Dead Poets Society

The Resource Dead Poets Society
Label
Dead Poets Society
Statement of responsibility
Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Silver Screen Partners IV ; a Steven Haft production in association with Witt-Thomas Productions ; a Peter Weir film ; written by Tom Schulman ; produced by Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas ; directed by Peter Weir
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming ... "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm--changing their lives forever
Awards note
Academy Award, 1990: Best writing, screenplay written directly for the screen.
Cataloging source
NVC
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, John Seale ; music by Maurice Jarre ; editor, William Anderson
Intended audience
Rated PG
Language note
In English or dubbed French; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
PerformerNote
Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman
Runtime
141
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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