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Mar 10, 2016 · Before we get there far, though, it’d be remiss not to acknowledge that Dead Poets Society didn’t easily slip into production. Tom Schulman penned the screenplay for the...
- Welton Academy is fictional. The fictional Welton Academy is in Vermont, but Welton was based upon screenwriter Tom Schulman's experience attending Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee (via Montgomery Bell Academy).
- John Keating was based upon Schulman's professors. As Tom Schulman revealed in an interview with Montgomery Bell Academy, he first began working on the script that evolved into "Dead Poets Society" while attending the Actors and Directors Lab in Los Angeles.
- Different actors and directors were originally attached to the project. Jeff Kanew was the original director attached to "Dead Poets Society." Mel Gibson was offered the role of Keating, but ultimately wasn't cast.
- Dead Poets Society was filmed in Delaware. Despite having the fictional setting of Vermont, "Dead Poets Society" was actually the first movie to be filmed entirely in Delaware.
Filming began in November 1988, and wrapped in January 1989. After filmmakers scouted more than 70 different universities and private schools, they decided that Dead Poets Society would take place at St. Andrew's School and the Everett Theatre in Middletown, Delaware, as well as at locations in New Castle, Delaware, and in nearby Wilmington ...
- “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” Mr. Keating loves literature and poetry, and he tries to pass this love on to his students.
- “There is a time for daring, and there is a time for caution. And a wise man understands which is called for.” The kids quickly warm to Mr. Keating’s unorthodox style and take his lessons to heart, but one student pushes a bit too hard against the rules of the school, landing himself on the painful side of a paddle (the disciplinary method practiced by the film’s mid-50s boarding school).
- “We must constantly look at things in a different way.” One day, Mr. Keating jumps up on his desk and extols the virtues of seeing things from a different perspective.
- “Poetry, beauty, romance, love… these are what we stay alive for.” It’s not all about going to work, earning money, and buying shiny things. Keating pushes his students—and us—to seek out the important things in life—beauty, romance, love—and to celebrate the passions that drive us in our lives.
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- Master of Sound: Alan Splet
- Peter Weir: David Lean Lecture
- Peter Weir: Bits & Pieces
- Peter Weir’s Advice to Beginning Directors
This article was written by Nancy Griffin for the July 1989 issue of Premiere magazine to coincide with the release of Dead Poets Society. ~ ~ ~ On the last afternoon of 1988, Robin Williams is being much too funny. It is not the first time this has happened on the set of Dead Poets Society. Wholesome as you please in a retro tweed jacket and tie, ...
With a career spanning almost 50 years and with over 70 film credits to his name, more than 40 of them as Director of Photography, John Seale is among the finest cinematographers of his generation. Over the course of his career John has worked with some of the finest directors in the world, including Peter Weir, Michael Apted, Barry Levinson, Georg...
Alan Splet was a well-known and extremely admired sound designer who collaborated with David Lynch, Phil Kaufman, Peter Weir, Carroll Ballard, Frank Oz and numerous other filmmakers. Many Bay Area editors worked with Alan on Blue Velvet, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Henry & June, The Elephant Man, Rising Sun, The Black Stallion, Wind, Dirty R...
A director of distinction and finesse, Peter Weir discusses his filmmaking style and offers advice to first time directors. Event recorded on 6 December 2010. Peter Weir answers questions after delivering the 2010 David Lean Lecture at BAFTA.
“Peter Weir is an international filmmaker with universal appeal whose films have spanned six continents with their emotional sweep and haunting beauty. As part of the Australian New Wave that rose up in the 1970’s, Weir rose to international fame by making wonderfully hypnotic films like Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Last Wave. Like his fellow Aus...
Peter Weir receives an Honorary Oscar Award at the 13th Governors Awards. Here are several photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society. Photographed by François Duhamel, Chuck McGowen © Touchstone Pictures, A Steven Haft Production. Intended for editorial use only. All material for educational and noncommerci...
Jun 6, 2019 · Andrew Bloomenthal looks back at the 30-year-old iconic film, Dead Poet’s Society, interviewing screenwriter Tom Schulman, director Peter Weir, and co-star Ethan Hawke.
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Question #1: Would Neil still have eventually committed suicide if Mr. Keating had never come into his life? Question #2 : Why exactly did Neil take his own life? Question #3 : Could Neil have found another way out of his predicament?
