Dead Poets Society
As John Keating
1989 | Drama | 128 min | PG
As John Keating
Peter Weir
Tom Schulman
Maurice Jarre
June 2, 1989 (Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City and Toronto)
June 2, 1989 (limited)
June 9, 1989 (wide)
November 10, 1998 (original release)
January 10, 2006 (special edition)
January 17, 2012
Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures
Buena Vista Pictures
John Keating
Neil Perry
Todd Anderson
Knox Overstreet
Charlie Dalton/Nuwanda
Richard Cameron
Steven Meeks
Mr. Nolan
When charismatic English teacher John Keating arrives at a strict boys' academy, his unconventional teaching methods breathe new life into the curriculum steeped in tradition. With his wit and wisdom, Keating inspires his students to pursue individual passions and make their lives extaordinary.
Dead Poets Society screened at the Venice Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival in 1989.
Why do I stand up here?
To feel taller.
No. Ding! Thank you for playing. I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way. See, the world looks very different from up here. You don't believe me? Come see for yourselves. Come on. Just when you think you know something, you have to look at it in another way. Even though it may seem silly, or wrong, you must try. Now, when you read, don't just consider what the author thinks. Consider what you think. Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. Thoreau said: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." Don't be resigned by that. Break out. Now don't just walk off the edge like lemmings! Look around you! Dare to strike out and find new ground. Now, in addition to your essays, I would like you to compose a poem of your own, an original work.
Ooh!
Oef! La-ha-ha-ha-hum! That's right. You have to deliver it aloud, in front of the class on Monday.
Ooh! Bon chance, gentlemen. Mr. Anderson! Don't think that I don't know that this assignment scares the hell out of you,
you mole.
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 medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
A man is not 'very tired'. He's 'exhausted'. And don't use 'very sad', use--Come on, Mr. Overstreet, you twerp.
Morose?
Exactly! Morose! Now, language was developed for one endeavor, and that is--Mr. Anderson. Come on, are you a man or an amoeba? Mr. Perry?
Uh... to communicate?
No! To woo women. Today we're going to be talking about William Shakespeare. Oh, God. I know, a lot of you look forward to this about as much as you look forward to root canal work. We're gonna talk about Shakespeare as someone who writes something very interesting. Now, many of you have seen Shakespeare done very much like this: "O, Titus, bring your friend hither." But many of you have seen Marlon Brando... you know that Shakespeare can be different. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears." You can also imagine maybe John Wayne as Macbeth going, "Waaall, is this a dagger I see before me?"
Dogs, sir? Oh, not just now. I do enjoy a good dog once in a while, sir. You can have yourself a three-course meal from one dog. Start with a canine croquette. Go to your Fido flambe for main course. And for desert a Pekingese parfait. And you can pick your teeth with the little paw.
He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.
This title is available on:
November 14, 1988 - January 15, 1989
Middletown, DE
Rockland, DE
New Castle, DE
Wolf Cave, DE
Shooting in and around Middletown took place at St. Andrew's School and the Everett Theatre.
Shooting in and around New Castle took place in the Westover Hills neighborhood.
June 2, 1989 (Toronto)
July 20, 1989
September 22, 1989
November 22, 1989
January 12, 1990
January 17, 1990
January 19, 1990
January 25, 1990
January 26, 1990
March 24, 1990
April 1990
May 19, 1990
August 30, 1990
La sociedad de los poetas muertos
Ölü ozanlar dernegi
Döda poeters sällskap
Døde poeters klub
El club de los poetas muertos
Holt költök társasága
Ima wo ikiru
Kuolleiden runoilijoiden seura
L'attimo fuggente
La société des poètes disparus (French title)
Le cercle des poètes disparus
O Clube dos Poetas Mortos
O kyklos ton hamenon poiiton
Sociedade dos Poetas Mortos
Stowarzyszenie umarlych poetów
The following extra features can be found on the Special Edition DVD:
RWF Note: There's an extended laserdisc version of this movie available with 10 minutes of extra footage that is not included on the DVD.
$16,400,000
$95,860,116 (USA)
$140,000,000 (international)
$235,860,116 (total)
Limited:
$340,456 (8 theaters)
Wide: $7,540,464 (687 theaters)
1,109 theaters
Nom - 1990 - Best actor in a leading role (Robin)
Nom - 1990 - Best Director (Peter Weir)
Nom - 1990 - Best Picture
Won - 1990 - Best Screenplay
Nom - 1990 - Best Actor (Robin)
Nom - 1990 - Best Film
Nom - 1990 - Best Director (Peter Weir)
Nom - 1990 - Best Screenplay
Nom - 1990 - Best Actor (Robin)
Won - 1990 - Best Film
Nom - 1990 - Best Director (Peter Weir)
Nom - 1990 - Original Screenplay
Nom - 1990 - Original Film Score
Nom - 1990 - Editing Award
Won - 1991 - Best Foreign Film
