Meryl Streep
Roberta Guaspari
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Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids. The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. In her struggle she loses everything as the system comes down on her with all their might ...
Summary: This film takes the time to breathe in and treasure the gift of music. It would seem that Wes Craven has a soft spot in his heart after all. It’s almost impossible to reconcile his lengthy résumé of horror films with the tenderness and eloquence exhibited in Music of the Heart. A concert performance by Mark O’Connor, Itzhak ...
- Wes Craven
Music of the Heart: Directed by Wes Craven. With Meryl Streep, Cloris Leachman, Henry Dinhofer, Michael Angarano. 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.
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Music of the Heart (1999) movie review summary: As a driven, forceful, and wee bit volatile violin teacher, Meryl Streep singlehandedly rescues Wes Craven’s real-life-inspired and unusually gore-free drama from the sickening pits of Hollywood treacle.
- Andre Soares
Our review: Parents say: Not yet rated Rate movie. Kids say: Not yet rated Rate movie. MUSIC OF THE HEART has its heart in the right place. It's an uplifting look, based on a true story, at a teacher whose single-mindedness and often very stubborn determination made a huge impact on hundreds of kids' lives. It touches on the struggles of single ...
- Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
- Wes Craven
80K. "Music of The Heart" is based on the true story of Roberta Guaspari, a teacher who -- when the funding for her violin program was stopped by the New York public school system -- refused to ...
Oct 29, 1999 · Angela Bassett, Cloris Leachman, and Aidan Quinn highlight the supporting cast, and virtuoso violinists Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, and Mark O'Connor appear as themselves. The Music of the Heart is based on a true story; the real Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras and her students can be seen in the documentary Small Wonders.
