 (~ classic music) 402 00:37:26,609 --> 00:37:28,685 (car horn blares) 403 00:37:31,865 --> 00:37:35,733 Whoa! That was a stop sign you went through back there, Mr Holland. 404 00:37:39,290 --> 00:37:41,579 You're definitely speeding, Mr Holland. 405 00:37:49,176 --> 00:37:53,304 I don't think you're allowed to just pass on the right like that either. 406 00:37:54,306 --> 00:37:56,050 (horn) 407 00:37:56,434 --> 00:37:58,510 Jesus! 408 00:38:00,396 --> 00:38:03,931 - This is a one-way street, Mr Holland. - Mr Hosta, shut up! 409 00:38:29,637 --> 00:38:31,429 Maternity? 410 00:38:31,514 --> 00:38:32,428 Thank you. 411 00:39:04,050 --> 00:39:06,126 (knock) 412 00:39:07,888 --> 00:39:09,964 Iris? 413 00:39:11,684 --> 00:39:13,807 Come meet your son... 414 00:39:13,894 --> 00:39:15,971 Coltrane Holland. 415 00:39:17,482 --> 00:39:19,558 - How're you doin'? - OK. 416 00:39:25,782 --> 00:39:27,692 Look. 417 00:39:29,703 --> 00:39:31,946 - Can I? - Sure. 418 00:39:37,295 --> 00:39:39,335 Oh! 419 00:39:41,091 --> 00:39:43,499 he's beautiful. 420 00:39:45,846 --> 00:39:47,673 (Holland chuckles) 421 00:40:15,921 --> 00:40:17,998 (~ piano) 422 00:40:18,507 --> 00:40:23,336 (Holland) ~ I know an old lady who swallowed a fly 423 00:40:23,972 --> 00:40:27,840 ~ I don't know why she swallowed that fly 424 00:40:28,477 --> 00:40:31,229 ~ Perhaps she'll die 425 00:40:31,647 --> 00:40:35,941 ~ I know an old lady who swallowed a spider 426 00:40:36,444 --> 00:40:42,565 ~ That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her 427 00:40:44,411 --> 00:40:47,994 ~ She swallowed the spider to catch the fly 428 00:40:49,083 --> 00:40:53,544 ~ I don't know why she swallowed that fly 429 00:40:53,922 --> 00:40:55,749 ~ Perhaps she'll die 430 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:56,955 The kid is a natural. 431 00:40:57,050 --> 00:41:00,669 It's all that music you played at my stomach while I was pregnant. 432 00:41:00,763 --> 00:41:02,637 (~ piano intro) 433 00:41:04,183 --> 00:41:08,762 Ladies and gentlemen, Radio City Music Hall is proud to present 434 00:41:08,855 --> 00:41:12,355 Coltrane Gershwin Holland! 435 00:41:18,741 --> 00:41:21,279 Mr Holland, it has come to my attention 436 00:41:21,369 --> 00:41:24,738 that you are teaching the students rock'n'roll. 437 00:41:25,582 --> 00:41:28,868 - Is this a problem? - Is this a problem? Yes, I think so. 438 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,911 Our only job is to teach. We cannot teach, and the students cannot learn, 439 00:41:33,007 --> 00:41:35,165 if there is no discipline. 440 00:41:35,259 --> 00:41:38,463 I'm sorry, what exactly is your point, Gene? 441 00:41:38,554 --> 00:41:43,383 My point is rock'n'roll, by its very nature, leads to a breakdown in discipline. 442 00:41:43,477 --> 00:41:46,264 Would you like me to deny that rock'n'roll exists? 443 00:41:46,355 --> 00:41:50,732 What I am... what we are saying is that you should be pushing the classics. 444 00:41:50,818 --> 00:41:53,190 Brahms. Mozart. Stravinsky. 445 00:41:53,279 --> 00:41:57,028 Stravinsky was the music of the Russian Revolution. 446 00:41:57,117 --> 00:42:00,984 - You are exaggerating. - How about the Kingston Trio, Gene? 447 00:42:01,079 --> 00:42:06,205 - How about "Sing Along With Mitch"? - Just a minute, gentlemen! 448 00:42:06,293 --> 00:42:11,964 Mr Holland, I do not want to interfere in the curriculum of any teacher. 449 00:42:12,175 --> 00:42:15,425 But next week I have a meeting with the school board. 450 00:42:15,512 --> 00:42:21,800 There are people who believe rock'n'roll is a message sent from the devil himself. 451 00:42:21,894 --> 00:42:25,595 Now when that issue comes up, what can I tell them? 452 00:42:29,945 --> 00:42:32,317 Mrs Jacobs, 453 00:42:32,406 --> 00:42:36,107 you tell them that I am teaching music, 454 00:42:37,161 --> 00:42:42,073 and that I will use anything, from Beethoven to Billie Holiday to rock'n'roll... 455 00:42:43,126 --> 00:42:48,002 if I think it'll help me teach a student to love music. 456 00:42:49,883 --> 00:42:52,090 that's... 457 00:42:52,178 --> 00:42:54,669 a reasonable answer, Mr Holland. 458 00:42:55,890 --> 00:42:58,132 I can tell them that. 459 00:42:59,561 --> 00:43:02,099 Was there somethin' else? 460 00:43:05,901 --> 00:43:08,309 Yes. Um... 461 00:43:08,404 --> 00:43:12,817 have you been to any of the football games this season, Mr Holland? 462 00:43:13,952 --> 00:43:16,408 I can't say that I have, no. 463 00:43:17,122 --> 00:43:20,954 Well, Mrs Jacobs and I feel that there's something missing. 464 00:43:21,377 --> 00:43:23,453 Touchdowns. (chuckles) 465 00:43:24,797 --> 00:43:26,873 I'm sorry. 466 00:43:29,427 --> 00:43:32,097 What do you know about marching bands? 467 00:43:34,558 --> 00:43:35,838 Pardon me? 468 00:43:37,770 --> 00:43:39,846 Set! Hut! 469 00:43:40,648 --> 00:43:42,724 Get him! Get him down! 470 00:43:44,277 --> 00:43:46,768 that's the way! that's the way to crash down! 471 00:43:46,863 --> 00:43:48,441 (Holland) Uh... 472 00:43:48,532 --> 00:43:50,571 drums and sousaphones. 473 00:43:50,659 --> 00:43:54,657 Come on, line up here - sousaphones on either side, and... 474 00:43:55,873 --> 00:44:00,951 baritones and saxes here. Third line. 475 00:44:01,045 --> 00:44:02,919 Put your shirt-tail in! 476 00:44:03,006 --> 00:44:06,173 This isn't a dance. It looks like a party dress! Get it in! 477 00:44:06,260 --> 00:44:10,092 Let's do it a little quicker. We don't wanna be here till It's dark. 478 00:44:10,181 --> 00:44:14,890 Now, We're not even, and I'd like to make some attempt to, um... 479 00:44:14,978 --> 00:44:18,062 Can you even up here? Can you, like, even this...? 480 00:44:18,148 --> 00:44:21,102 Do you understand what I'm saying when I say even up? 481 00:44:21,193 --> 00:44:23,269 Line up. There you go! 482 00:44:24,196 --> 00:44:28,277 All right, all right. Take care of "even" some... next time. 483 00:44:28,367 --> 00:44:31,404 Get over here! What are you doing? 484 00:44:31,496 --> 00:44:33,619 - Sorry. - Are you tryin' to kill me? 485 00:44:33,707 --> 00:44:35,996 Watch my hand, OK? 486 00:44:36,084 --> 00:44:40,213 One, two, three, march! 487 00:44:40,297 --> 00:44:46,751 Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. 488 00:44:46,846 --> 00:44:48,554 No! No! No! 489 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:53,302 - Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. - Hey, John. Let 'em take a knee. 490 00:44:53,395 --> 00:44:55,933 No, no, no. You're clumping up. 491 00:44:56,023 --> 00:44:58,182 No, no, no. People, spread out. 492 00:44:58,275 --> 00:45:02,108 I want you to spread! Spread out! Spread. 493 00:45:02,197 --> 00:45:05,648 And turn. Turn around. And keep marching! 494 00:45:05,867 --> 00:45:13,449 Keep marching. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left... 495 00:45:18,339 --> 00:45:22,124 - Stop! Take a knee. - (laughter) 496 00:45:22,219 --> 00:45:24,924 All right, start runnin'! Hats on! 497 00:45:25,806 --> 00:45:28,891 And don't stop till you hear this whistle. 498 00:45:29,769 --> 00:45:32,474 Glenn. Glenn. 499 00:45:33,898 --> 00:45:37,149 Man! Oh, man! Oh, man! Oh, man! 500 00:45:38,570 --> 00:45:41,061 I take it you were never in the army. 501 00:45:42,992 --> 00:45:45,661 Now, that's a stupid question! 502 00:45:46,746 --> 00:45:49,830 I was. Man, I marched my keister off. 503 00:45:50,834 --> 00:45:52,910 Well, then help me out. 504 00:45:55,672 --> 00:45:57,749 OK. 505 00:45:58,801 --> 00:46:02,004 You see this kid up in the stands here? that's Lou Russ. 506 00:46:02,096 --> 00:46:06,308 He was the greatest halfback ever. I had to toss him off the team cos of his grades. 507 00:46:06,393 --> 00:46:08,350 I'm about to lose him for wrestling. 508 00:46:08,436 --> 00:46:12,933 What are we talking about? What do you want me to do? Take his tests for him? 509 00:46:13,025 --> 00:46:14,685 No. 510 00:46:14,777 --> 00:46:17,019 But I bet if he played in your band, 511 00:46:17,113 --> 00:46:22,238 I could talk Jacobs into giving him an academic credit. And then I'll help you. 512 00:46:22,327 --> 00:46:25,245 - What instrument does he play? - He doesn't. 513 00:46:28,959 --> 00:46:31,035 He doesn't play anything. 514 00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:36,214 - What, are you kidding? - No. He'll fit right in. 515 00:46:38,094 --> 00:46:41,760 Glenn, listen. You get him to play anything... 516 00:46:42,474 --> 00:46:44,550 and I'll get them to march. 517 00:46:48,189 --> 00:46:52,602 Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Coach Meister, your marching buddy. 518 00:46:54,154 --> 00:46:56,859 You know anything at all about music, Mr Russ? 519 00:46:56,949 --> 00:47:00,532 - No, sir, Coach. - You don't have to say "sir". 520 00:47:00,619 --> 00:47:03,324 I'm not a coach, so "Mr Holland" is just fine. 521 00:47:03,539 --> 00:47:05,698 I'm sorry, sir. I mean, Mr Holland. 522 00:47:05,792 --> 00:47:09,375 don't apologise - you haven't done anything yet. Um... 523 00:47:11,381 --> 00:47:14,003 You know how to read music? Even a little? 524 00:47:16,178 --> 00:47:18,504 - No. - No. No... 525 00:47:20,099 --> 00:47:23,682 Well, you do realise that you're gonna have to learn 526 00:47:23,770 --> 00:47:28,064 at least some of the fundamentals of music before you can get into the band? 527 00:47:28,150 --> 00:47:33,026 Listen, Mr Holland. I work hard. I know how to work hard. 528 00:47:33,114 --> 00:47:35,272 I'm just not a school type of person. 529 00:47:37,201 --> 00:47:39,278 OK. 530 00:47:39,704 --> 00:47:43,952 Well, which instrument do you think you'd like to play? 531 00:47:44,376 --> 00:47:47,627 Well, I was kinda thinking... How about electric guitar? 532 00:47:48,464 --> 00:47:52,082 Well, this is a marching band. The extension cord would kill us. 533 00:47:52,176 --> 00:47:55,462 - How about the tuba? - Tuba's are for fat guys with pimples! 