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- Release date: June 2, 1989 http://www.allmovie.com/work/dead-poets-...
- Director: Peter Weir http://www.allmovie.com/work/dead-poets-...
- Writer: Tom Schulman http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097165/
- Production company: Buena Vista, Silver Screen Partners IV and Touchstone Pictures http://www.allmovie.com/work/dead-poets-...
- Studio: Distributed by: Touchstone Pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_...
- Running time: 128 min http://www.allmovie.com/work/dead-poets-...
- MPAA rating: PG http://www.allmovie.com/work/dead-poets-...
- Genre: Drama http://www.allmovie.com/work/dead-poets-...
- Based on: Original Screenplay by Tom Schulman http://www.allmovie.com/work/dead-poets-...
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Dead Poets Society is the inspirational 1989 drama of English professor John Keating, played by Robin Williams, who gives lessons on poetry and life to his students at a conservative prep school in 1959.
Dead Poets Society won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and was nominated for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film for 1989http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0149769.html.
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Reviews
"One of the most magnificent motion pictures I've seen!" — Gene Shalit, The Today Showhttp://www.buy.com/prod/dead-poets-society/q/loc/322/40101313.htmlEntertainment Weekly "...[Williams's performance] pulls together Peter Weir's mystical paean to youthful spirit..."— http://www.buy.com/prod/dead-poets-society/q/loc/322/40101313.html
New York Times "...[Williams gives an] exceptionally fine performance....Some very good performances from the younger actors..."http://www.buy.com/prod/dead-poets-society/q/loc/322/40101313.html
Los Angeles Times "...[The film has] a gorgeous look and smashing rhythms....The Dead Poets Societ commands respect and affection..."http://www.buy.com/prod/dead-poets-society/q/loc/322/40101313.html
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Plot Synopsis
Professor John Keating (Robin Williams) uses unique teaching methods to break the monotony of his normally conservative students. Keating encourages his students to "carpe diem" (seize the day). This new outlook on life has a profound effect on his students. -
Cast
- Robin Williams as John Keating
- Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry
- Ethan Hawke as Todd Anderson
- Kurtwood Smith as Mr. Perry
- Josh Charles as Knox Overstreet
- Gale Hansen as Charlie Dalton
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Dead Poets Society News
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A venerable frat peopled by too-talky stereotypes | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01 ...
Unlike the cloying Dead Poets Society or the brilliant History Boys, The Eclectic Society is a play without adult characters, and after a couple of hours, ... (January 29, 2010)Philadelphia Inquirer -
Live Poets Society: Salt Lake City poets push art form's rebirth
Maybe your dead poets (Romantic poet John Keats, as portrayed recently in the movie "Bright Star," for example) were sometimes cheerless, but Dimitri and ... (January 16, 2010)Deseret News -
Project Runway: From the Heart
Like next week, he could be all clean cut and earnest like Dead Poet's Society, and then the following week, he could be the rookie cop from Training Day. ... (February 05, 2010)Baltimore Sun (blog) -
Invictus aside, poetry in cinema is embarrassing
And you expect to hear poetry in a film called Dead Poets Society, which means Walt Whitman's O Captain! My Captain! (written after Abraham Lincoln's ... (January 28, 2010)The Guardian
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Dead Poets Society (1989)
Directed by Peter Weir. With Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke. English professor John Keating inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day. Visit...imdb.com -
Dead Poets Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dead Poets Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org
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Live.Connect.Breathe.: Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society. "I have a little secret for you…huddle up…HUDDLE UP! We don't read and write poetry because it's cute—we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race and the human race is filled with passion—and... (January 29, 2010)liveconnectbreathe.blogspot.com -
MOBYLIVES » Dead poets society
Dead poets society. 19 January 2010. “Don't get me wrong,” says Patrick Gillespie. “I love poetry. But as far as the public is concerned, poetry died with the modernists.” In a thoughtful essay on PoemShape, Gillespie says ... (January 18, 2010)mhpbooks.com -
Rhyme and Reason: Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society. I've seen this movie three or four times, and I love it. It's an old movie, but it's still among my favorites. I would give you a plot description, but I never can manage those without rambling too much about ever... (February 03, 2010)drawingablankverse.blogspot.com -
The Dignified Rant: The Dead Poets Society
The Dead Poets Society. Wow. It seems like only yesterday that the scum lawyers of gitmo detainees were getting the poems of their lost souls out to the wider world to highlight their plight. President Obama, the global Left knew, ..... (January 22, 2010)thedignifiedrant.blogspot.com
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Koko Crunch and OJ for supper. Ordered Dead Poets Society on cable. A classic movie.
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