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Dead Poets Society (1989)

He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

Drama

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Release Date
June 2, 1989
Runtime
2h 9m
Rating
8.3/10 (12536 votes)

Director: Peter Weir

Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, James Waterston

Production: A Steven Haft Production, Witt/Thomas Productions, Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures
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Budget
$16M
Revenue
$236M
Full Cast (51 people)

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John Chard - 9/10

Carpe Diem & The Punk Rock Movie. Dead Poets Society is directed by Peter Weir (Picnic At Hanging Rock/Gallipoli) and stars Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Kurtwood Smith, Gale Hansen & Norman Lloyd. The script is written by Tom Schulman, based on his life at Montgomery Bell Academy, an all-boys preparatory school in Nashville, Tennessee. The film is set in 1959 at the fiction...

July 8, 2019

Wuchak - 10/10

_**Seize the day; be Exceptional!**_ John Keating (Robin Williams), a new teacher at a stuffy prep school in 1959, inspires his students to capitalize on their natural talents and develop a passion for life because they only have one shot and in 60 years or so they'll all be worm-food. Each boy starts to act on Keating's dynamic ideas with explosive consequences , both good and bad. Released...

July 9, 2021

CinemaSerf - 7/10

Robin Williams ("Keating") arrives at an all boys school where he is to teach them English. As you'd expect, they weren't particularly interested, but when he begins by telling them to rip up the poetry manual, and continues with an inspirational and vocational approach the pupils start to engage not only with him, but they set up the eponymous club which helps each of them to develop as a person....

July 3, 2022

Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

8.3
129 min

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

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StatusReleased
Original LanguageEnglish
Release Date6/2/1989
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Cast

Robin Williams

as John Keating

Robert Sean Leonard

as Neil Perry

Ethan Hawke

as Todd Anderson

Josh Charles

as Knox Overstreet

Gale Hansen

as Charlie Dalton

Dylan Kussman

as Richard Cameron

Allelon Ruggiero

as Steven Meeks

James Waterston

as Gerard Pitts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dead Poets Society about?

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of …

How long is Dead Poets Society?

2h 9m

When was Dead Poets Society released?

June 2, 1989

Who directed Dead Poets Society?

Peter Weir

Who stars in Dead Poets Society?

Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke

What genre is Dead Poets Society?

Drama