Watch NowDead Poets Society (1989)
PG
22/09/1989 (GB)
Drama
2h 9m
- 83% (11886 votes)
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He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.
Overview
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.
- Peter WeirDirector
- Tom SchulmanWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$16,400,000
Revenue
$235,860,116
Keywords
- individual
- friendship
- philosophy
- poetry
- literature
- professor
- based on true story
- coming of age
- teacher
- school play
- new england
- vermont
- schoolteacher
- preparatory school
- 1950s
- somber
- philosophical
- inspirational
- teenager
- depressing
Top Billed Cast
Robin Williams
John Keating
Robert Sean Leonard
Neil Perry
Ethan Hawke
Todd Anderson
Josh Charles
Knox Overstreet
Gale Hansen
Charlie Dalton
Dylan Kussman
Richard Cameron
Allelon Ruggiero
Steven Meeks
James Waterston
Gerard Pitts
Norman Lloyd
Mr. Nolan
Kurtwood Smith
Mr. Perry
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