Mr. Holland's Opus

00:45:43,464 --> 00:45:46,038 Now, that's a stupid question. 602 00:45:47,100 --> 00:45:51,440 I was. Man, I marched my keister off. 603 00:45:51,441 --> 00:45:54,041 Well, then, help me out. 604 00:45:56,143 --> 00:46:00,512 Okay. You see this kid up in the stands here? 605 00:46:00,513 --> 00:46:04,783 That's Lou Russ. He was the greatest halfback this school ever had. 606 00:46:04,784 --> 00:46:07,152 I had to toss him off the team because of his grades. 607 00:46:07,153 --> 00:46:09,854 Now I'm about to lose him for wrestling if I don't get 'em up. 608 00:46:09,855 --> 00:46:13,400 Bill, what are we talkin' about? What do you want me to do? Take his tests for him? 609 00:46:13,401 --> 00:46:17,528 No, but I bet if he played in your band... 610 00:46:17,529 --> 00:46:20,378 I could talk Jacobs into giving him an academic credit... 611 00:46:20,379 --> 00:46:22,796 and then I'll help ya out here. 612 00:46:22,797 --> 00:46:26,170 - What instrument does he play? - He doesn't. 613 00:46:28,510 --> 00:46:33,134 He doesn't play anything. [Laughing] 614 00:46:33,135 --> 00:46:35,739 What? Are you kidding? 615 00:46:35,740 --> 00:46:38,280 No, he'll fit right in. 616 00:46:38,281 --> 00:46:43,035 Glenn, listen, you get him to play anything... 617 00:46:43,036 --> 00:46:45,314 and I'll get them to march. 618 00:46:48,156 --> 00:46:51,668 Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Coach Meister... 619 00:46:51,669 --> 00:46:54,366 your marching buddy. 620 00:46:54,367 --> 00:46:58,597 - You know anything at all about music, Mr. Russ? - No, sir, coach. 621 00:46:58,598 --> 00:47:01,760 You don't have to say "sir," and I'm not a coach. 622 00:47:01,761 --> 00:47:03,674 So Mr. Holland is just fine. 623 00:47:03,675 --> 00:47:06,073 Sorry, sir... I mean, Mr. Holland. 624 00:47:06,074 --> 00:47:09,930 Don't apologize. You haven't done anything yet. 625 00:47:09,931 --> 00:47:13,784 Um, you know how to read music even a little? 626 00:47:15,217 --> 00:47:18,408 - No. - No. 627 00:47:18,409 --> 00:47:20,588 No. 628 00:47:20,589 --> 00:47:24,373 Well, you do realize that you're gonna have to learn... 629 00:47:24,374 --> 00:47:26,543 at least some of the fundamentals of music... 630 00:47:26,544 --> 00:47:29,201 before you can get into the band. 631 00:47:29,202 --> 00:47:31,798 Listen, Mr. Holland. I'll work hard. 632 00:47:31,799 --> 00:47:36,770 I know how to work hard. I'm just not a school type of person. 633 00:47:37,674 --> 00:47:40,106 Okay. 634 00:47:40,107 --> 00:47:44,307 Well, which instrument do you think you'd like to play? 635 00:47:44,308 --> 00:47:48,018 Well, I was kind of thinkin' like... How about electric guitar? 636 00:47:48,019 --> 00:47:51,729 Well, this is a marching band. The extension cord would kill us. 637 00:47:51,730 --> 00:47:53,686 How about the tuba? 638 00:47:53,687 --> 00:47:55,790 Tubas are for fat guys with pimples. 639 00:47:55,791 --> 00:47:59,716 Well, given the time constraints, how do drums strike you? 640 00:47:59,717 --> 00:48:02,193 A drum! 641 00:48:02,194 --> 00:48:05,254 ["The Stars And Stripes Forever"] 642 00:48:10,033 --> 00:48:14,305 [Humming Along] 643 00:48:16,076 --> 00:48:19,513 - You're ahead, Mr. Russ! - [Beating Out Of Rhythm] 644 00:48:25,149 --> 00:48:27,294 Get on the beat, Mr. Russ. 645 00:48:30,954 --> 00:48:33,622 Bum, ba, bum, ba... Whoa, whoa, stop, stop. 646 00:48:33,623 --> 00:48:37,174 Stop, stop, stop, stop. What happened? Where did you go? 647 00:48:37,175 --> 00:48:39,130 I keep losin' my place. 648 00:48:39,131 --> 00:48:41,998 Well, why don't you find it? 649 00:48:41,999 --> 00:48:46,102 Enough of us here already think that time is a magazine. 650 00:48:46,103 --> 00:48:48,461 And I don't want you confusing us any further. And by the way... 651 00:48:48,462 --> 00:48:52,807 Mr. Barr, it is not... 652 00:48:52,808 --> 00:48:54,910 as they say, considered couth... 653 00:48:54,911 --> 00:48:58,866 to empty your spit valve in the middle of the performance... 654 00:48:58,867 --> 00:49:02,817 especially not on the foot of the person sitting next to you. 655 00:49:02,818 --> 00:49:05,041 Okay, let's, uh, take it again from the top. 656 00:49:05,042 --> 00:49:07,096 One, two, one, two. 657 00:49:12,996 --> 00:49:15,027 Bum-bum-bum. 658 00:49:15,028 --> 00:49:17,830 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 659 00:49:17,831 --> 00:49:21,170 Whoa, whoa, whoa! Stop, stop, stop. 660 00:49:21,171 --> 00:49:23,103 [Bell Rings] 661 00:49:23,104 --> 00:49:25,846 Boy, were you saved by the bell. All right, same time... 662 00:49:25,847 --> 00:49:27,901 same place tomorrow. 663 00:49:27,902 --> 00:49:29,942 Thank you very much. 664 00:49:29,943 --> 00:49:32,676 Mr. Holland, look, I just want you to know that... 665 00:49:32,677 --> 00:49:35,453 That you're gonna wor