| | | Carpe Diem, Seize The Day!
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1); Dolby Surround Sound
In an age defined by crew cuts, sport coats, and cheerless conformity, he not only broke the mold... he reinvented it. Academy Award winner Robin Williams delivers a brilliant performance in one of Hollywood's most compelling and thought-provoking motion pictures of all time. Williams stars as English professor John Keating, a passionate iconoclast who changes his students' lives forever when he challenges them to live life to the fullest and "Carpe Diem" -- seize the day! Keating's unconventional approach meets with irrepressible enthusiasm from his students, but the faculty at staid, exclusive Welton Academy prep school is, to put it mildly, not amused. Featuring a star-marking performance by Ethan Hawke and over three hours of never-before-seen bonus materials, this Special Edition of Dead Poets Society will captivate and inspire you again and again.
"...solid, smart entertainment." Desson Howe, Washington Post
"One of the most magnificient pictures I've seen." Gene Shalit, The Today Show
"...well made, extremely well acted." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
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.
| Features | Audio: English & French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Widescreen Version |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 12/26/2009 |
| Running Time: 129 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1989 | | Catalog ID: 3517103 | | UPC: 00786936239911 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1990) |  | Tom Schulman, Winner, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen | | | Robin Williams, Nominee, Best Actor | | | Peter Weir, Nominee, Best Director | | | Steven Haft, et. al., Nominee, Best Picture | |
British Academy Awards (1990) | | Steven Haft, et. al., Winner, Best Film | | Maurice Jarre, Winner, Best Original Film Score | | | Robin Williams, Nominee, Best Actor | | | Peter Weir, Nominee, Best Director | | | Tom Schulman, Nominee, Best Original Screenplay | |
Golden Globe (1990) | | | Peter Weir, Nominee, Best Director--Motion Picture | | | Robin Williams, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Drama | | | Tom Schulman, Nominee, est Screenplay--Motion Picture |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...[Williams's performance] pulls together Peter Weir's mystical paean to youthful spirit..." -- Rating: B 03/12/1999 p.72New York Times
"...[Williams gives an] exceptionally fine performance....Some very good performances from the younger actors [as well]..."| 06/02/1989 p.C8 Los Angeles Times
"...[The film has] a gorgeous look and smashing rhythms....THE DEAD POETS SOCIETY commands respect and affection..." 06/02/1989 p.C1 Chicago Sun-Times 5 of 10
Dead Poets Society is a collection of pious platitudes masquerading as a courageous stand in favor of something: doing your own thing, I think. It's about an inspirational, unconventional English teacher and his students at "the best prep school in America" and how he challenges them to question conventional views by such techniques as standing on their desks. It is, of course, inevitable that the brilliant teacher will eventually be fired from the school, and when his students stood on their desks to protest his dismissal, I was so moved, I wanted to throw up. - Roger Ebert
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