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Deaf Major 
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Mr.
Holland's Opus (1995) |
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A man who
wants to be a composer takes a job as a music |
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teacher
thinking it will be temporary. But over 30 years he is |
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devoted to
his teaching work yet still ambitious to compose. |
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Unfortunately his son is deaf and won't be able to hear his
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'Opus'. The
problem with this film is that the deafness of the |
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son is not
much more than an 'idea'. The son is seen too little |
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and is
merely a counter point to the teacher's ambition. |
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Despite this
and the sentimentality of the final act there much |
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Anthony
Natale, playing the son is a |
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