Synopsis
1959, Welton Academy, Vermont. The headmaster presents to the students the new English teacher, John Keating, who soon shows he doesn’t approve of the strict school system and prefers innovative and unorthodox teaching methods. Thanks to the intervention of Keating, some students open to the free expression of themselves, with poetry, music, drama. The students discover in an old school yearbook that their forerunners founded a secret congregation, the Dead Poets Society, and decided to give it new life. Keating and his pupils will clash with the commanding social and school rules.
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Original Title |
DEAD POETS SOCIETY |
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Italian Title |
L'ATTIMO FUGGENTE |
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Category |
Out of competition |
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Section |
Giffoni50 Review |
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Tipology |
Feature Film |
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Duration |
129' |
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Production Year |
1989 |
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Nationality |
USA |
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Directed by |
Peter Weir |
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Screenplay |
Tom Schulman |
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Director of photography |
John Seale |
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Editor |
William Anderson |
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Production Design |
Wendy Stites |
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Music |
Maurice Jarre |
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Main cast |
Robin Williams
Robert Sean Leonard
Ethan Hawke
Josh Charles
Gale Hansen
Dylan Kussman |
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Produced by |
Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas |
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 PETER WEIR
Born 1944, Sydney (Australia). He studied arts and law at the University of Sydney. He made a name for himself first with the feature film PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975), then with two feature films starring Mel Gibson: GALLIPOLI (1981) and THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY (1982). Afterwards he also obtained the great commercial success with several feature films such as WITNESS (1985), MOSQUITO COAST (1986), DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989), GREEN CARD (1990), THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998), MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003). He was nominated four times for the Academy Award as Best Director.
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