Dead Poets Society is a 1989 film which tells the story of a Whitman-quoting English teacher at a 1950s boys' school who inspires his students to overcome their reluctance to make changes in their lives. It stars Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard , Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen , James Waterston , Norman Lloyd and Kurtwood Smith.

The movie was written by Tom Schulman and directed by Peter Weir.

It won the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Robin Williams), Best Director and Best Picture.

The film was set at the fictional Welton Academy in Vermont, but it was actually filmed at St. Andrew's School in Delaware.

External links

• Dead Poets Society at the Internet Movie Database
• Crazy Dave's Dead Poets Society filmography
• Dead Poets Society - Death of a Romantic
• Online Critical Resources on DPS

Famous Quotes

No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.

Sucking all the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone.

Listen, you hear it? --- Carpe --- hear it? --- Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.