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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Pamela Gray (written by)
Release Date:
29 October 1999 (USA)
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Tagline:
She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.
Plot:
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 5 wins
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9 nominations
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(14 articles)
Their Best Role: Meryl Streep
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User Comments:
A wonderful, wonderful movie for any music-lover, one of the very few I rate "10"!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Meryl Streep | ... | Roberta Guaspari | |
| Cloris Leachman | ... | Assunta Guaspari | |
| Henry Dinhofer | ... | Lexi at 5 | |
| Michael Angarano | ... | Nick at 7 | |
| Robert Ari | ... | Supervisor | |
| Aidan Quinn | ... | Brian Turner | |
| Teddy Coluca | ... | Taxi Driver | |
| Angela Bassett | ... | Principal Janet Williams | |
| Josh Pais | ... | Dennis Rausch | |
| Barbara Gonzalez | ... | Janet's Secretary | |
| Jade Yorker | ... | DeSean at 11 | |
| Victoria Gómez | ... | Lucy at 10 (as Victoria Gomez) | |
| Justin Pierre Edmund | ... | Bongo Kid | |
| Justin 'DJ' Spaulding | ... | Naeem Adisa at 9 (as Justin Spaulding) | |
| Zoe Sternbach-Taubman | ... | Guadalupe at 9 |
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Also Known As:
50 Violins (USA) (working title)
Fiddlefest (USA) (working title)
Music of My Heart (USA) (working title)
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Fiddlefest (USA) (working title)
Music of My Heart (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG for brief mild language and sensuality.
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124 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Malaysia:U |
Taiwan:GP |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Chile:TE |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Hong Kong:I |
Netherlands:AL |
Peru:PT |
Portugal:M/6 |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:All |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:PG |
USA:PG
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Continuity: When Roberta speaks with Brian in her bedroom, she has curlers in her hair. In the next shot, they are gone.
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Roberta Guaspari:
[to her students right before a big concert] I want you all to take a second and just... breathe. Deep breaths. Now listen to me. I want you all to play from your heart. Forget about the audience, watch me, you'll do just fine. Just play from here.
[puts hand over her heart]
Roberta Guaspari: Okay?
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[puts hand over her heart]
Roberta Guaspari: Okay?
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Even though I had been wanting to see "Music of the Heart" for a while now, and I expected to like it, I didn't expect it to be one of my favorites of all time. Which it now is.
Meryl Streep, in the lead role, is nothing short of fantastic. She studied violin virtually every day, for 2 to 4 hours a day, for 3 months because she insisted on doing all her on-screen playing. She was so good that duing warm-up for the Carnegie Hall scene, famous violinists Issac Stern and Jascha Heifitz stood in amazement at how good she was. Watching the movie, I honestly became unaware that she was an "actress" in a movie, and that seldom happens with me.
The most enjoyable scenes were those showing young children make music. And the Carnegie Hall performance, with all those real-world virtuoso violinists, is one of the most moving scenes imaginable, when you consider what had transpired leading up to it.
This movie is based on the real story of a real music teacher in Harlem. It is a wonderful story of how one person through love and persistence can affect so many in such a positive way. This movie, unlike most, will stay with me for a long, long time.