534 00:47:55,638 --> 00:47:59,257 Well, given the time constraints, how do drums strike you? 535 00:48:00,477 --> 00:48:01,806 A drum! 536 00:48:16,036 --> 00:48:18,112 You're ahead, Mr Russ! 537 00:48:25,296 --> 00:48:27,622 Get on the beat, Mr Russ. 538 00:48:32,221 --> 00:48:35,056 Whoa, whoa! Stop, stop. Stop, stop, stop! Stop. 539 00:48:35,141 --> 00:48:38,806 - What happened? Where did you go? - I keep losin' my place. 540 00:48:39,395 --> 00:48:41,684 Well, why don't you find it? 541 00:48:42,023 --> 00:48:45,393 Enough of us here already think that time is a magazine, 542 00:48:45,485 --> 00:48:49,780 and I don't want you confusing us any further and, by the way, Mr Barr... 543 00:48:51,450 --> 00:48:54,570 it is not, as they say, considered couth 544 00:48:54,954 --> 00:48:58,822 to empty your spit valve in the middle of the performance. 545 00:48:58,917 --> 00:49:02,251 Especially not on the foot of the person sitting next to you. 546 00:49:02,337 --> 00:49:06,501 Let's take it again from the top. One, two. One, two. 547 00:49:15,811 --> 00:49:20,105 Whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa, who, whoa! Whoa, whoa! Stop, stop. Stop! 548 00:49:20,190 --> 00:49:22,267 (school bell) 549 00:49:22,359 --> 00:49:27,271 Boy, were you saved by the bell! Same time, same place tomorrow. Thank you. 550 00:49:29,409 --> 00:49:34,914 - Mr Holland? I just want you to know... - That you're gonna work hard. I know. 551 00:49:34,998 --> 00:49:37,537 - Thanks, Mr Holland. - You're welcome. 552 00:49:39,629 --> 00:49:44,006 Tell me some stories about the chicks you met when you were on the road. 553 00:49:44,092 --> 00:49:47,592 That was a different time. I was a very different guy. 554 00:49:47,679 --> 00:49:49,755 Check. 555 00:49:51,100 --> 00:49:53,769 You must be keeping something so good from me! 556 00:49:53,853 --> 00:49:56,854 - You avoid that question. - I'm not avoiding anything! 557 00:49:56,939 --> 00:49:59,727 - I know you are. - I lead a very different life now. 558 00:49:59,818 --> 00:50:03,982 I have a beautiful wife, a gorgeous child - something you know nothing about. 559 00:50:04,072 --> 00:50:05,816 Check. 560 00:50:05,908 --> 00:50:09,324 - I wanna have kids someday. - You ought to find a wife first. 561 00:50:09,412 --> 00:50:11,488 I don't want kids that badly. 562 00:50:12,832 --> 00:50:14,908 Checkmate. 563 00:50:16,336 --> 00:50:18,874 All right, all right, all right. 564 00:50:18,964 --> 00:50:22,001 Besides, the kids at school are like my kids. 565 00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:27,387 I wanna smack 'em sometimes, but mostly I just wanna see 'em do good. 566 00:50:28,141 --> 00:50:30,430 So, Lou Russ - he gonna make it? 567 00:50:32,687 --> 00:50:34,764 Is he gonna make it? 568 00:50:36,024 --> 00:50:39,690 - I don't think so. - Glenn, come on. I need him! 569 00:50:40,279 --> 00:50:42,817 A kid doesn't wrestle, It's not the end of the world. 570 00:50:42,907 --> 00:50:46,442 For him, it is! If he doesn't wrestle, he doesn't have anything else. 571 00:50:46,536 --> 00:50:48,825 It's not about wrestling. I care about him. 572 00:50:48,914 --> 00:50:52,330 How can I keep a kid in the band if he can't play an instrument? 573 00:50:52,418 --> 00:50:56,083 You teach him. Are you telling me that you cannot teach 574 00:50:56,172 --> 00:50:59,173 a willing kid like Lou Russ to bang a drum? 575 00:50:59,258 --> 00:51:00,801 - I tried! - No, you teach him. 576 00:51:00,885 --> 00:51:04,005 - I tried, and I can't. - Then you're a lousy teacher. 577 00:51:05,182 --> 00:51:10,010 And I just can't see a chance like this getting away from him if I can stop it! 578 00:51:15,193 --> 00:51:17,482 Look, I was a kid just like him, 579 00:51:17,862 --> 00:51:23,154 and if someone hadn't given me a chance to excel in the one thing I was good at, 580 00:51:23,243 --> 00:51:28,120 I never would have become the brilliant, gum-chewing coach that I am. 581 00:51:35,340 --> 00:51:39,208 I was kept off the chess team, and, well, It's ruined my life. 582 00:51:43,724 --> 00:51:45,005 Do it again. 583 00:51:45,393 --> 00:51:49,058 (~ `Uptight (Everything`s Alright)``` by Stevie Wonder) 584 00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:59,863 ~ Baby, everything is all right 585 00:51:59,951 --> 00:52:02,905 ~ Uptight, outta sight 586 00:52:03,496 --> 00:52:06,996 ~ Baby, everything is all right 587 00:52:07,083 --> 00:52:09,954 ~ Uptight, outta sight 588 00:52:10,504 --> 00:52:13,956 ~ I'm a poor man`s son from across the railroad tracks 589 00:52:14,050 --> 00:52:17,383 ~ The only shirt I own is hangin on my back 590 00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:20,805 ~ But Im the envy of every single guy 591 00:52:20,890 --> 00:52:24,758 ~ Since I'm the apple of my girl`s eye 592 00:52:24,853 --> 00:52:28,519 ~ When we go out steppin on the town for a while 593 00:52:28,607 --> 00:52:31,858 ~ My moneys low and my suit`s out of style 594 00:52:31,944 --> 00:52:33,688 ~ But it's all right 595 00:52:33,780 --> 00:52:35,571 ~ If my clothes arent new 596 00:52:35,657 --> 00:52:36,902 ~ Outta sight 597 00:52:36,992 --> 00:52:38,652 ~ Because my heart is true 598 00:52:38,744 --> 00:52:42,789 ~ She says `Baby, everything is all right``` 599 00:52:42,873 --> 00:52:46,408 ~ `Uptight, it`s clean outta sight``` 600 00:52:53,552 --> 00:52:56,886 ~ Shes a pearl of a girl I guess that`ss what you might say 601 00:52:57,097 --> 00:53:00,467 ~ I guess her folks brought her up that way 602 00:53:00,559 --> 00:53:03,514 ~ The right side of the tracks, she was born and raised 603 00:53:03,604 --> 00:53:07,104 ~ In a great big, old house full of butlers and maids 604 00:53:07,192 --> 00:53:11,688 ~ She said `Baby, everything is all right``` 605 00:53:11,780 --> 00:53:13,856 (~ `The Stars and Stripes Forever```) 606 00:53:44,441 --> 00:53:47,193 Whoa, whoa, whoa! Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! 607 00:53:47,278 --> 00:53:49,271 Mr Russ. 608 00:53:49,447 --> 00:53:52,152 Congratulations, you found the beat. 609 00:53:52,242 --> 00:53:54,400 (cheering and applause) 610 00:54:03,045 --> 00:54:06,960 (announcer) It's a wonderful day, and a terrific parade. 611 00:54:07,050 --> 00:54:11,262 Here comes an original 937 Dodge school bus. 612 00:54:11,888 --> 00:54:15,673 And there is the princess of Spring, Tammy Monroe. 613 00:54:16,018 --> 00:54:17,809 She is just great. 614 00:54:17,895 --> 00:54:20,469 Hiya. There you go. 615 00:54:37,583 --> 00:54:43,124 don't forget, I want you to keep your eyes on the shoes of the person in front of you. 616 00:54:43,215 --> 00:54:46,169 All right? Have a good time. Ready? 617 00:54:46,260 --> 00:54:51,337 No, no! No! No, no, no, no. Back. Back! Back, back. Just relax. 618 00:54:51,432 --> 00:54:53,555 - Let's go! - Take a deep breath. 619 00:54:53,643 --> 00:54:56,430 - Let's go! - We're doing the best we can, damn it! 620 00:54:58,023 --> 00:55:00,099 Hold it, hold it. 621 00:55:01,276 --> 00:55:03,602 Ready? Mr Benson. 622 00:55:03,821 --> 00:55:05,897 One, two, three, four. 623 00:55:31,518 --> 00:55:33,594 (~ `Louie, Louie```) 624 00:55:40,403 --> 00:55:43,073 Now we have a real treat coming down the road - 625 00:55:43,156 --> 00:55:45,315 the John F Kennedy marching band. 626 00:55:45,867 --> 00:55:48,240 And arent they good? 627 00:55:48,328 --> 00:55:51,864 Their first year in this parade, led by Glenn Holland. 628 00:56:10,436 --> 00:56:13,437 that's my boy! Hey, Louis! Louis! 629 00:56:14,190 --> 00:56:16,267 Louis! 630 00:56:17,110 --> 00:56:19,187 Louis! 631 00:56:26,204 --> 00:56:28,280 (horn blasts) 632 00:57:17,385 --> 00:57:18,880 Iris! 633 00:57:18,970 --> 00:57:21,047 Cole! 634 00:57:22,433 --> 00:57:24,722 Was that fun, or what? 635 00:57:24,810 --> 00:57:27,136 there's something wrong with Cole. 636 00:57:27,772 --> 00:57:31,224 - What? - I don't know. I've tried different things. 637 00:57:31,317 --> 00:57:36,525 Um... sneaking up behind him and banging pots and screaming his name 638 00:57:36,615 --> 00:57:39,153 and stomping on the floor. 639 00:57:39,243 --> 00:57:42,908 He turned when I did that - big smile. He thought I was playing a game. 640 00:57:42,997 --> 00:57:45,073 Iris. 641 00:57:46,501 --> 00:57:49,253 I don't think he can hear. 642 00:58:02,101 --> 00:58:03,512 Cole? 643 00:58:03,603 --> 00:58:05,679 (claps) 644 00:58:06,273 --> 00:58:07,767 Cole? 645 00:58:11,821 --> 00:58:13,897 (louder) Cole! 646 00:58:15,616 --> 00:58:17,693 Cole? (claps) 647 00:58:22,290 --> 00:58:25,161 (doctor) Cole has a 90 per cent hearing loss. 648 00:58:25,252 --> 00:58:28,835 With training, he will learn to use what hearing he has left. 649 00:58:28,923 --> 00:58:33,003 Treat him as if he's normal. Talk to him as if he can hear you. 650 00:58:33,094 --> 00:58:36,879 I notice Cole uses gestures to help himself be understood. 651 00:58:36,973 --> 00:58:40,841 Let me caution you: don't use them back. 652 00:58:40,936 --> 00:58:44,769 Gestures won't help him find his place in a hearing world. 653 00:58:44,857 --> 00:58:49,983 When he's older, there are schools that will help him, and you, to find his voice. 654 00:58:51,406 --> 00:58:54,241 (~ `Symphony No 7 in A Major``` by Beethoven) 655 00:59:03,670 --> 00:59:05,746 He couldn't hear. 656 00:59:06,464 --> 00:59:08,541 Of all people. 657 00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:12,049 Not a thing. 658 00:59:12,638 --> 00:59:14,963 And because Beethoven couldn't hear, 659 00:59:15,057 --> 00:59:22,685 the thought of him conducting, let alone composing, was pathetic to most people. 660 00:59:22,774 --> 00:59:27,235 And so, to answer them, he composed and conducted the 7th Symphony. 661 00:59:31,450 --> 00:59:33,858 Just try to imagine: 662 00:59:33,953 --> 00:59:36,491 Beethoven, standing on that podium... 663 00:59:37,999 --> 00:59:40,076 holding his baton... 