Movie/1989/Drama
Dead Poets Society
He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.
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Drama
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Synopsis
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.
DirectorPeter Weir
WriterTom Schulman
MusicMaurice Jarre
Top billed
Cast
Robin Williams
as John Keating
Robert Sean Leonard
as Neil Perry
Ethan Hawke
as Todd Anderson
Josh Charles
as Knox Overstreet
Gale Hansen
as Charlie Dalton
Dylan Kussman
as Richard Cameron
The facts
Details
- Released
- 1989
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 9m · 129 min
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 12,765 votes
- Certification
- PG
- Genres
- Drama
- Languages
- English, Latin
- Production
- A Steven Haft Production, Witt/Thomas Productions, Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures
- Budget
- $16M
- Box office
- $236M
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Dead Poets Society was released in 1989.
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Dead Poets Society has a runtime of 129 minutes (2h 9m).
Dead Poets Society has an average rating of 8.3/10 based on 12,765 user votes (TMDB).
Dead Poets Society grossed approximately $236M worldwide against a production budget of $16M.
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