Music of the Heart (Miramax Collector's Series)
by Allan Miller, Wes Craven
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Actor: Cloris Leachman, Henry Dinhofer, Meryl Streep, Michael Angarano, Robert AriDirector: Allan Miller, Wes Craven
Brand: BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO
Producer: Allan Miller
Producer: Amy Slotnick
Producer: Bob Weinstein
Producer: Daniel K. Arredondo
Producer: Harvey Weinstein
Writer: Pamela Gray
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-04-25
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax
DVD Reviews of Music of the Heart (Miramax Collector's Series)
DVD Review: Love Music Of The Heart...Adore Small Wonders!
Summary: 5 Stars
Music Of The Heart is an excellent movie regarding a music instruction program. Meryl Street and Aiden Quinn are two of my favorite actors. However, the big surprise for me was the companion documentary Small Wonders. My husband and I both teach music and marvelled at the work done by Roberta in her violin program. We were both in tears at the powerful success of this music program. I wish I could buy several copies of Small Wonders (haven't been able to locate it) so that I could give a copy to each of my students and their parents. Doing anything well...whether playing music, painting pictures, designing rockets, etc. takes an enormous amount of work and dedication. Inspiration can come from many sources...in this case, what I would call the "tough love" of a woman who obviously loves the music of the violin. I highly recommend these DVDs...two great movies for the price of one!DVD Review: Very inspirational.
Summary: 5 Stars
I come from a musical background as well as raising a musical family. I loved Meryl Streep's don't-give-up attitude. Awesome seeing the famous musicians in the end! Also loved watching the makings. DVD Review: Love Music of the heart
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best movie I really like it a lot. I am a musician so I love seeing how young the kids are in the movie that knows how to play the voliet. It is a great movie for all ages for the movieDVD Review: Inspiring
Summary: 4 Stars
What a wonderful movie ! The story of Roberta is nothing short of inspirational and I loved it from beginning to end. A beautiful, uplifting, heart wrenching film with a fabulous cast (I love Meryl Streep in this - she was perfect) and perfect for all ages. My family sat down and watched this together on Saturday night (our family movie night) and all of us thought it was great. You can sit back and enjoy this taking it at face value but there are also many good life lessons here that could be talked about and used when talking with younger people/teenagers. DVD Review: Music Pleasure
Summary: 5 Stars
Music of the Heart (Miramax Collector's Series)The movie "Music of the Heart" was a very good family oriented movie. My mom bought to it give to her great granddaughter Sage who is 12 and loves playing the violin in school. Sage also showed the movie to her music teacher at school as well and her teacher loved it. This is good for this little girl who lost her mother in a terrible car accident on Dec. 25, 2008 at the age of 33. Jennifer Eve Franet was my niece and she leaves a son Zachary 15 and a daughter Sage who was 11 at the time of the accident. They are now living with their grandmother. The whole family watched the movie. My mom bought 2 of them and she kept one for her self and gave the other one to Sage for her 12th birthday on May 19, 2009.
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Description of Music of the Heart (Miramax Collector's Series)
Two-time Academy Award(R)-winner Meryl Streep (1983 Best Actress, SOPHIE'S CHOICE; 1980 Best Supporting Actress, KRAMER vs. KRAMER) stars with Angela Bassett (HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK) in a heartwarming, acclaimed true story of how one woman's musical gift affected those who least expected it. A single mother with little more than talent and the determination to make a difference, Roberta Guaspari (Streep) overcame the skepticism of everyone who didn't think she should be teaching violin to students in a tough inner-city neighborhood. But even after a decade of ever-growing popularity and countless success stories, Roberta and her kids must rise to meet an even greater challenge: budget cuts aimed at shutting down her valuable program for good! Also starring Aidan Quinn (PRACTICAL MAGIC) and Grammy-winner Gloria Estefan in a stellar cast, this extraordinary story will inspire anyone who's ever thought their dreams were too far out of reach!Why, you might ask, would Wes Craven direct a conventional biopic about Roberta Guaspari, a divorced mother of two who created an acclaimed music program in East Harlem's troubled school system? After all, Craven built his career on Freddy Krueger and the Scream trilogy, and you won't find razor-tipped gloves or a single drop of blood in Music of the Heart. All Craven has to do is provide a safe working environment for Meryl Streep (who earned an obligatory Oscar nomination), sublimate his deft directorial style, and surrender to the banalities of Pamela Gray's screenplay, which would've played more effectively on cable TV.
To be fair, Music of the Heart (partially inspired by the 1996 documentary Small Wonders) serves its purpose quite nicely. Streep is flawless in a non-showy role, and the story of Guaspari's celebrated violin training program provides the requisite rush of inner-city inspiration. As a fact-based companion to Mr.?Holland's Opus, the film is less effective but similarly engaging; you'd have to be cold-hearted to dismiss it altogether. It's best when focusing on Guaspari's school program and the 10-year struggle to keep it alive; the drama falters when dealing half-heartedly with her tentative relationships, notably with a journalist (Aidan Quinn) who shies from commitment. And Craven? He seems content to direct by the numbers here, leaving inspiration on the screen while forfeiting his own. --Jeff Shannon
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