664 00:59:40,836 --> 00:59:44,288 his hands waving gracefully through the air... 665 00:59:46,008 --> 00:59:51,003 and the orchestra in his mind was playing perfectly. 666 00:59:53,767 --> 00:59:59,106 And the orchestra in front of him... trying desperately just to keep up. 667 01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:06,811 There is a story... 668 01:00:07,991 --> 01:00:11,325 that, in order to write his music, 669 01:00:11,411 --> 01:00:14,911 Beethoven literally sawed the legs off his piano 670 01:00:14,999 --> 01:00:18,119 so that he could lay the body flat on the ground. 671 01:00:19,545 --> 01:00:21,622 And then... 672 01:00:22,423 --> 01:00:27,845 he would lay down on the ground next to the piano with his ear pressed to the floor. 673 01:00:29,890 --> 01:00:32,808 And he would pound the keys with his fingers... 674 01:00:35,229 --> 01:00:40,984 in order to hear his music through the vibrations of the floor. 675 01:00:43,071 --> 01:00:45,444 Mr Holland? 676 01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:47,860 Mr Holland? 677 01:00:51,622 --> 01:00:55,952 If he couldn't hear, how would he even know what the notes were? 678 01:00:56,837 --> 01:01:02,211 Like, if he never heard a C, how'd he know that's what he wanted played? 679 01:01:09,392 --> 01:01:11,468 Well... 680 01:01:14,940 --> 01:01:17,016 Beethoven wasn't born deaf. 681 01:01:35,087 --> 01:01:37,757 (~ `Imagine``` by John Lennon) 682 01:01:41,344 --> 01:01:44,844 ~ It's easy if you try 683 01:01:47,810 --> 01:01:50,645 ~ No hell below us 684 01:01:54,776 --> 01:01:57,018 ~ Above us only sky 685 01:02:00,198 --> 01:02:03,402 ~ Imagine all the people 686 01:02:05,913 --> 01:02:10,659 ~ Livin for today 687 01:02:10,752 --> 01:02:13,041 ~ Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah 688 01:02:13,588 --> 01:02:16,506 ~ Imagine theres no countries 689 01:02:19,511 --> 01:02:22,299 ~ It isnt hard to do 690 01:02:25,893 --> 01:02:29,144 ~ Nothin to kill or die for 691 01:02:32,150 --> 01:02:34,986 ~ And no religion, too 692 01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:41,740 ~ Imagine all the people 693 01:02:43,997 --> 01:02:49,668 ~ Livin life in peace 694 01:02:49,753 --> 01:02:51,829 (~ `Sleepers Wake``` by Bach) 695 01:04:02,959 --> 01:04:04,502 A private school? 696 01:04:05,087 --> 01:04:08,670 She said It's the best, and It's way ahead of any other school in the state. 697 01:04:08,757 --> 01:04:12,127 - It's probably expensive. - Yeah, but if It's the best... 698 01:04:12,220 --> 01:04:16,170 I'm just worried about where the money's coming from, that's all. 699 01:04:16,266 --> 01:04:19,801 It's probably a great place, Iris, but I worry about the money. 700 01:04:19,895 --> 01:04:23,145 What do you want, honey? Show me what you want. 701 01:04:23,232 --> 01:04:25,640 You want a dessert? This? 702 01:04:26,527 --> 01:04:28,603 I don't know what you want. 703 01:04:28,696 --> 01:04:30,440 (whines) 704 01:04:30,531 --> 01:04:32,608 What? Cole! 705 01:04:34,369 --> 01:04:36,196 Dessert? No? 706 01:04:36,288 --> 01:04:40,452 - This? This? I don't know what you want! - So they were signing, huh? 707 01:04:40,543 --> 01:04:43,876 The school emphasises it, and she said It's for parents, too. 708 01:04:43,963 --> 01:04:46,750 - What do you want? - Dr Sorenson said that gestures... 709 01:04:46,841 --> 01:04:49,463 - It's more than gestures! - .. gestures meant 710 01:04:49,553 --> 01:04:51,841 he'd never learn how to lip-read or talk! 711 01:04:51,930 --> 01:04:54,635 He can barely talk now! He can't say two words! 712 01:04:54,725 --> 01:04:57,216 - The guy is a specialist, Iris. - Oh! 713 01:04:57,311 --> 01:05:01,689 He thinks that deaf people are retarded. He is not retarded, he's... 714 01:05:01,774 --> 01:05:03,518 - Cole! - (whines) 715 01:05:03,610 --> 01:05:07,560 - Give him what he wants! - I don't know what he's trying to tell me. 716 01:05:07,656 --> 01:05:11,903 don't you get it? You go off to school with your children who are normal. 717 01:05:11,994 --> 01:05:14,532 I can't talk to my son! 718 01:05:14,622 --> 01:05:17,113 I don't know what he wants or what he thinks! 719 01:05:17,208 --> 01:05:21,040 I can't tell him that I love him! I can't tell him who I am! 720 01:05:21,129 --> 01:05:23,418 I want to talk to my son. 721 01:05:23,507 --> 01:05:27,208 I don't care what it costs. I don't care what the stupid doctor says. 722 01:05:27,303 --> 01:05:29,379 I wanna talk to my son! 723 01:05:30,264 --> 01:05:32,590 (sobs) 724 01:05:32,684 --> 01:05:34,760 Oh, Cole. 725 01:05:35,270 --> 01:05:37,346 Oh, Cole. 726 01:05:39,733 --> 01:05:44,194 OK, now we'll talk about what is today. Can you tell me what's today? 727 01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:47,566 Tuesday. Good! Can you spell it for me? 728 01:05:47,658 --> 01:05:54,457 T-U-E-S-D-A-Y. 729 01:05:54,541 --> 01:05:58,373 Wonderful! Now, can you tell me what is tomorrow? 730 01:05:58,462 --> 01:06:01,796 (woman) We encourage talking and signing at the same time. 731 01:06:01,883 --> 01:06:05,168 As you can see, today the class is learning 732 01:06:05,261 --> 01:06:08,216 the days of the week and the months of the year. 733 01:06:09,558 --> 01:06:13,426 Would you care to step out for just a moment? Shall we? 734 01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:15,145 What was yesterday? 735 01:06:15,231 --> 01:06:17,603 - Can we talk about tuition? - Yes. 736 01:06:17,692 --> 01:06:20,100 Is there any chance of government subsidy? 737 01:06:20,195 --> 01:06:23,895 - I'm afraid not. - Well, we can handle it. 738 01:06:23,990 --> 01:06:28,320 So how long would it be before he learns how to sign? 739 01:06:28,412 --> 01:06:30,535 Not as long as it'll take the two of you. 740 01:06:30,623 --> 01:06:33,494 You see, children learn very quickly. 741 01:06:33,584 --> 01:06:37,167 But adults, well, so much depends on how much you put into it. 742 01:06:37,255 --> 01:06:40,292 Mm-hm. And when would we begin? 743 01:06:40,384 --> 01:06:45,342 Our next intensive programme, the one geared towards parents, starts in June. 744 01:06:45,431 --> 01:06:48,598 It's three months, three hours every day. 745 01:06:49,519 --> 01:06:53,980 The most important teacher your child will ever have is you. 746 01:06:58,487 --> 01:07:01,821 So, who was Bach writing all this for? 747 01:07:05,036 --> 01:07:07,527 Mr Tidd! Care to join us? 748 01:07:07,622 --> 01:07:09,911 Uh, Lurch in The Addams Family? 749 01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:12,455 You're the Lurch, you dipstick! 750 01:07:12,544 --> 01:07:15,913 - How about I shut your smart mouth? - Anytime you wanna try. 751 01:07:16,006 --> 01:07:19,625 Tidd! Take one more step, You'll think you were born in detention. 752 01:07:19,719 --> 01:07:21,877 Get back to your seat. 753 01:07:21,971 --> 01:07:27,927 Stadler. Sometimes the best way to deal with a pest is to ignore them. 754 01:07:28,020 --> 01:07:30,059 (school bell) 755 01:07:30,147 --> 01:07:35,023 OK... don't forget pages 280-314 for tomorrow. 756 01:07:35,111 --> 01:07:37,187 Stadler. 757 01:07:39,574 --> 01:07:43,703 - You stoned again, Stadler? - I don't need to stay straight. I know this. 758 01:07:43,787 --> 01:07:46,243 I can give you all the names and dates you want. 759 01:07:46,332 --> 01:07:50,199 - I know all the scales, counterpoint... - So what? 760 01:07:50,294 --> 01:07:55,087 This class is Music Appreciation. I don't see you appreciating anything. 761 01:07:55,175 --> 01:07:57,844 - This is such lame bullshit. - Sit down! 762 01:08:00,097 --> 01:08:03,632 You are this close from being suspended, pal. 763 01:08:11,610 --> 01:08:14,148 You think you are real smart, don't you? 764 01:08:15,572 --> 01:08:19,191 OK... prove it. 765 01:08:19,994 --> 01:08:22,567 I want a paper on my desk by the end of term. 766 01:08:22,663 --> 01:08:26,247 I want it to be single-spaced. I want it to be annotated. 767 01:08:26,334 --> 01:08:29,786 I want the name of this report to be Music, the Language of Emotion. 768 01:08:29,880 --> 01:08:32,585 - You can't make me do that. - Watch me! 769 01:08:34,093 --> 01:08:36,666 You don't do it, you flunk. 770 01:08:36,762 --> 01:08:38,839 This isn't fair, Mr Holland! 771 01:08:38,931 --> 01:08:42,764 - Life is not fair, pal. - Mr Holland? 772 01:08:55,491 --> 01:08:57,568 Yeah. 773 01:08:59,037 --> 01:09:01,789 - Tell Mrs Jacobs I'll take care of it. - OK. 774 01:09:04,710 --> 01:09:06,786 - Am I released yet? - No. 775 01:09:12,469 --> 01:09:16,134 I want you to meet me here Saturday morning at 10am. 776 01:09:16,223 --> 01:09:17,931 Why? 777 01:09:18,016 --> 01:09:20,093 Research. 778 01:09:23,397 --> 01:09:27,265 We are honoured and we are proud that we have known him. 779 01:09:27,360 --> 01:09:29,816 And our lives are for ever changed. 780 01:09:30,989 --> 01:09:33,361 Louis's gifts live in each of us. 781 01:09:34,868 --> 01:09:40,112 Let us burn bright his spirit, his courage, his love. 782 01:09:41,334 --> 01:09:43,410 - Amen. - (all) Amen. 783 01:09:47,758 --> 01:09:53,428 "In Flanders" fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row 784 01:09:53,514 --> 01:09:55,590 That mark our place 785 01:09:56,642 --> 01:10:00,059 And in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly 786 01:10:00,146 --> 01:10:03,646 Scarce heard among the guns below..." 787 01:10:04,401 --> 01:10:10,191 So, uh, who's the... who's the one, uh... you know? 788 01:10:13,244 --> 01:10:16,910 that's some kid I taught to bang a drum, named Louis Russ. 789 01:10:19,543 --> 01:10:24,834 He made the state wrestling finals three years running. 790 01:10:29,512 --> 01:10:34,887 He was never as smart as you are. He had to work real hard... even to graduate. 