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Music of the Heart is a 1999 American biographical musical drama film directed by Wes Craven and written by Pamela Gray, based on the 1995 documentary Small Wonders. A dramatization of the true story of Roberta Guaspari, portrayed by Meryl Streep, who co-founded the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and fought for music education funding in New York City public schools, the film also stars Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett,…
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Few directors are associated with single genre as closely as Wes Craven was with horror. Yet, like so many film makers, he felt the need to prove himself by directing something completely different. One such effort was his 1999 drama *Music of the Heart*. The film is based on real events that took place in New York City years earlier. Protagonist is Roberta Guaspari (played by Meryl Streep), woman who spent many yea…More
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Music of the Heart "plays Carnegie Hall" for two hours, both figuratively and practically. Like the youngsters it portrays, the film begins in the darkest corners of bad movies and progresses to a show-stopping performance at the famed music venue. Roberta Guaspari (Meryl Streep) has two children, a husband who abandoned her, and 50 violins she purchased from a little store on the Mediterranean. Her life needs a boo…More