Dead Poets Society

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American film drama film film

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film about an unorthodox English teacher who inspires his students to embrace poetry, individuality, and "carpe diem" at a conservative boarding school.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
boxOfficeRevenueUSD 235000000 ⓘ
cinematography John Seale ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Peter Weir ⓘ
distributedBy Buena Vista Pictures Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy William Anderson ⓘ
famousQuote Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. ⓘ
filmingLocation Province of Delaware ⓘ
surface form: Delaware

St. Andrew's School, Middletown, Delaware ⓘ
genre coming-of-age film ⓘ
drama ⓘ
mainCharacter John Keating ⓘ
mpaaRating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Maurice Jarre ⓘ
narrativeFocus unorthodox English teacher inspiring students ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Robin Williams ⓘ
producer Paul Junger Witt ⓘ
Steven Haft ⓘ
Tony Thomas ⓘ
productionCompany Silver Screen Partners ⓘ
surface form: Silver Screen Partners IV

Touchstone Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1989-06-02 ⓘ
releaseYear 1989 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 128 ⓘ
screenwriter Tom Schulman ⓘ
setting Vermont ⓘ
Welton Academy ⓘ
starring Allelon Ruggiero ⓘ
Dylan Kussman ⓘ
Ethan Hawke ⓘ
Gale Hansen ⓘ
James Waterston ⓘ
Josh Charles ⓘ
Kurtwood Smith ⓘ
Norman Lloyd ⓘ
Robert Sean Leonard ⓘ
Robin Williams ⓘ
theme carpe diem ⓘ
conformity ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
timePeriod 1959 ⓘ

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Norman Lloyd → appearedIn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Norman Lloyd → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Robin Williams → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Touchstone Pictures → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