Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart

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

1999•2h 4m•6.7/10

DramaMusic

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(219)

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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Production

Craven-Maddalena Films, Miramax

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Roberta

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

Assunta

Henry Dinhofer

Lexi at 5

Michael Angarano

Michael Angarano

Nick at 7

Robert Ari

Supervisor

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

Brian

Teddy Coluca

Teddy Coluca

Taxi Driver

Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

Janet

Josh Pais

Josh Pais

Dennis

Barbara Gonzalez

Janet's Secretary

Jade Yorker

Jade Yorker

DeSean at 11

Victoria Gómez

Lucy at 10

Justin Pierre Edmund

Justin Pierre Edmund

Bongo Kid

Justin 'DJ' Spaulding

Naeem at 9

Zoe Sternbach-Taubman

Guadalupe at 9

Christopher Lopez

Adam

Ruben Jared Seraballs

James

Lucy Nonas-Barnes

Becky

Rosalyn Coleman

Rosalyn Coleman

Mrs. Adisa

Kevin Miller

Hall Boy

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