791 01:10:38,147 --> 01:10:40,685 Maybe that's why it meant so much to him. 792 01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:42,859 (gunshot) 793 01:10:43,903 --> 01:10:45,397 Aim. 794 01:10:45,488 --> 01:10:47,362 - Fire. - (gunshot) 795 01:10:47,449 --> 01:10:50,022 - Aim. Fire. - (gunshot) 796 01:10:51,245 --> 01:10:53,451 Present arms. 797 01:10:56,125 --> 01:10:58,201 (~ last post) 798 01:11:30,329 --> 01:11:33,117 On behalf of the president and a grateful nation, 799 01:11:33,208 --> 01:11:36,743 I present this flag in recognition of your son, Corporal Louis Russ, 800 01:11:36,837 --> 01:11:39,410 for his long and faithful service to his country. 801 01:11:40,883 --> 01:11:44,086 March! Face! Forward! 802 01:11:50,727 --> 01:11:53,099 You can go home now. 803 01:12:09,039 --> 01:12:11,115 Hi, Glenn. 804 01:12:12,459 --> 01:12:15,496 - You OK? - Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm all right. 805 01:12:19,634 --> 01:12:21,710 What a waste. 806 01:12:23,972 --> 01:12:26,048 We know too many of these kids. 807 01:12:29,812 --> 01:12:31,888 Come on... let's get outta here. 808 01:13:02,849 --> 01:13:05,850 Of course, Daisy was also the former Miss Idaho. 809 01:13:05,935 --> 01:13:09,186 - Her dress is made of potato skins. - Stop it! Nice to meet you. 810 01:13:09,272 --> 01:13:10,980 - This is Glenn. - Nice to meet you. 811 01:13:11,066 --> 01:13:12,975 - And this is Iris. - Hello. 812 01:13:13,068 --> 01:13:16,023 Cole. Say hi. This is Cole. 813 01:13:16,113 --> 01:13:18,605 - Hello, everybody. - (all) Hi. 814 01:13:18,699 --> 01:13:22,745 - Mr Holland, a word. - With you, It's never just one word. 815 01:13:26,041 --> 01:13:29,742 - What are your plans for the summer? - Oh, the usual, I guess. 816 01:13:29,837 --> 01:13:33,372 The Clyde Crashcup School of Driver's Ed. What about you? 817 01:13:33,466 --> 01:13:37,927 I'm going to be very busy. Gardens to plant, grandchildren to visit. 818 01:13:38,012 --> 01:13:40,089 I'm retiring, Mr Holland. 819 01:13:42,267 --> 01:13:44,343 What? 820 01:13:45,187 --> 01:13:49,399 I've been promising my husband for several years now. It's time. 821 01:13:50,610 --> 01:13:52,686 I have something for you. 822 01:13:57,534 --> 01:14:00,204 A memento, if you will. 823 01:14:14,595 --> 01:14:17,050 I'm honoured. 824 01:14:17,139 --> 01:14:22,098 Mr Holland, of all the teachers here at John F Kennedy High School... 825 01:14:24,314 --> 01:14:26,805 you're my favourite. 826 01:14:35,117 --> 01:14:37,194 (~ `The Pretender``` by Jackson Browne) 827 01:14:42,209 --> 01:14:46,289 ~ Im gonna rent myself a house 828 01:14:46,380 --> 01:14:49,547 ~ In the shade of the freeway 829 01:14:52,345 --> 01:14:55,346 ~ Gonna pack my lunch in the morning 830 01:14:56,641 --> 01:15:00,591 ~ And go to work each day 831 01:15:01,605 --> 01:15:03,764 ~ And when the evening rolls around 832 01:15:03,858 --> 01:15:06,146 (Holland) Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 833 01:15:06,235 --> 01:15:07,646 ~ Ill go on home 834 01:15:07,737 --> 01:15:13,277 Therefore... I shall resign the presidency, effective at noon tomorrow. 835 01:15:13,368 --> 01:15:14,993 ~ Comes streaming in 836 01:15:15,078 --> 01:15:17,155 ~ Ill get up and do it again 837 01:15:18,290 --> 01:15:19,868 ~ Amen 838 01:15:19,959 --> 01:15:22,913 ~ Caught between the longing for love 839 01:15:23,004 --> 01:15:26,836 ~ And the struggle for the legal tender 840 01:15:30,011 --> 01:15:32,170 ~ Where the sirens sing 841 01:15:32,264 --> 01:15:34,471 ~ And the church bells ring 842 01:15:35,851 --> 01:15:38,425 (Holland) You're going the wrong way! 843 01:15:39,564 --> 01:15:42,933 ~ Where the veterans dream of the fight 844 01:15:43,777 --> 01:15:47,063 ~ Fast asleep at the traffic light 845 01:15:48,699 --> 01:15:55,034 ~ And the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor 846 01:15:57,250 --> 01:16:00,999 ~ Out into the cool of the evening 847 01:16:01,088 --> 01:16:03,793 ~ Strolls the Pretender 848 01:16:07,094 --> 01:16:11,044 ~ He knows that all his hopes and dreams 849 01:16:12,016 --> 01:16:14,093 ~ Begin and end there 850 01:16:15,020 --> 01:16:18,354 (Wolters) All right, moving on. People, let's get through this. 851 01:16:18,482 --> 01:16:21,851 Please! If we could move on to the next item of the agenda, 852 01:16:21,944 --> 01:16:25,609 - which is the senior-class play. - Oh, yes. Yes. 853 01:16:25,698 --> 01:16:29,613 After our critical success last year with Romeo and Juliet... 854 01:16:30,620 --> 01:16:35,330 Mr Holland and I have come up with a wonderful idea for this year's production. 855 01:16:35,417 --> 01:16:38,288 We're not doing a full production, but a review. 856 01:16:38,379 --> 01:16:43,041 A George and Ira Gershwin review - very few costumes, one set. 857 01:16:43,134 --> 01:16:44,213 (Holland) Cheaper... 858 01:16:44,302 --> 01:16:48,929 This will bother you, but we have to consider cutting the senior-class play. 859 01:16:49,016 --> 01:16:53,228 Are you nuts? You know what? Oddly enough, It's gonna bother me. 860 01:16:53,312 --> 01:16:57,524 People. People, please. Let's keep in mind why we are here. 861 01:16:57,608 --> 01:17:01,060 We're looking for things which keep money in the school coffers. 862 01:17:01,154 --> 01:17:04,488 - At the expense of what? - I have a responsibility. 863 01:17:04,574 --> 01:17:08,193 To the Board of Education. There just isn't the money to fund... 864 01:17:08,287 --> 01:17:11,241 - Why are we teaching any of this? - Let's move on. 865 01:17:11,332 --> 01:17:14,582 - This kind of thing is important to me. - Excuse me. Gene. 866 01:17:16,504 --> 01:17:18,414 Yes... Bill? 867 01:17:18,507 --> 01:17:21,543 I can guarantee that this year's show will make money. 868 01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:26,636 - I'm listening. - My football players dance in the show. 869 01:17:26,724 --> 01:17:29,678 People will show up just to see 'em fall on their asses. 870 01:17:29,769 --> 01:17:32,973 - I don't want to turn it into a farce. - It wouldn't be a farce. 871 01:17:33,064 --> 01:17:35,734 They'll be better than the June Taylor Dancers. 872 01:17:35,817 --> 01:17:38,059 That'll shock the hell out of everybody. 873 01:17:38,153 --> 01:17:41,320 Who's going to teach the football players how to dance? 874 01:17:42,700 --> 01:17:45,867 - Me. - (laughter) 875 01:17:47,038 --> 01:17:50,205 - You? - I minored in modern dance. 876 01:17:52,836 --> 01:17:55,873 He minored in modern dance, Gene. 877 01:17:57,133 --> 01:18:01,047 I did. The coach had us do it so we'd be more graceful. 878 01:18:02,472 --> 01:18:04,548 Glenn, hold my leg. Come on. 879 01:18:13,401 --> 01:18:15,310 ~ I've got rhythm 880 01:18:15,403 --> 01:18:17,396 ~ I've got music 881 01:18:17,489 --> 01:18:18,983 ~ I've got my gal 882 01:18:19,074 --> 01:18:21,446 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 883 01:18:21,785 --> 01:18:23,612 ~ I've got daisies 884 01:18:23,704 --> 01:18:25,743 ~ In green pastures 885 01:18:25,915 --> 01:18:27,290 ~ I've got my gal 886 01:18:27,374 --> 01:18:29,866 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 887 01:18:34,090 --> 01:18:38,040 - ~ Old man trouble, I don't mind him - Smile! 888 01:18:38,136 --> 01:18:41,470 ~ You won't find him round my door 889 01:18:42,224 --> 01:18:44,134 ~ I got rhythm 890 01:18:44,226 --> 01:18:45,970 ~ I got music 891 01:18:46,062 --> 01:18:47,342 ~ I got my gal 892 01:18:47,438 --> 01:18:49,597 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 893 01:18:50,358 --> 01:18:52,316 (out of tune) ~ I got daisies 894 01:18:52,402 --> 01:18:54,442 ~ In green pastures 895 01:18:54,530 --> 01:18:58,065 ~ I got my man Who could ask for anything more? 896 01:18:58,159 --> 01:19:00,911 (flat) ~ Old man trouble, I don't mind him 897 01:19:00,995 --> 01:19:03,320 ~ You won't find him round my door 898 01:19:03,957 --> 01:19:06,911 ~ I got starlight, I got... 899 01:19:07,127 --> 01:19:09,167 (shrilly) ~ I got starlight 900 01:19:09,254 --> 01:19:11,164 ~ I got sweet dreams 901 01:19:11,298 --> 01:19:14,833 (out of tune) ~ I got my gal Who could ask for anything more? 902 01:19:15,011 --> 01:19:19,340 - ~ Who could ask for anything more? - ~ Who could ask for anything more? 903 01:19:19,432 --> 01:19:22,433 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 904 01:19:22,519 --> 01:19:23,550 Huh? 905 01:19:25,188 --> 01:19:27,477 Thank you. Thank you very much. 906 01:19:30,653 --> 01:19:34,485 - We still don't have an ing�nue. - We still have more people to see. 907 01:19:34,574 --> 01:19:36,816 Billy Faraday can pull off the Gershwin, 908 01:19:36,910 --> 01:19:40,611 but the only ing�nue we seem to have so far is Todd Markham. 909 01:19:40,706 --> 01:19:42,864 I really don't think that Todd Markham... 910 01:19:42,958 --> 01:19:44,666 (in tune) ~ I got rhythm 911 01:19:44,752 --> 01:19:46,579 ~ I got music 912 01:19:46,796 --> 01:19:48,076 ~ I got my man 913 01:19:48,172 --> 01:19:50,924 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 914 01:19:51,009 --> 01:19:52,040 ~ I got daisies... 915 01:19:52,135 --> 01:19:56,429 Maybe It's just me, but I think she's better than Todd Markham. 916 01:19:56,515 --> 01:19:59,267 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 917 01:19:59,351 --> 01:20:03,432 ~ Old man trouble, I don't mind him 918 01:20:03,523 --> 01:20:07,307 ~ You won't find him round my door 919 01:20:07,694 --> 01:20:11,739 ~ I got starlight, I got sweet dreams 920 01:20:11,823 --> 01:20:13,199 ~ I got my man 921 01:20:13,283 --> 01:20:15,572 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 922 01:20:15,703 --> 01:20:20,282 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 923 01:20:23,002 --> 01:20:28,839 - Very good, Miss...? - Morgan. Rowena Morgan. 924 01:20:29,802 --> 01:20:31,794 Very good. 925 01:20:31,887 --> 01:20:35,054 You were very, very good. Thank you... very much. 926 01:20:42,607 --> 01:20:44,896 Hey! How was the science fair? 927 01:20:49,198 --> 01:20:51,321 - You wanna go to the what? - Stars. 928 01:20:51,409 --> 01:20:53,900 Cole discovered astronomy tonight. 