“She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.”
Music of the Heart
6.7
229 votes·1999
·2h 4m
·MovieDramaMusic
Overview
After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.6x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
violinmusic teacherbiographybased on true storyviolinistschool teacherharlem, new york city
Cast
Meryl Streep
Roberta
Aidan Quinn
Brian
Angela Bassett
Janet
Gloria Estefan
Isabel
Cloris Leachman
Assunta
Josh Pais
Dennis
Jane Leeves
Dorothea
Kieran Culkin
Lexi at 15
Charlie Hofheimer
Nick at 17
Jay O. Sanders
Dan Paxton
Henry Dinhofer
Lexi at 5
Michael Angarano
Nick at 7
Robert Ari
Supervisor
Teddy Coluca
Taxi Driver
Barbara Gonzalez
Janet's Secretary
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