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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Label Occurrences
Dead Poets Society canonical 43
Dead Poets Society (student club) 2
Dead Poets Society (1989 film) 1

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ
surface form: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
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 → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Norman Lloyd → appearedIn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Touchstone Pictures → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Robin Williams → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Peter Weir → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Peter Weir → directed → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
John Seale → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
John Seale → workedOn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Maurice Jarre → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Paul Junger Witt → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Paul Junger Witt → workedOn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Tony Thomas → produced → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Tony Thomas → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Duncan Henderson → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Duncan Henderson → workedOn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Ethan Hawke → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Robert Sean Leonard → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Robert Sean Leonard → appearedInFilm → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Marsha Garces → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Kurtwood Smith → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Tom Schulman → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Tom Schulman → awardReceivedFor → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Tom Schulman → wroteScreenplayFor → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Josh Charles → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Gale Hansen → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Gale Hansen → participatedIn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Gale Hansen → castMemberOf → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Dylan Kussman → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Dylan Kussman → participatedIn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Dylan Kussman → appearedIn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
William Anderson → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
William Anderson → edited → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Welton Academy → featuredIn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Welton Academy → settingFor → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
John Keating → roleIn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
John Keating → appearsIn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
John Keating → associatedWith → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Poets Society (student club)
John Keating → formerMemberOf → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Poets Society (student club)
John Keating → fictionalUniverse → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Poets Society universe
John Keating → firstAppearance → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Poets Society (1989 film)
St. Andrew's School, Middletown, Delaware → usedAsFilmLocationFor → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Allelon Ruggiero → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Allelon Ruggiero → appearedIn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
James Waterston → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
James Waterston → appearedIn → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Steven Haft → notableWork → Dead Poets Society ⓘ
Steven Haft → producerOf → Dead Poets Society ⓘ