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Dead Poets Society

Peter Weir / US, 1989 / 128 min.

Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society – with a stellar performance from Robin Williams as the inspirational English teacher at an authoritarian boys’ boarding school – is still regularly shown on TV, but rarely makes it onto the big screen these days. “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys.”

poster Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, US 1989)
Welton Academy, 1959. Young Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke) has just entered the illustrious halls of the boarding school that will prepare him for his admission to one of the Ivy League universities. The atmosphere at the school is oppressive, crushing and authoritarian: discipline, obedience and punishment are the guiding principles at the Welton Academy.

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Director

Peter Weir

Production year

1989

Country

US

Original title

Dead Poets Society

Length

128 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NONE or NLD

Format

DCP, 35mm

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still Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, US 1989)
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