
Dead Poets Society
He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.
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6/2/1989Runtime
129 minsGenres
Overview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$16,400,000Revenue
$235,900,000Homepage
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A stirring meditation on adolescence and self-discovery set against the rigid traditions of prep school life, where a charismatic teacher's philosophy of seizing the day awakens his students to possibility, even as the realities of growing up temper their idealism.
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Robin Williams
John Keating

Robert Sean Leonard
Neil Perry

Ethan Hawke
Todd Anderson

Josh Charles
Knox Overstreet

Gale Hansen
Charlie Dalton

Dylan Kussman
Richard Cameron

Allelon Ruggiero
Steven Meeks

James Waterston
Gerard Pitts

Norman Lloyd
Mr. Nolan

Kurtwood Smith
Mr. Perry

Carla Belver
Mrs. Perry
Leon Pownall
McAllister
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