Dead Poets Society

Name: Dead Poets Society
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-06-02
Duration: 2 h 9 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen

He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.

Dead Poets Society (1989)

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Release date

1989-06-02

Country

United States

Production

Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures, A Steven Haft Production, Witt/Thomas Productions

Genre

Drama

Budget

$16 400 000

Box office

$235 860 116

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Director

Peter Weir

Actors

Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, James Waterston, Norman Lloyd, Kurtwood Smith
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Scenario

Tom Schulman

Producer

Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas

Camera operator

John Seale

Composer

Maurice Jarre

Artist

Wendy Stites, Louis M. Mann

Audition

Howard Feuer

Editing

William M. Anderson
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

According to the initial plans, Jeff Kanew was to direct the film, and Liam Neeson was to play the lead role. Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman were also considered as candidates for the role of Professor Keating.
To better convey the development of the relationship between Professor Keating and his students, director Peter Weir decided to shoot all the scenes in chronological order.
The film's plot is partly based on the relationship between students at one of the private schools in Nashville and Professor Samuel Pickering Jr. For Professor Keating’s mannerisms and individual character traits, actor Robin Williams based his performance on his high school history teacher, John Campbell.
Film director Peter Weir attended The Scots College, a private boys' school in Sydney, Australia, in his youth. The school uniform, strict discipline, and overall atmosphere of this school were largely reflected in his film.
When the boys show Professor Keating his photograph in the old school yearbook, we actually see a real photograph from Robin Williams' school years, when he was a student at Redwood High School in Larkspur, near San Francisco.
All scenes featuring actress Lara Flynn Boyle were cut from the final version of the film, and she was only informed of this on the day of the premiere.
Filming took place primarily at St. Andrew's School, a private school in Delaware, and its surroundings from November 14, 1988, to January 15, 1989. Berry College, a private arts school in Georgia, was initially considered as a location, but the climate was too warm for the winter scenes, and creating a large amount of artificial snow would have incurred significant additional costs.
The film's phrase “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary” was ranked 95th on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest movie quotes.
The author of the now-famous Latin phrase “Carpe diem” was the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, who lived from 65 to 8 BC.
In 2008, former technology teacher Walter Skould, inspired by the film, created the "American Dead Poets Society," whose mission was to locate the abandoned graves of American poets. By October 2011, Skould had visited the graves of 225 Americans who had once been a national pride.
The original script had Professor Keating dying of leukemia, but the director decided to abandon this and focus the story on the school's students.
According to original plans, Jeff Kanew was to direct the film, and Liam Neeson was to play the lead role. Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman were also considered as other candidates for the role of Professor Keating.
To better convey the development of the relationship between Professor Keating and his students, director Peter Weir decided to film all scenes in chronological order.
The film's plot is based to some extent on the relationship between the students of a private school in Nashville and Professor Samuel Pickering Jr. For Professor Keating's mannerisms and certain personality traits, actor Robin Williams drew inspiration from his own high school history teacher, John Campbell.
The film's director, Peter Weir, attended The Scots College, a private boys' school in Sydney, Australia, in his youth. The school uniform, strict discipline, and general atmosphere of that school were largely reflected in his film.
When the boys show Professor Keating his photo in an old school yearbook, we are actually seeing a real photo from Robin Williams' own school days at Redwood High School in Larkspur, near San Francisco.
Filming took place primarily at St. Andrew's School in Delaware and its surroundings from November 14, 1988, to January 15, 1989. The original choice was Berry College, a private arts college in Georgia, but the climate proved too warm for the winter scenes, and producing large amounts of artificial snow would have led to significant additional costs.
The author of the now-famous Latin expression "Carpe diem" was the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, who lived from 65 to 8 BC.
In 2008, inspired by the film, Walter Scould, a former technology teacher at a general education school, created the "Dead Poets Society of America," whose mission is to locate the abandoned burial sites of US poets. By October 2011, Scould had visited the graves of 225 Americans who were once a source of national pride.