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Dead Poets Society (1989)
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Ratings: 7.8/10 from 129,678 users
Metascore:
79/100
Reviews: 399 user | 75 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com English professor John Keating inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day. Director:Peter WeirWriter:Tom Schulman |
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Gale Hansen | ... | |
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Carla Belver | ... | |
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Leon Pownall | ... | |
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George Martin | ... | |
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Joe Aufiery | ... | |
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Matt Carey | ... | |
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Storyline
Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life. Written by Liz Jordan <c9310494@alinga.newcastle.edu.au>
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He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.Genres:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
La sociedad de los poetas muertos See more »Box Office
Budget:
$16,400,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$340,456 (USA) (4 June 1989) (8 Screens)Gross:
$235,900,000 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Written by Al Curry, James Johnson and Ernestine Smith
Performed by The Cadets
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According to a 1991 interview on Late Night with David Letterman, Lara Flynn Boyle was told the day of the film's premier that she had been edited out of the film and should not attend the premier. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Todd receives the desk set for his birthday, and Neil and Todd go to throw the desk set off the bridge, the desk set is clearly covered in plastic shrink wrap. However, when the desk set is thrown, papers and pens still go flying everywhere. See more »Soundtracks
"Stranded in the Jungle"Written by Al Curry, James Johnson and Ernestine Smith
Performed by The Cadets
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