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Dead Poets Society

  • June 2, 1989
  • 128 min.
  • Drama
  • United States
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Original title: Dead Poets Society

10

nominations

30%

winning rate

3

wins

Academy Awards #62 - 1990

Award People Status
Best Picture Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas - as producer(s)
Best Directing Peter Weir
Best Actor in a Leading Role Robin Williams
Best Original Screenplay Tom Schulman Winner

British Academy Film Awards #43 - 1990

Award People Status
Best Picture Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas, Peter Weir - as producer(s) Winner
Best Directing Peter Weir
Best Actor in a Leading Role Robin Williams
Best Original Screenplay Tom Schulman
Best Original Score Maurice Jarre Winner
Best Film Editing William M. Anderson

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