929 01:20:56,248 --> 01:20:59,866 Whoa! Whoa, slow down. Slow down, you're goin' like a rocket! 930 01:21:00,085 --> 01:21:03,289 He wants to be an astronaut. 931 01:21:05,424 --> 01:21:07,501 Good. 932 01:21:10,221 --> 01:21:14,516 - Who put that stuff in his head? - As a matter of fact, his teachers. 933 01:21:15,435 --> 01:21:17,927 I thought you were going to meet us. 934 01:21:18,481 --> 01:21:22,146 Well, I wanted to, but I had to get these orchestrations finished. 935 01:21:22,235 --> 01:21:24,311 We're gonna do a Gershwin review. 936 01:21:24,404 --> 01:21:26,562 It's always something, isn't it? 937 01:21:26,656 --> 01:21:29,492 If it isn't a school play, It's band practice, 938 01:21:29,576 --> 01:21:32,827 or grading papers, or a student committee needs an advisor. 939 01:21:32,913 --> 01:21:36,283 - Missing it isn't the end of the world. - Maybe you didn't hear me. 940 01:21:36,375 --> 01:21:39,994 - I heard you. - He wanted you to be there tonight! 941 01:21:40,547 --> 01:21:41,958 Oh, God! 942 01:21:42,048 --> 01:21:47,388 You know what's really amazing? No matter what I do, no matter how hard I try, 943 01:21:47,471 --> 01:21:50,721 sooner or later, anything I try turns out being wrong. 944 01:21:50,808 --> 01:21:53,679 Why is every child more important than your child? 945 01:21:53,770 --> 01:21:56,439 - I'm a teacher, Iris. - You are his father! 946 01:21:56,523 --> 01:21:58,599 I'm both! 947 01:21:59,192 --> 01:22:03,819 I do one thing, I let him down. I do another thing, I let the school down. 948 01:22:03,906 --> 01:22:06,029 I can't be everything for everybody. 949 01:22:06,117 --> 01:22:08,786 - You have to make priorities. - I have! 950 01:22:08,870 --> 01:22:12,868 he's my son, and I love him. I do the best I goddamn can, OK? 951 01:22:12,957 --> 01:22:15,116 Well, your best isn't good enough. 952 01:22:15,210 --> 01:22:17,452 So go on, write your music! 953 01:22:20,341 --> 01:22:25,087 Write my music, huh? Write my music?! When do I have time to write my music? 954 01:22:32,855 --> 01:22:38,015 ~ won't you tell him please to put on some speed 955 01:22:38,110 --> 01:22:40,898 ~ Follow my lead? 956 01:22:40,989 --> 01:22:44,358 ~ Oh, how I need 957 01:22:45,827 --> 01:22:57,371 ~ Someone to watch over me 958 01:22:58,174 --> 01:23:01,590 - (ripple of applause) - That was perfect, darling. 959 01:23:01,678 --> 01:23:04,514 - Mr Holland? - It was good. 960 01:23:04,598 --> 01:23:07,136 - Can I talk to her for a second? - Sure. 961 01:23:07,226 --> 01:23:09,468 Let's all take a break for a minute. 962 01:23:10,813 --> 01:23:13,768 - I was trying to sing my best. - It was fine. 963 01:23:13,858 --> 01:23:15,934 I just wanna ask you a question. 964 01:23:18,071 --> 01:23:21,441 What do you think the girl's really feeling here? 965 01:23:25,204 --> 01:23:27,695 - I don't know. - You have to know. 966 01:23:28,374 --> 01:23:30,533 Or you can't sing it. 967 01:23:30,877 --> 01:23:34,081 This song is wistful, Miss Morgan. 968 01:23:34,965 --> 01:23:39,378 It's about a woman who is alone in a very, very cold world, 969 01:23:39,470 --> 01:23:44,429 and all she wants more than anything is to have someone hold her close. 970 01:23:45,310 --> 01:23:48,809 And to tell her that everything's gonna be all right. 971 01:23:49,022 --> 01:23:51,478 It's about... 972 01:23:51,567 --> 01:23:53,809 the need for love... 973 01:23:54,737 --> 01:23:57,109 in your gut. 974 01:23:58,032 --> 01:23:59,408 OK? 975 01:24:01,453 --> 01:24:03,529 We'll try it again, from the top. 976 01:24:04,414 --> 01:24:06,740 This time I wanna do it in a lower key. 977 01:24:10,963 --> 01:24:13,039 (~ piano intro) 978 01:24:13,674 --> 01:24:16,047 ~ there's a saying old 979 01:24:16,136 --> 01:24:19,137 ~ Says that love is blind 980 01:24:20,182 --> 01:24:22,424 ~ Still We're often told 981 01:24:22,518 --> 01:24:25,519 ~ "Seek and ye shall find" 982 01:24:26,689 --> 01:24:31,268 ~ So I'd like to seek a certain lad 983 01:24:32,195 --> 01:24:37,985 ~ I've had in mind 984 01:24:59,141 --> 01:25:02,890 - Hi, Mr Holland. - Hey, Miss Morgan. 985 01:25:02,979 --> 01:25:05,268 What are you working on? 986 01:25:05,357 --> 01:25:07,480 Nothing important. 987 01:25:07,567 --> 01:25:12,146 It's just... sometimes It's easier to work here than at home. 988 01:25:12,239 --> 01:25:15,276 - Would you mind if I joined you? - No. Not at all. 989 01:25:16,536 --> 01:25:19,490 Want some coffee? Or tea? 990 01:25:19,581 --> 01:25:21,906 - Anything under a buck. - (giggles) 991 01:25:23,961 --> 01:25:26,286 I always remembered that about your class - 992 01:25:26,380 --> 01:25:29,417 you had this very highly developed sense of humour. 993 01:25:29,508 --> 01:25:31,086 Thank you. 994 01:25:31,177 --> 01:25:34,178 I loved your class. The way you taught. 995 01:25:36,224 --> 01:25:38,550 You love music, and you made the kids love it. 996 01:25:38,644 --> 01:25:42,938 - I always wanted to tell you that. - Well... I'm glad you did. 997 01:25:45,026 --> 01:25:49,320 So, you're a senior now. Got any ideas about where you're gonna go to college? 998 01:25:49,405 --> 01:25:54,863 No. My mom and dad have a little restaurant downtown - my dad's dream. 999 01:25:54,953 --> 01:25:57,326 He wants me to stay and help him with it. 1000 01:25:57,748 --> 01:26:00,156 Really? 1001 01:26:00,251 --> 01:26:04,379 - What do you wanna do? - What do you mean? 1002 01:26:04,714 --> 01:26:06,790 Well, I mean... 1003 01:26:07,551 --> 01:26:09,876 if you had one wish, you know, 1004 01:26:09,970 --> 01:26:14,679 if you could do whatever it is that you really wanted to do, what would it be? 1005 01:26:18,771 --> 01:26:20,681 Sing. 1006 01:26:20,773 --> 01:26:25,235 I think I'd rather sing than do anything. I dream about going to New York 1007 01:26:25,320 --> 01:26:29,484 and being on the stage in front of thousands of people. 1008 01:26:29,575 --> 01:26:31,651 that's what I'd wish for. 1009 01:26:35,248 --> 01:26:40,669 Maybe I shouldn't tell you this, Miss Morgan, but you have a great talent. 1010 01:26:41,546 --> 01:26:44,832 And if you have the passion, if you have the hunger... 1011 01:26:45,551 --> 01:26:48,671 then you ought to go to New York and do what you wanna do, 1012 01:26:48,763 --> 01:26:51,254 no matter what anyone tells you. 1013 01:26:51,474 --> 01:26:53,763 (waitress) Can I get you anything? 1014 01:26:53,852 --> 01:26:56,058 No. 1015 01:26:56,146 --> 01:26:58,222 I should get going. 1016 01:27:02,319 --> 01:27:05,903 - See you Monday, Mr Holland. - Yeah. I'll see you later. 1017 01:27:13,749 --> 01:27:15,825 (~ melancholy piece) 1018 01:27:31,185 --> 01:27:33,142 - (discordant note) - Cole. 1019 01:27:34,063 --> 01:27:37,064 Cole, take this stuff outside. It stinks. 1020 01:27:38,776 --> 01:27:41,446 Go open the window for him. 1021 01:27:41,530 --> 01:27:43,937 Hey! don't bust my butt. 1022 01:27:56,796 --> 01:27:58,873 No, no, no! No, no! 1023 01:27:59,800 --> 01:28:02,801 - I don't believe it! - He didn't do it on purpose. 1024 01:28:02,887 --> 01:28:05,971 Are you kidding me? Of course he did! 1025 01:28:07,266 --> 01:28:09,343 Cole, help clean up. 1026 01:28:21,157 --> 01:28:23,280 Careful. 1027 01:28:23,368 --> 01:28:25,491 Wait. Just wait, wait, wait. 1028 01:28:25,578 --> 01:28:27,655 I'll do it myself. 1029 01:28:30,918 --> 01:28:33,124 - Help me out here. - he's trying to help. 1030 01:28:33,212 --> 01:28:36,166 he's making a bigger mess than he already has! 1031 01:28:37,133 --> 01:28:40,087 This is off limits, Cole. Do you understand? 1032 01:28:40,178 --> 01:28:43,049 - don't touch! - that's "don't sit". 1033 01:28:50,981 --> 01:28:55,027 ~ We may never, never meet again 1034 01:28:55,111 --> 01:28:59,275 - ~ On the bumpy road to love - don't push. 1035 01:28:59,574 --> 01:29:06,705 ~ Still, I'll always, always keep the memory of 1036 01:29:06,791 --> 01:29:10,836 ~ The way you hold your knife 1037 01:29:10,920 --> 01:29:14,040 ~ The way we danced till three 1038 01:29:15,008 --> 01:29:18,591 ~ The way you changed my life 1039 01:29:19,805 --> 01:29:21,881 Where did you go?! 1040 01:29:25,395 --> 01:29:27,720 I think we ought to call it quits. 1041 01:29:27,814 --> 01:29:30,649 Could we work on "Someone to Watch Over Me"? 1042 01:29:30,734 --> 01:29:33,901 - I've been working on it. - It's pretty late. 1043 01:29:34,822 --> 01:29:36,980 Next time, then. 1044 01:29:49,755 --> 01:29:51,831 what's this? 1045 01:29:53,718 --> 01:29:56,754 Oh, that's what I was working on the other night. 1046 01:29:56,846 --> 01:29:59,005 You wrote this? 1047 01:29:59,098 --> 01:30:02,515 Well, I... I pick at it once in a while. 1048 01:30:06,440 --> 01:30:08,765 Would you play this for me? 1049 01:30:10,486 --> 01:30:12,313 Please. 1050 01:30:29,132 --> 01:30:31,208 (~ melancholy piece) 1051 01:30:36,265 --> 01:30:39,634 ~ La-da, da-da 1052 01:30:39,727 --> 01:30:46,145 ~ Da, da-da-da-da, da-da 1053 01:30:48,278 --> 01:30:53,024 ~ Da-da, da, da-da, da-da-da 1054 01:30:54,535 --> 01:31:01,416 ~ Da, da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da 1055 01:31:02,001 --> 01:31:05,453 ~ Da-da 1056 01:31:05,547 --> 01:31:07,623 (music ends) 1057 01:31:09,969 --> 01:31:12,507 It's wonderful. 1058 01:31:12,972 --> 01:31:15,214 Is there more? 1059 01:31:15,308 --> 01:31:17,384 Yeah. Yeah. 1060 01:31:17,977 --> 01:31:20,433 - It's just not finished. - (door opens) 1061 01:31:21,481 --> 01:31:23,558 (man) Ro, are you done yet? 1062 01:31:25,569 --> 01:31:27,645 Are we? 1063 01:31:32,994 --> 01:31:35,070 Good night, Rowena. 1064 01:32:18,127 --> 01:32:20,369 Who's Rowena? 1065 01:32:20,463 --> 01:32:22,540 - Huh? - Who's Rowena? 1066 01:32:23,467 --> 01:32:25,459 Uh... 1067 01:32:25,552 --> 01:32:28,922 A legend. A heroine from Norse mythology. 1068 01:32:29,014 --> 01:32:32,051 I got a book about it somewhere around here. 1069 01:32:32,143 --> 01:32:37,648 I wondered what you thought would be a good night for Cole and I to see the show. 1070 01:32:37,732 --> 01:32:41,268 - Opening night. - Yeah! Uh, no. Um... 1071 01:32:41,361 --> 01:32:43,853 I've got a meeting with Cole's teachers. 