Dead Poets Society

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Dead Poets Society Directed by Peter Weir Produced by Steven Haft Paul Junger Witt Tony Thomas Written by Tom Schulman Narrated by Starring Robin Williams Robert Sean Leonard Ethan Hawke Kurtwood Smith Josh Charles Gale Hansen Dylan Kussman Allelon Ruggiero James Waterston Norman Llyod Alexandra Powers Voices Music Maurice Jarre Cinematography John Seale Editing William M. Anderson Distributor Touchstone Pictures Release date(s) June 2, 1989 Running time 128 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $16,400,000 MPAA Rating PG Preceded by Followed by IMDb profile

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Dead Poets Society is a 1989 film starring Robin Williams and directed by Peter Weir. Set in 1959 at a conservative and aristocratic boys prep school, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students to change their lives of confirmity through his teaching of poetry and literature. The movie is a modern interpretation of the transcendentalism movement.

The story is set in in Welton Academy in Vermont and was filmed at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware. The script, written by Tom Schulman, was based on his life at Montgomery Bell Academy, an all-boys preparatory school in Nashville, Tennessee. A novelization by Nancy H. Kleinbaum (ISBN 0553282980) based on the movie's script has also been published.