Dead Poets Society (1989)

Synopsis

In the fall of 1959, Todd Anderson begins his junior year of high school at Welton Academy, an Episcopal all-male preparatory boarding school in Vermont. He is assigned one of Welton's top students, Neil Perry, as his roommate, and meets Neil's friends: Knox Overstreet, Richard Cameron, Steven Meeks, Gerard Pitts, and Charlie Dalton. On the first day of classes, the boys meet John Keating, their new English teacher.

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Box office

$235.8 million

Budget

$16.4 million

IMDb votes

674,774

Where to watch Dead Poets Society in Canada

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