1072 01:32:43,948 --> 01:32:46,024 Saturday, then. 1073 01:32:47,034 --> 01:32:48,944 Yes. 1074 01:32:49,037 --> 01:32:51,113 Great. 1075 01:33:05,555 --> 01:33:07,631 (applause) 1076 01:33:09,351 --> 01:33:11,427 (~ `I Got Rhythm```) 1077 01:33:12,187 --> 01:33:14,097 ~ I got rhythm 1078 01:33:14,189 --> 01:33:16,016 ~ I got music 1079 01:33:16,317 --> 01:33:17,645 ~ I got my gal 1080 01:33:17,735 --> 01:33:19,977 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 1081 01:33:20,488 --> 01:33:22,528 ~ I got daisies 1082 01:33:22,615 --> 01:33:24,692 ~ In green pastures 1083 01:33:24,785 --> 01:33:26,065 ~ I got my gal 1084 01:33:26,161 --> 01:33:28,533 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 1085 01:33:28,997 --> 01:33:32,782 ~ Old man trouble, I don't mind him 1086 01:33:33,210 --> 01:33:36,876 ~ You won't find him round my door 1087 01:33:37,507 --> 01:33:39,464 ~ I got starlight 1088 01:33:39,551 --> 01:33:41,793 ~ I got sweet dreams 1089 01:33:41,887 --> 01:33:43,050 ~ I got my gal 1090 01:33:43,138 --> 01:33:47,765 ~ Who could ask for anything more? Who could ask for anything more? 1091 01:33:48,769 --> 01:33:56,315 ~ Still, I'll always, always keep the memory of 1092 01:33:56,403 --> 01:34:00,899 ~ The way you hold your knife 1093 01:34:01,200 --> 01:34:05,494 (Billy) ~ The way we danced till three 1094 01:34:05,747 --> 01:34:09,994 ~ The way you changed my life 1095 01:34:10,085 --> 01:34:14,498 ~ No, no, they can't take that away from me 1096 01:34:14,590 --> 01:34:22,598 ~ No, they can't take that away from me 1097 01:34:22,682 --> 01:34:24,509 ~ I got starlight 1098 01:34:24,601 --> 01:34:26,428 ~ I got sweet dreams 1099 01:34:26,728 --> 01:34:28,009 ~ I got my gal 1100 01:34:28,105 --> 01:34:29,729 ~ Who could ask for anything more? 1101 01:34:29,898 --> 01:34:35,653 ~ Who could ask 1102 01:34:35,947 --> 01:34:39,779 ~ For anything 1103 01:34:39,868 --> 01:34:45,871 ~ Anything more? 1104 01:35:15,949 --> 01:35:18,025 (Holland) Good night, Sarah. 1105 01:35:37,515 --> 01:35:39,591 Mr Holland? 1106 01:35:41,227 --> 01:35:43,303 How was I? The truth. 1107 01:35:45,190 --> 01:35:47,397 You were great. 1108 01:35:47,484 --> 01:35:49,810 - I owe it all to you. - No... 1109 01:35:51,447 --> 01:35:53,736 No. 1110 01:35:53,824 --> 01:35:55,901 I just accompanied you. 1111 01:35:57,662 --> 01:36:02,621 Mr Holland, I'm doing what you said. I'm going to New York. I'm gonna be a singer. 1112 01:36:06,213 --> 01:36:09,499 Someday We're all gonna say that we knew you when... 1113 01:36:09,592 --> 01:36:11,751 No, you don't understand. 1114 01:36:11,844 --> 01:36:15,095 - I'm going tomorrow. - What? 1115 01:36:15,181 --> 01:36:18,218 there's a party at Miss Olmstead's after we close the play. 1116 01:36:18,310 --> 01:36:21,929 I'll be there to say goodbye to my friends. They don't know, but... 1117 01:36:22,022 --> 01:36:24,561 the bus leaves from downtown at midnight. 1118 01:36:24,650 --> 01:36:26,145 Rowena... 1119 01:36:26,235 --> 01:36:28,442 Rowena... 1120 01:36:28,530 --> 01:36:32,195 When I said that you should go to New York, I didn't mean right away. 1121 01:36:32,284 --> 01:36:35,368 - You have so much time. - If I wait, I'll never do it. 1122 01:36:35,454 --> 01:36:40,366 I'll end up waiting tables or working in some store. It has to be now. 1123 01:36:40,459 --> 01:36:42,998 You could come with me. 1124 01:36:43,087 --> 01:36:45,495 I know you think I'm just a kid. 1125 01:36:46,508 --> 01:36:49,177 - I know you're married with a son. - Rowena... 1126 01:36:49,261 --> 01:36:51,550 I know. 1127 01:36:51,638 --> 01:36:55,055 don't you see? You can be writing great music. 1128 01:37:00,315 --> 01:37:03,850 The bus stops at King's drugstore... tomorrow night. 1129 01:37:22,881 --> 01:37:28,042 (Rowena) ~ Theres a saying old says that love is blind 1130 01:37:28,554 --> 01:37:33,929 ~ Still were often told ```Seek and ye shall find``` 1131 01:37:34,436 --> 01:37:45,980 ~ So I'm going to seek a certain lad I`ve had in mind 1132 01:37:46,074 --> 01:37:51,032 ~ Looking everywhere, havent found him yet 1133 01:37:51,997 --> 01:37:57,454 ~ Hes the big affair I cannot forget 1134 01:37:58,087 --> 01:38:06,961 ~ Only man I ever think of with regret 1135 01:38:08,974 --> 01:38:17,149 ~ I'd like to add his initial to my monogram 1136 01:38:19,194 --> 01:38:32,245 ~ Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb? 1137 01:38:34,085 --> 01:38:40,171 ~ there's a somebody I'm longing to see 1138 01:38:41,051 --> 01:38:44,421 ~ I hope that he 1139 01:38:44,597 --> 01:38:48,844 ~ Turns out to be 1140 01:38:49,561 --> 01:39:02,031 ~ Someone who'll watch over me 1141 01:39:05,412 --> 01:39:11,166 ~ I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood 1142 01:39:11,794 --> 01:39:15,543 ~ I know I could 1143 01:39:15,715 --> 01:39:20,176 ~ Always be good 1144 01:39:20,678 --> 01:39:31,772 ~ To one who'll watch over me 1145 01:39:32,275 --> 01:39:37,815 ~ Although he may not be the man 1146 01:39:37,906 --> 01:39:42,153 ~ Some girls think of as handsome 1147 01:39:42,244 --> 01:39:51,000 ~ To my heart he carries the key 1148 01:39:53,423 --> 01:39:59,711 ~ Won't you tell him, please, to put on some speed 1149 01:40:00,139 --> 01:40:03,722 ~ Follow my lead? 1150 01:40:04,227 --> 01:40:08,806 ~ Oh, how I need 1151 01:40:08,898 --> 01:40:23,706 ~ Someone to watch over me 1152 01:40:41,476 --> 01:40:45,889 Listen, some of the kids are having a party. I should make an appearance. 1153 01:40:46,357 --> 01:40:48,433 Do you want to come? 1154 01:40:48,776 --> 01:40:50,151 Um... 1155 01:40:50,236 --> 01:40:52,312 I should get Cole home. 1156 01:40:53,573 --> 01:40:56,859 OK. Well, I'm not gonna be late. All right? 1157 01:40:57,869 --> 01:40:59,946 OK. 1158 01:41:35,369 --> 01:41:37,279 You pack light. 1159 01:41:58,603 --> 01:42:00,680 You got a place to stay? 1160 01:42:01,690 --> 01:42:03,766 YWCA. 1161 01:42:10,700 --> 01:42:15,908 that's the name of a guy I used to play in a band with. I've already called him. 1162 01:42:16,832 --> 01:42:19,323 He and his wife are expecting you. 1163 01:42:25,466 --> 01:42:27,958 This isn't the way I imagined it. 1164 01:42:31,056 --> 01:42:33,262 But It's the best way. 1165 01:43:36,545 --> 01:43:38,917 Goodbye, Rowena. 1166 01:45:08,272 --> 01:45:10,348 I love you. 1167 01:45:15,488 --> 01:45:17,564 I know. 1168 01:45:31,380 --> 01:45:33,457 (male TVannouncer) John Lennon is dead. 1169 01:45:33,550 --> 01:45:38,342 (female announcer) New York City. Residents say a man in his late 30s... 1170 01:45:40,140 --> 01:45:45,348 (female announcer) The guiding spirit of the Beatles is dead at the age of 40. 1171 01:45:45,897 --> 01:45:49,396 (male radio announcer) The mood was silence and reverence. 1172 01:45:49,484 --> 01:45:53,529 But as the crowd sang the Beatles songs, the songs of John Lennon, 1173 01:45:53,613 --> 01:45:56,235 they became happier, vibrant, more spirited. 1174 01:45:56,325 --> 01:46:00,868 That was the purpose of John Lennons music, and his life. 1175 01:46:00,955 --> 01:46:02,829 This is Jim Collins reporting. 1176 01:46:32,740 --> 01:46:34,947 What happened to your eye? 1177 01:46:37,245 --> 01:46:39,321 Sorry? 1178 01:46:45,546 --> 01:46:47,337 - Later. - (clunks spanner) 1179 01:46:52,220 --> 01:46:54,842 In a second! 1180 01:47:01,397 --> 01:47:05,146 Someone was... was killed. 1181 01:47:06,361 --> 01:47:09,611 No, no. Cole. that's not funny. 1182 01:47:21,336 --> 01:47:23,412 John... 1183 01:47:26,049 --> 01:47:27,757 Lennon. 1184 01:47:27,968 --> 01:47:30,044 The musician. 1185 01:47:32,807 --> 01:47:34,883 You wouldn't understand. 1186 01:47:47,740 --> 01:47:49,863 Are you OK? It's so sad. 1187 01:47:56,917 --> 01:47:58,993 Cole, what is it?! 1188 01:48:00,504 --> 01:48:04,253 - He wants to what? - He wants to tell you something. 1189 01:48:04,341 --> 01:48:07,508 - Couldn't we do this another time? - Now! 1190 01:48:10,640 --> 01:48:15,267 (Iris) "You assume Lennon's death means nothing to me. Do you think I'm stupid?" 1191 01:48:15,812 --> 01:48:18,386 - "I know who John Lennon is." - I never said... 1192 01:48:18,899 --> 01:48:21,355 "I can't read your lips if you don't look at me." 1193 01:48:21,444 --> 01:48:24,149 I never said that you were stupid. 1194 01:48:25,073 --> 01:48:28,857 "You must think so if you think I don't know who the Beatles are, 1195 01:48:28,952 --> 01:48:31,324 or any music at all." 1196 01:48:31,413 --> 01:48:35,197 "You think I don't care about what it is that you do, or what you love?" 1197 01:48:35,292 --> 01:48:37,784 "You're my father." 1198 01:48:37,879 --> 01:48:41,959 "I know what music is. You could help me to know it better, but... no." 1199 01:48:46,930 --> 01:48:50,679 "You care more about teaching other people than you do about me." 1200 01:48:59,319 --> 01:49:01,395 Iris. 1201 01:49:02,114 --> 01:49:04,190 (clears throat) 1202 01:49:05,492 --> 01:49:07,699 What does this mean? 1203 01:49:07,787 --> 01:49:09,863 That means "asshole". 1204 01:49:31,980 --> 01:49:34,056 Come to bed. 1205 01:49:34,149 --> 01:49:36,225 It's really late. 1206 01:49:37,820 --> 01:49:39,896 I was only tryin' to... 1207 01:49:41,741 --> 01:49:43,817 protect him. 1208 01:49:44,619 --> 01:49:47,110 I just didn't wanna see him hurt... 1209 01:49:48,290 --> 01:49:50,366 or disappointed. 1210 01:49:51,251 --> 01:49:53,328 Hm. 1211 01:50:01,555 --> 01:50:03,631 (engine revs) 1212 01:50:20,534 --> 01:50:24,402 The second would be, if there are songs with words, 1213 01:50:24,497 --> 01:50:28,791 you will need an interpreter, someone to sign the words along with the music. 1214 01:50:28,876 --> 01:50:31,284 - We can do two kinds of music. - Right. 1215 01:50:31,379 --> 01:50:34,464 The first kind would be the pure music without words. 