DVD

Dead Poets Society [videorecording] / 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.

Haft, Steven. (Producer). Weir, Peter, 1944- (Director). Witt, Paul Junger, 1941- (Producer). Thomas, Tony, 1947- (Producer). Schulman, Tom. (Screenwriter). Williams, Robin, 1952- (Actor). Leonard, Robert Sean, 1969- (Actor). Hawke, Ethan, 1970- (Actor). Jarre, Maurice. (Composer). Silver Screen Partners IV. (Added Author). Witt-Thomas Productions. (Added Author). Touchstone Pictures. (Added Author). Touchstone Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke. (Cast).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0788853643
ISBN: 9780788853647
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Special ed.
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video : 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. Bonus features: "Dead Poets": a look back (featuring new interview footage with director Peter Weir, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and many more; Raw takes ; Master of sound: Alan Splet (new interviews with David Lynch and Peter Weir) ; Cinematography master class (an interview and inspirational lighting workshop with cinematographer John Seale; Audio commentary (with director Peter Weir, cinematographer John Seale and writer Tom Schulman) ; Technical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, John Seale ; editor, William Anderson ; music by Maurice Jarre.
Participant or Performer Note:	Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG.
System Details Note:	DVD, Widescreen version presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio (1.85:1).
Language Note:	English or French language soundtracks (Dolby surround) ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Awards Note:	Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Schulman).