Film

Music of the Heart

1999 · 2h 4m · Drama · Music

She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

64%

Metacritic

54

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.

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

Jade Yorker

DeSean at 11

• Wes CravenDirector
• Pamela GrayScreenplay
• Allan MillerProducer
• Marianne MaddalenaProducer
• Walter ScheuerProducer
• Susan KaplanProducer
• Bob WeinsteinExecutive Producer
• Amy SlotnickExecutive Producer
• Harvey WeinsteinExecutive Producer
• Peter DemingDirector of Photography

Music of the Heart | Official Trailer (HD) - Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett | MIRAMAXMusic of the Heart - Trailer

Release date

October 29, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 4m

Rated

PG

Budget

$27,000,000

Revenue

$14,859,394

Genres

Drama, Music

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