1216 01:50:34,549 --> 01:50:35,878 The music. 1217 01:50:35,968 --> 01:50:39,419 The pure music without words that they could experience 1218 01:50:39,513 --> 01:50:43,214 through putting themselves closer to the language. 1219 01:50:43,309 --> 01:50:45,183 Maybe lights flashing. 1220 01:50:45,311 --> 01:50:47,388 (~ dramatic orchestral music) 1221 01:51:59,810 --> 01:52:02,053 Did you like that? 1222 01:52:02,146 --> 01:52:03,605 OK. 1223 01:52:05,317 --> 01:52:07,475 OK. 1224 01:52:07,569 --> 01:52:12,113 For our final selection tonight, we are going to do a song by John Lennon. 1225 01:52:12,199 --> 01:52:15,818 Now, to those of you in our audience who cannot hear, 1226 01:52:16,913 --> 01:52:22,500 you will be grateful for your hearing difficulties because I am going to sing. 1227 01:52:23,628 --> 01:52:27,543 And to those of you who have no hearing problems, 1228 01:52:28,676 --> 01:52:31,167 - my profound apologies. - (laughter) 1229 01:52:34,599 --> 01:52:36,675 Um... 1230 01:52:39,479 --> 01:52:41,556 On a personal note... 1231 01:52:45,111 --> 01:52:50,900 I would like to dedicate this song to my son... 1232 01:52:52,160 --> 01:52:54,236 Cole. 1233 01:53:04,298 --> 01:53:06,256 (~ piano intro) 1234 01:53:06,342 --> 01:53:08,834 ~ Close your eyes 1235 01:53:10,430 --> 01:53:12,756 ~ Have no fear 1236 01:53:14,226 --> 01:53:16,266 ~ The monster's gone 1237 01:53:16,353 --> 01:53:18,097 ~ he's on the run 1238 01:53:18,189 --> 01:53:20,894 ~ And your daddy's here 1239 01:53:22,652 --> 01:53:25,819 ~ Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful 1240 01:53:25,906 --> 01:53:29,192 ~ Beautiful boy 1241 01:53:29,994 --> 01:53:33,030 ~ Before you go to sleep 1242 01:53:34,207 --> 01:53:36,876 ~ Say a little prayer 1243 01:53:38,795 --> 01:53:42,164 ~ Every day, in every way 1244 01:53:42,257 --> 01:53:45,175 ~ It's getting better and better 1245 01:53:47,054 --> 01:53:50,424 ~ Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful 1246 01:53:50,516 --> 01:53:53,304 ~ Beautiful boy 1247 01:53:56,231 --> 01:53:58,936 ~ Over the ocean 1248 01:54:00,319 --> 01:54:03,688 ~ Sailing away 1249 01:54:03,781 --> 01:54:05,857 ~ I can hardly wait 1250 01:54:07,702 --> 01:54:10,276 ~ To see you come of age 1251 01:54:11,957 --> 01:54:17,034 ~ But I guess we'll both just have to be patient 1252 01:54:18,923 --> 01:54:22,043 ~ Cos It's a long way to go 1253 01:54:23,928 --> 01:54:26,135 ~ A hard road to hoe 1254 01:54:27,015 --> 01:54:30,349 ~ Yes, It's a long way to go 1255 01:54:30,894 --> 01:54:33,896 ~ But in the meantime 1256 01:54:35,232 --> 01:54:38,020 ~ Before you cross the street 1257 01:54:39,571 --> 01:54:42,441 ~ Please take my hand 1258 01:54:44,034 --> 01:54:51,165 ~ Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans 1259 01:54:52,293 --> 01:54:55,627 ~ Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful 1260 01:54:55,713 --> 01:54:58,881 ~ Beautiful boy 1261 01:55:00,844 --> 01:55:04,925 (voice quivers) ~ Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful 1262 01:55:06,559 --> 01:55:11,268 ~ Beautiful Cole 1263 01:55:32,504 --> 01:55:34,877 ~ Well 1264 01:55:34,965 --> 01:55:37,042 ~ I got a woman 1265 01:55:37,551 --> 01:55:39,509 ~ Way over town 1266 01:55:39,595 --> 01:55:41,672 ~ Thats good to me 1267 01:55:42,182 --> 01:55:44,507 ~ Oh, yeah 1268 01:55:44,601 --> 01:55:46,677 ~ Say, I got a woman 1269 01:55:47,312 --> 01:55:49,389 ~ Way over town 1270 01:55:49,898 --> 01:55:52,141 ~ Thats good to me 1271 01:55:52,234 --> 01:55:54,274 ~ Oh, yeah 1272 01:55:54,362 --> 01:55:56,734 ~ She give me money 1273 01:55:56,823 --> 01:55:59,148 ~ When Im in need 1274 01:55:59,242 --> 01:56:03,620 ~ Yeah, shes a kind old friend indeed 1275 01:56:04,415 --> 01:56:06,740 ~ I got a woman 1276 01:56:06,834 --> 01:56:08,910 ~ Way over town 1277 01:56:09,003 --> 01:56:11,079 ~ Thats good to me 1278 01:56:11,756 --> 01:56:13,713 ~ Oh, yeah 1279 01:56:13,800 --> 01:56:15,876 ~ She said `I love you``` 1280 01:56:16,428 --> 01:56:18,800 ~ Early in the mornin 1281 01:56:18,889 --> 01:56:21,297 ~ Just for me 1282 01:56:21,392 --> 01:56:23,468 ~ Oh, yeah 1283 01:56:23,561 --> 01:56:25,767 ~ Oh, shes my baby 1284 01:56:25,855 --> 01:56:27,646 ~ Dont you understand? 1285 01:56:27,732 --> 01:56:32,560 ~ Yeah, and Im her lover man 1286 01:56:33,155 --> 01:56:35,480 ~ I got a woman 1287 01:56:35,574 --> 01:56:37,567 ~ Way over town 1288 01:56:37,660 --> 01:56:40,032 ~ Thats good to me 1289 01:56:40,121 --> 01:56:42,279 ~ Oh, yeah 1290 01:56:42,373 --> 01:56:44,532 ~ Dont you know, she`s all right 1291 01:56:44,626 --> 01:56:47,497 (~ `Ego Trippin` (Part Two)``` by De La Soul) 1292 01:56:54,887 --> 01:56:57,010 ~ Yep, yep, big trucker mans rollin` in town 1293 01:56:57,098 --> 01:56:58,723 ~ How ya do? How ya do? 1294 01:56:58,808 --> 01:57:00,717 - ~ I got the joint to make ya - ~ Jump 1295 01:57:00,810 --> 01:57:04,725 ~ Because I'm headin` eastbound Tired of the merry-go-round-and-around 1296 01:57:04,815 --> 01:57:08,065 ~ You know where Im steppin` Skirts play with it cos I`m slick like that 1297 01:57:08,152 --> 01:57:10,310 ~ Im the greatest MC in the world 1298 01:57:18,622 --> 01:57:21,539 Hey, Joan. He wants to see me? 1299 01:57:22,126 --> 01:57:25,495 - he's with someone. - Oh. Well, I'll come back later. 1300 01:57:25,588 --> 01:57:27,711 Mr Holland... 1301 01:57:27,798 --> 01:57:29,875 you'd better wait. 1302 01:57:46,820 --> 01:57:49,774 Mr Holland... would you come in, please? 1303 01:58:00,001 --> 01:58:02,788 - what's wrong with Sarah, Gene? - Please, sit down. 1304 01:58:02,879 --> 01:58:04,955 I'd rather stand, thanks. 1305 01:58:06,133 --> 01:58:08,671 Why is Sarah crying, Gene? 1306 01:58:08,761 --> 01:58:11,845 All right, I'll come right to the point. 1307 01:58:11,931 --> 01:58:16,059 You know how acrimonious the budget meeting was last Tuesday. 1308 01:58:17,604 --> 01:58:19,976 Be that as it may, 1309 01:58:20,065 --> 01:58:25,226 each school in the district has been asked to reduce costs by ten per cent - 1310 01:58:25,321 --> 01:58:27,527 by September. 1311 01:58:27,615 --> 01:58:29,821 This is what I've decided. 1312 01:58:41,755 --> 01:58:43,914 The entire music programme. 1313 01:58:44,133 --> 01:58:46,707 And art. And drama. 1314 01:58:46,803 --> 01:58:49,128 Well, congratulations, Gene. 1315 01:58:50,015 --> 01:58:55,175 You've wanted to get rid of me for 30 years. They finally gave you an excuse. 1316 01:58:55,729 --> 01:58:59,562 I'm not as popular as you. I'm not anybody's favourite anything. 1317 01:58:59,650 --> 01:59:04,776 - that's because you're the enemy, Gene. - I care about these kids as much as you. 1318 01:59:05,031 --> 01:59:09,907 If I'm forced to choose between Mozart and reading and writing and long division, 1319 01:59:09,995 --> 01:59:12,320 I choose long division. 1320 01:59:15,459 --> 01:59:19,540 Well, I guess you can cut the arts as much as you want, Gene. 1321 01:59:19,631 --> 01:59:24,340 Sooner or later these kids aren't gonna have anything to read or write about. 1322 01:59:27,014 --> 01:59:29,256 Mr Holland? 1323 01:59:30,851 --> 01:59:33,307 If there's anything I can do... 1324 01:59:33,396 --> 01:59:35,768 A recommendation? 1325 01:59:35,857 --> 01:59:37,980 I'm 60 years old, Gene. 1326 01:59:38,068 --> 01:59:42,018 What are you gonna do, write me a recommendation for the morgue? 1327 01:59:46,661 --> 01:59:50,030 - Jacobs would have fought this. - She would have lost. 1328 01:59:50,123 --> 01:59:54,619 Yes, she would have lost, but she would have fought this, and so will I! 1329 01:59:57,506 --> 02:00:02,583 No, no, do not misunderstand me. I am not talking about my job. 1330 02:00:02,678 --> 02:00:07,091 I am talking about the education that students once got at Kennedy High 1331 02:00:07,183 --> 02:00:10,932 versus the education that you are willing to give these kids today. 1332 02:00:11,021 --> 02:00:14,473 We have been going over and over this, Mr Holland. 1333 02:00:14,566 --> 02:00:17,437 - We've done all we can. - Then do it again. 1334 02:00:18,362 --> 02:00:22,147 that's what I said when you were my student, Michael. It served you well. 1335 02:00:22,242 --> 02:00:25,445 - That was a different time, Mr Holland. - I don't think so. 1336 02:00:25,537 --> 02:00:28,324 - I think that more was expected of us. - 15 seconds. 1337 02:00:28,415 --> 02:00:31,203 The big difference is how little you people care. 1338 02:00:31,293 --> 02:00:35,042 - And how lazy you've become. - I resent your tone, Mr Holland. 1339 02:00:35,131 --> 02:00:38,880 I don't think you have any appreciation for our financial problems. 1340 02:00:38,968 --> 02:00:40,926 Come on, Michael! 1341 02:00:41,012 --> 02:00:45,924 The big problem here is that you are willing to create a generation of children 1342 02:00:46,018 --> 02:00:49,304 who will not have the ability to think, create, listen... 1343 02:00:49,397 --> 02:00:50,511 Time, Mr Holland. 1344 02:00:50,606 --> 02:00:54,735 (Michael) Mr Holland, as I've said, We've done the best that we can. 1345 02:00:54,819 --> 02:00:57,489 Your best is not good enough! 1346 02:01:06,791 --> 02:01:09,329 "A very flattering offer has been made to me 1347 02:01:09,419 --> 02:01:14,710 to teach at a university for the deaf in Washington DC"! 1348 02:01:16,343 --> 02:01:19,380 "I'm not sure that I'm going to take it 1349 02:01:19,472 --> 02:01:24,264 because I'm fond of the students in the school that I'm at now." 1350 02:01:25,145 --> 02:01:27,303 "It's something to think about." 1351 02:01:28,064 --> 02:01:31,813 "No girlfriends yet. At least, not serious ones." 1352 02:01:32,277 --> 02:01:37,189 "And tell Dad that I'm never going to give his car back." 1353 02:01:38,368 --> 02:01:40,775 "Love always, Cole." 1354 02:02:36,891 --> 02:02:38,967 (Meister) Hey. 1355 02:02:40,436 --> 02:02:42,512 Hey. 1356 02:02:43,356 --> 02:02:45,515 What are you doin' here? 1357 02:02:45,609 --> 02:02:49,903 I had some jockstraps in the rinse cycle down in the locker room(!) 