Music of the Heart

Drama | Music

6.7

Release Date

October 29, 1999

Duration

124 min

Status

Released

Language

Overview

Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.

Casts

Roberta

Meryl Streep

Assunta

Cloris Leachman

Lexi at 5

Henry Dinhofer

Nick at 7

Michael Angarano

Supervisor

Robert Ari

Brian

Aidan Quinn

Taxi Driver

Teddy Coluca

Janet

Angela Bassett

Dennis

Josh Pais

Janet's Secretary

Barbara Gonzalez

DeSean at 11

Jade Yorker

Lucy at 10

Victoria Gómez

Bongo Kid

Justin Pierre Edmund

Naeem at 9

Justin 'DJ' Spaulding

Guadalupe at 9

Zoe Sternbach-Taubman

Adam

Christopher Lopez

James

Ruben Jared Seraballs

Becky

Lucy Nonas-Barnes

Mrs. Adisa

Rosalyn Coleman

Hall Boy

Kevin Miller

Alice

Hazel Medina

Isabel

Gloria Estefan

Landlady

Iraida Polanco

Tanisha

Asha Sapp

Mrs. Lamb

Betsy Aidem

Flight Attendant

Julie Janney

Lawrence at 5

Cole Hawkins

Ernie

Arthur French

Sheetrock Man

Edmund Wilkinson

Painter

French Napier

Lucy's Mother

Socorro Santiago

Justin

Dominic Walters

Ramon

Jean-Luke Figueroa

Leonard

Sam Fox Royston

Dorothea

Jane Leeves

Vanessa

Eva Loomis

Rachel

Melay Araya

Nick at 17

Charlie Hofheimer

Lexi at 15

Kieran Culkin

Shandra

Asease Korankyi

Beverly

Myra Lucretia Taylor

Ramon's Mother

Olga Merediz

Ramon's Brother

Christian Berreondo

Myesha

Leilani Irvin

Rosario

Sophia Guaspari

Mr. Klein

Adam LeFevre

Simon

Rafael John Alan Hines

Kenny

Jordan Ware

Stephanie

Amanda Muchnick

Carlos

Ian Quinlan

Toussaint

Naeem Jones

Dan Paxton

Jay O. Sanders

Ramon's Father

Mateo Gómez

Woman at Opus Meeting

Rosalyn Benniman

Mr. Adams

Leon Addison Brown

Self

Arnold Steinhardt

Lawrence at 15

Scott Cumberbatch

Naeem Adisa at 19

Majid R. Khaliq

Guadalupe at 19

Molly Gia Foresta

Lucy at 20

Cristina Gómez

DeSean at 21

Omari Toomer

Teammate #1

Tarik Lowe

Teammate #2

Justin Daly

Self

Isaac Stern

Carnegie Hall Concert Director

Isaiah Sheffer

Self

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

Horse Hair Boy

Dyllon Rogers

First Grade Girl

April Davis

Frog Hair Boy

Anibal Crooklyn Cuevas

Violin Student

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

Audience Member (uncredited)

Derek Ambrosi

Woman Shopper (uncredited)

Ruth Barrie

Parent (uncredited)

David Chen

Headlock Boy (uncredited)

Gideon Jacobs

Mother of Student (uncredited)

Emily Johnson

Violin Student (uncredited)

Gabriella Loutfi

Naval Officer (uncredited)

John P. McGinty

New York Times Reporter (uncredited)

Kirby Mitchell

Old Woman in Tenement Building (uncredited)

Sarallen

Parent (uncredited)

Ronald Sylvers