It tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry.
The film received critical acclaim and was a box office success. The worldwide box office was reported as $235,860,579, which includes domestic grosses of $95,860,116. The film's global receipts were the fifth highest for 1989, and the highest for dramas. The film was released in the United Kingdom on September 22, 1989, and topped the country's box office that weekend. Vincent Canby of The New York Times also praised Williams' "exceptionally fine performance", while noting that "Dead Poets Society ... is far less about Keating than about a handful of impressionable boys".
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The film's line "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." was voted as the 95th greatest movie quote by the American Film Institute.
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In order to help get his young actors into character, Weir had them all board together during filming and shoot in chronological order, so that their relationships would develop naturally over the course of production.
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Quotes:
- We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
- No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.
- There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.
- Just when you think you know something, you have to look at in another way. Even though it may seem silly or wrong, you must try.
- Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
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P.S. I am deeply touched. I was watching this film for the first time, and it really gave me so many ideas to think over. The actors were really good. And of course I recommend you to watch this film.
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