Dead Poets Society [videorecording] / Touchstone Pictures presents, in association with Silver Screen Partners IV, a Steven Haft production in association with Witt-Thomas Productions ; written by Tom Schulman ; produced by Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas ; directed by Peter Weir.
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FilmPublisher number: 35171 | Touchstone Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2006.Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0788853643
- 9780788853647
- Dead Poets Society (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, John Seale ; editor, William Anderson ; music, Maurice Jarre.
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Schulman).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Robin Williams toned down his usually manic comic approach in this successful period drama. In 1959, the Welton Academy is a staid but well-respected prep school where education is a pragmatic and rather dull affair. Several of the students, however, have their thoughts on the learning process (and life itself) changed when a new teacher comes to the school. John Keating (Williams) is an unconventional educator who tears chapters of his textbooks and asks his students to stand on their desks to see the world from a new angle. Keating introduces his students to poetry, and his free-thinking attitude and the liberating philosophies of the authors he introduces to his class have a profound effect on his students, especially Todd (Ethan Hawke), who would like to be a writer; Neil ( Robert Sean Leonard), who dreams of being an actor, despite the objections of his father; Knox (Josh Charles), a hopeless romantic; Steven (Allelon Ruggiero), an intellectual who learns to use his heart as well as his head; Charlie (Gale Hansen), who begins to lose his blasé attitude; unconventional Gerard (James Waterston); and practical Richard (Dylan Kussman). Keating urges his students to seize the day and live their lives boldly; but when this philosophy leads to an unexpected tragedy, headmaster Mr. Nolan (Norman Lloyd) fires Keating, and his students leap to his defense. Dead Poets Society was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Williams; it won one, for Tom Schulman's original screenplay. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
"Dual-layer format"--Container.
Bonus features: "Dead Poets" : a look back (featuring new interview footage with director Peter Weir, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and many more); raw takes; Master of sound: Alan Splet (new interviews with David Lynch and Peter Weir); cinematography master class (an interview and inspirational lighting workshop with cinematographer John Seale; audio commentary (with director Peter Weir, cinematographer John Seale and writer Tom Schulman); theatrical trailer.
Edition from disc label.
Includes 2 previews of other motion pictures.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Recorded in Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
A new semester -- Seize the day -- Understanding poetry -- The reconvening of the Dead Poets Society -- A different perspective -- Chances -- Find your own walk -- Unorthodox ideas -- Neil's dream -- "Oh captain, my captain."
Director of photography, John Seale ; editor, William Anderson ; music, Maurice Jarre.
Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, James Waterston, Alexandra Powers, Norman Lloyd, Kurtwood Smith, George Martin, Leon Pownall.
Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm-- changing their lives forever.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD, Widescreen version presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio (1.85:1).
English or French language soundtracks (Dolby surround); subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Schulman).