Dead Poets Society

Released Date
June 2, 1989
Distributor
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Genre
Drama
Rating
PG
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$95,860,116 + $140,000,000 = $235,860,116
1951-2014
Robin Williams

as John Keating

53
Ethan Hawke

as Todd Anderson

109
Norman Lloyd

as Headmaster Gale Nolan

80
Kurtwood Smith

as Mr. Perry

55
Robert Sean Leonard

as Neil Perry

52
Josh Charles

as Knox Overstreet

55
James Waterston

as Gerard Pitts

53
Dylan Kussman

as Richard Cameron

About Dead Poets Society

Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.

About

An English teacher inspires his students to be affected by poetry in their conservative school. The film takes place in 1959 at a fictional elite Vermont boarding school called, Welton Academy.

Trivia

Director of the film, Peter Weir, had all the young actors live together in order to bond. The movie was filmed at a private boarding school in Delaware.