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Dead Poets Society / Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Silver Screen Partners IV ; a Steven Haft production in association with Witt-Thomas Productions ; a Peter Weir film ; written by Tom Schulman ; produced by Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas ; directed by Peter Weir.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Teacher-student relationships--Drama.
- Teacher-student relationships.
- Boarding school students--United States--Drama.
- Boarding school students.
- English teachers--United States--Drama.
- English teachers.
- Boarding schools--United States--Drama.
- Boarding schools.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [1998]
- Language Note:
- English or French language soundtracks (Dolby surround).
- Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD, Widescreen version presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio (1.85:1).
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- 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.
- Participant:
- Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, John Seale ; music by Maurice Jarre ; editor, William Anderson.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Schulman).
- ISBN:
- 1558908870
- OCLC:
- 40924552
- Publisher Number:
- 717951000682
- 15092 Touchstone Home Video
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