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Dead Poets Society (Special Edition)
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 8 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 10, 1998
- Originally Released: 1989
- Label: Walt Disney Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Robin Williams & Robert Sean Leonard | |
Performer: | Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, James Waterston, Norman Lloyd, George Martin & Kurtwood Smith | |
Directed by | Peter Weir | |
Edited by | William Anderson | |
Screenwriting by | Tom Schulman | |
Composition by | Maurice Jarre | |
Produced by | Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt & Tony Thomas | |
Director of Photography: | John Seale |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1989 -
Best Original Screenplay: Tom Schulman
Entertainment Reviews:
Williams, who has comparatively little screen time, has come to act, not to cut comic riffs, and he does so with forceful, ultimately compelling, simplicity.
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TIME Magazine
The moral divisions set up between characters are childishly overdrawn; and, worst of all, the behavior shown by the boys and adults frequently reeks of falsity and contrivance.
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Chicago Reader
...[The film has] a gorgeous look and smashing rhythms....THE DEAD POETS SOCIETY commands respect and affection...
Los Angeles Times
...[Williams's performance] pulls together Peter Weir's mystical paean to youthful spirit... -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly
Weir infuses the film with his customary mysticism, but more importantly, draws sensitive performances from his largely inexperienced cast.
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Time Out
...[Williams gives an] exceptionally fine performance....Some very good performances from the younger actors [as well]...
New York Times
Story sings whenever Williams is onscreen. Screen belongs just as often to Leonard, who as Neil has a quality of darting confidence mixed with hesitancy. Hawke, as the painfully shy Todd, gives a haunting performance.
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Variety
Product Description:
An unconventional New England prep school teacher inspires his students with poetry and encourages them to embrace life. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Picture, Best Actor--Robin Williams, Best (Original) Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay.
Description by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.:
Dead Poets Society
Academy Award(R)-winner Robin Williams delivers a brilliant performance in one of Hollywood's most compelling and thought-provoking motion pictures. Williams portrays passionate English professor John Keating who, in an age of crew cuts, sports coats, and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming ... "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" This charistmatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm -- changing their lives forever. Magnificently directed by Peter Weir (THE TRUMAN SHOW), DEAD POETS SOCIETY earned unparalleled praise among audiences and critics alike. Discover for yourself what all the cheering's about!
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- UPC: 717951000682
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