La musica del cuore
Trama
Si racconta di Roberta Guaspari, delusa per il fallimento del proprio matrimonio, che comincia a insegnare violino, con passione sempre crescente. Si trova a esercitare in una scuola di ragazzi disadattati, a dir poco. Il violino sembrerebbe proprio un optional del tutto superfluo, ma Roberta non demorde e, come si dice, dal letame può nascere un fiore, anzi, parecchi fiori. A ritenere, però, che il corso sia un optional è anche l'amministrazione della scuola, che vorrebbe chiuderlo. Ma Meryl-Roberta, ha superato prove ben più ardue, e ricomincia la lotta a modo suo.
Ha fatto loro un regalo che non avrebbero mai potuto immaginare. Hanno dato al sistema una battaglia che non avrebbe mai dimenticato.
(1999) Musica , Dramma
Data rilascio : 29/10/1999
regia di Wes Craven
Budget : 27.000.000,00 $
Incasso : 14.859.394,00 $
Cast
Meryl Streep - Roberta
Cloris Leachman - Assunta
Henry Dinhofer - Lexi at 5
Michael Angarano - Nick at 7
Robert Ari - Supervisor
Aidan Quinn - Brian
Teddy Coluca - Taxi Driver
Angela Bassett - Janet
Josh Pais - Dennis
Barbara Gonzalez - Janet's Secretary
Jade Yorker - DeSean at 11
Victoria Gómez - Lucy at 10
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 - Mrs. Adisa
Kevin Miller - Hall Boy
Hazel Medina - Alice
Gloria Estefan - Isabel
Iraida Polanco - Landlady
Asha Sapp - Tanisha
Betsy Aidem - Mrs. Lamb
Julie Janney - Flight Attendant
Cole Hawkins - Lawrence at 5
Arthur French - Ernie
Edmund Wilkinson - Sheetrock Man
French Napier - Painter
Socorro Santiago - Lucy's Mother
Dominic Walters - Justin
Jean-Luke Figueroa - Ramon
Sam Fox Royston - Leonard
Jane Leeves - Dorothea
Eva Loomis - Vanessa
Melay Araya - Rachel
Charlie Hofheimer - Nick at 17
Kieran Culkin - Lexi at 15
Asease Korankyi - Shandra
Myra Lucretia Taylor - Beverly
Olga Merediz - Ramon's Mother
Christian Berreondo - Ramon's Brother
Leilani Irvin - Myesha
Sophia Guaspari - Rosario
Adam LeFevre - Mr. Klein
Rafael John Alan Hines - Simon
Jordan Ware - Kenny
Amanda Muchnick - Stephanie
Ian Quinlan - Carlos
Naeem Jones - Toussaint
Jay O. Sanders - Dan Paxton
Mateo Gómez - Ramon's Father
Rosalyn Benniman - Woman at Opus Meeting
Leon Addison Brown - Mr. Adams
Arnold Steinhardt - Self
Scott Cumberbatch - Lawrence at 15
Majid R. Khaliq - Naeem Adisa at 19
Molly Gia Foresta - Guadalupe at 19
Cristina Gómez - Lucy at 20
Omari Toomer - DeSean at 21
Tarik Lowe - Teammate #1
Justin Daly - Teammate #2
Isaac Stern - Self
Isaiah Sheffer - Carnegie Hall Concert Director
Mark O'Connor - Self
Michael Tree - Self
Charles Veal Jr. - Self
Karen Briggs - Self
Itzhak Perlman - Self
Sandra Park - Self
Diane Monroe - Self
Joshua Bell - Self
Jonathan Feldman - Self
Dyllon Rogers - Horse Hair Boy
April Davis - First Grade Girl
Anibal Crooklyn Cuevas - Frog Hair Boy
Sam Deutsch - Violin Student
Lucy Little - Violin Student
Jose Miguel Rojas - Violin Student
Andrew Mayer - Violin Student
Rebecca Dinhofer - Violin Student
Christopher Katrandjian - Violin Student
Ama Korankyi - Violin Student
Chantilly Mariani - Violin Student
Thomas Martin - Violin Student
Derek Ambrosi - Audience Member (uncredited)
Ruth Barrie - Woman Shopper (uncredited)
David Chen - Parent (uncredited)
Gideon Jacobs - Headlock Boy (uncredited)
Emily Johnson - Mother of Student (uncredited)
Gabriella Loutfi - Violin Student (uncredited)
John P. McGinty - Naval Officer (uncredited)
Kirby Mitchell - New York Times Reporter (uncredited)
Sarallen - Old Woman in Tenement Building (uncredited)
Ronald Sylvers - Parent (uncredited)