1358 02:02:52,283 --> 02:02:54,655 I came to see if you needed any help. 1359 02:02:54,744 --> 02:02:56,618 Nope. 1360 02:02:56,704 --> 02:02:58,781 No, no, no. 1361 02:02:59,499 --> 02:03:02,417 So, you decided what you're gonna do yet? 1362 02:03:02,502 --> 02:03:04,579 Too old to start a rock band. 1363 02:03:06,340 --> 02:03:10,718 Probably hang out a shingle and teach a few piano lessons. 1364 02:03:12,430 --> 02:03:15,930 - I'd love to retire... - I'm not retiring, Bill. 1365 02:03:16,017 --> 02:03:18,094 I'm getting dumped. 1366 02:03:19,897 --> 02:03:23,313 And I don't think you have anything to worry about. 1367 02:03:23,400 --> 02:03:26,734 The day they cut the football budget in this state, well, now, 1368 02:03:26,821 --> 02:03:30,522 that will be the end of Western civilisation as we know it. 1369 02:03:34,079 --> 02:03:36,155 I'll tell you the truth. 1370 02:03:38,626 --> 02:03:40,998 I'm scared to death. 1371 02:03:41,087 --> 02:03:44,622 - They're gonna miss you around here. - You really think so? 1372 02:03:44,716 --> 02:03:48,465 - What, do you doubt it? - Well, as a matter of fact, yeah. 1373 02:03:49,513 --> 02:03:54,508 It's almost funny - I got dragged into this gig kicking and screaming, 1374 02:03:54,602 --> 02:03:57,473 and now It's the only thing I wanna do, and... 1375 02:04:00,900 --> 02:04:02,977 You work your whole life... 1376 02:04:05,280 --> 02:04:10,073 you work for 30 years because you think that what you do makes a difference. 1377 02:04:11,037 --> 02:04:13,113 You think it matters to people. 1378 02:04:14,332 --> 02:04:17,582 And then you wake up one morning and you find out, well, no, 1379 02:04:17,669 --> 02:04:21,085 you've made a little error there. 1380 02:04:21,173 --> 02:04:25,634 You are... expendable. 1381 02:04:30,475 --> 02:04:33,595 Oh, God. (chuckles) 1382 02:04:35,021 --> 02:04:37,098 Oh, I should be laughing. 1383 02:04:40,945 --> 02:04:43,566 You're sure you don't need any help, huh? 1384 02:04:45,992 --> 02:04:48,068 All right. 1385 02:05:00,049 --> 02:05:02,125 (car horn beeps repeatedly) 1386 02:05:15,399 --> 02:05:17,226 Dad! 1387 02:05:18,444 --> 02:05:20,936 What are you doing here?! 1388 02:05:21,031 --> 02:05:23,818 School is out for me too. 1389 02:05:23,909 --> 02:05:26,447 The old car... it looks pretty good. 1390 02:05:27,079 --> 02:05:30,246 It's a classic. You can't have it back! 1391 02:05:38,592 --> 02:05:42,424 No! No... you don't have to do this. 1392 02:05:42,513 --> 02:05:45,431 I don't want an old fart like you to strain yourself. 1393 02:05:45,516 --> 02:05:47,675 OK, OK... asshole. 1394 02:05:51,356 --> 02:05:53,479 that's enough, you two. 1395 02:05:53,567 --> 02:05:55,643 Let's go out to the car. 1396 02:06:31,025 --> 02:06:33,101 (~ piano) 1397 02:06:35,405 --> 02:06:37,481 Now, what is that? 1398 02:06:37,574 --> 02:06:39,650 Um... I don't know. 1399 02:06:40,243 --> 02:06:44,870 - You can't hear what's going on in there? - Oh, yeah. I... I hear it, but... 1400 02:06:44,957 --> 02:06:47,709 there's something going on in there. 1401 02:06:47,793 --> 02:06:53,037 - It could be a summer programme. - They don't start for another two weeks. 1402 02:06:53,466 --> 02:06:55,708 (~ students sing `Louie, Louie```) 1403 02:07:51,197 --> 02:07:54,862 - Mr Stadler? - I wouldn't have missed it, Mr Holland. 1404 02:08:20,104 --> 02:08:22,180 Hi! 1405 02:08:41,127 --> 02:08:43,203 Uh... I'll sign myself. 1406 02:08:48,552 --> 02:08:50,878 Uh, hello. Um... (clears throat) 1407 02:08:51,973 --> 02:08:55,840 Our master of ceremonies seems to be a little late, 1408 02:08:56,352 --> 02:08:59,223 so I guess It's up to me to begin. 1409 02:09:00,107 --> 02:09:03,807 When word first got out that the music programme was cut, 1410 02:09:03,902 --> 02:09:07,188 and about the retirement of my husband, 1411 02:09:08,115 --> 02:09:13,620 well, I've never seen such a response from the community. 1412 02:09:14,664 --> 02:09:17,582 Oh! Looks like my watch is fast. 1413 02:09:17,668 --> 02:09:21,618 Uh, ladies and gentlemen, may I present our governor 1414 02:09:21,714 --> 02:09:24,466 and Kennedy High School alumnus, 1415 02:09:24,550 --> 02:09:28,002 the most honourable Gertrude Lang. 1416 02:09:31,933 --> 02:09:34,010 Gertrude. 1417 02:09:34,937 --> 02:09:37,309 It's been a long time. 1418 02:09:47,409 --> 02:09:50,529 - Thank you so much for coming. - Oh... thank you. 1419 02:10:00,799 --> 02:10:03,420 My... my apologies for my tardiness. 1420 02:10:03,510 --> 02:10:08,505 Principal Wolters, I'd like you to know, yes, I brought a note from my mother! 1421 02:10:13,021 --> 02:10:17,398 Mr Holland had a profound influence on my life - 1422 02:10:17,484 --> 02:10:19,607 on a lot of lives I know. 1423 02:10:20,153 --> 02:10:26,027 And yet I get the feeling that he considers a great part of his own life misspent. 1424 02:10:27,787 --> 02:10:30,872 Rumour had it he was always working on his symphony, 1425 02:10:30,957 --> 02:10:33,828 and this was gonna make him famous, rich - 1426 02:10:33,919 --> 02:10:36,244 probably both. 1427 02:10:36,338 --> 02:10:41,581 But Mr Holland isn't rich, and... he isn't famous. 1428 02:10:41,677 --> 02:10:44,299 At least, not outside of our little town. 1429 02:10:44,973 --> 02:10:48,805 So it might be easy for him to think himself a failure. 1430 02:10:50,354 --> 02:10:52,430 And he would be wrong. 1431 02:10:53,440 --> 02:10:57,735 Because I think he's achieved a success far beyond riches and fame. 1432 02:10:59,656 --> 02:11:01,779 Look around you. 1433 02:11:01,866 --> 02:11:05,651 There is not a life in this room that you have not touched. 1434 02:11:06,580 --> 02:11:11,159 (voice quivers) And... each one of us is a better person because of you. 1435 02:11:12,128 --> 02:11:15,295 We are your symphony, Mr Holland. 1436 02:11:15,381 --> 02:11:18,964 We are the melodies and the notes of your opus, 1437 02:11:19,052 --> 02:11:21,839 and we are the music of your life. 1438 02:11:45,748 --> 02:11:49,449 Mr Holland, we would now like to give something back to you. 1439 02:11:50,253 --> 02:11:52,923 To you and to your wife, who, along with you, 1440 02:11:53,006 --> 02:11:56,376 has waited 30 years for what we are about to hear. 1441 02:11:57,303 --> 02:12:02,131 If you will, would you please come up here and take this baton... 1442 02:12:02,809 --> 02:12:06,724 and lead us in the first performance ever 1443 02:12:06,813 --> 02:12:09,933 of "The American Symphony" by Glenn Holland. 1444 02:16:43,161 --> 02:16:46,281 (~ `Cole`s Song``` by Julian Lennon) 1445 02:16:46,957 --> 02:16:49,033 ~ I feel 1446 02:16:50,210 --> 02:16:53,627 ~ That the love around me 1447 02:16:55,883 --> 02:17:02,800 ~ Has come from another world 1448 02:17:04,184 --> 02:17:07,553 ~ I have lost love 1449 02:17:08,606 --> 02:17:11,809 ~ I have found love 1450 02:17:13,569 --> 02:17:20,071 ~ From the moment you were born 1451 02:17:22,538 --> 02:17:29,371 ~ I could see a new beginning 1452 02:17:31,172 --> 02:17:33,498 ~ Come to me 1453 02:17:34,760 --> 02:17:38,211 ~ Let me tell you how 1454 02:17:39,723 --> 02:17:43,009 ~ How Ive lost love 1455 02:17:44,145 --> 02:17:47,395 ~ And how Ive found love 1456 02:17:49,234 --> 02:17:56,281 ~ In a world of broken dreams 1457 02:17:58,077 --> 02:18:05,575 ~ I was wrong to deny your feelings 1458 02:18:07,004 --> 02:18:14,881 ~ And I'm sorry if I`ve caused you pain 1459 02:18:15,430 --> 02:18:18,633 ~ I was lost then 1460 02:18:19,643 --> 02:18:22,928 ~ So confused then 1461 02:18:24,106 --> 02:18:32,482 ~ And I believe that you would change that 1462 02:18:33,199 --> 02:18:40,199 ~ There are broken hearts we can mend 1463 02:18:42,126 --> 02:18:50,881 ~ Through the music weve learned to love again 1464 02:18:50,969 --> 02:18:54,255 ~ Through the sad notes 1465 02:18:55,307 --> 02:18:58,511 ~ Through the years 1466 02:19:00,479 --> 02:19:07,017 ~ From the moment you were born 1467 02:19:08,780 --> 02:19:11,984 ~ I have lost you 1468 02:19:13,285 --> 02:19:16,370 ~ Now Ive found you 1469 02:19:18,249 --> 02:19:22,413 ~ Let me feel your heart 1470 02:19:22,796 --> 02:19:24,872 ~ Let me hear 1471 02:19:27,676 --> 02:19:32,137 ~ Your song 1472 02:19:51,119 --> 02:19:53,906 (~ `Visions of a Sunset```by Shawn Stockman) 1473 02:20:02,673 --> 02:20:07,502 ~ Lived all my days 1474 02:20:08,304 --> 02:20:12,967 ~ Trying to embrace 1475 02:20:13,811 --> 02:20:17,097 ~ Life with my heart 1476 02:20:17,189 --> 02:20:23,145 ~ By all the beauty I feel and create 1477 02:20:24,948 --> 02:20:29,776 ~ It spins and moves 1478 02:20:30,663 --> 02:20:35,325 ~ Flows at my pace 1479 02:20:36,210 --> 02:20:46,711 ~ Telling its story from the tear running down my face 1480 02:20:46,805 --> 02:20:51,468 ~ Visions of a sunset 1481 02:20:51,561 --> 02:20:57,101 ~ Just appear when I close my eyes 1482 02:20:57,192 --> 02:21:02,982 ~ Takes me closer to heaven 1483 02:21:03,073 --> 02:21:12,031 ~ When the flute starts to fly and the violin cries 1484 02:21:14,086 --> 02:21:20,623 - ~ Ohhhhh - ~ It's all I need in my life 1485 02:21:20,718 --> 02:21:24,586 ~ It's all I need, and no one... 1486 02:21:25,265 --> 02:21:33,439 ~ Can take your place by my side 1487 02:21:34,692 --> 02:21:36,981 ~ You're all inside of me 1488 02:21:37,069 --> 02:21:41,732 ~ Visions of a sunset 1489 02:21:41,825 --> 02:21:47,365 ~ Just appear when I close my eyes 1490 02:21:47,456 --> 02:21:53,293 ~ Takes me closer to heaven 1491 02:21:53,379 --> 02:21:58,374 ~ When the flute starts to fly and the violin cries 1492 02:21:58,468 --> 02:22:04,056 ~ I will flee from all sorrow 1493 02:22:04,141 --> 02:22:09,728 ~ Like the wind blows from the sky 1494 02:22:09,814 --> 02:22:15,651 ~ Takes me closer to heaven 1495 02:22:15,737 --> 02:22:23,698 ~ When the flute starts to fly and the violin cries 1496 02:22:26,374 --> 02:22:28,450 ~ Ohhh, oh, oh