Release Date: Jan 17, 2006 Region: 1 Runtime: 129 mins Studio: Disney / Buena Vista Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles: English Packaging: Keep Case Rating: PG Features:
Dead Poets: A Look Back - Featuring new interview footage with director Peter Weir, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Many Others Raw Takes Master Of Sound: Alan Splet - New interviews with David Lynch and Peter Weir Cinematography Master Class - An intensive and inspirational Lighting Workshop with Cinematographer John Seale Audio Commentary with director Peter Weir, Cinematographer John Seale and writer Tom Schulman Theatrical Trailer
Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches but his charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. The script is well-meaning but a little trite, though director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) adds layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids and adults. (A subplot involving one father's terrible pressure on his son--played by Robert Sean Leonard--to drop his interest in the theatre reaches heartbreaking proportions). Williams is given plenty of latitude to work in his brand of improvisational humour, though it is all well-woven into his character's style of instruction. --Tom Keogh
Release Date: May 13, 2002 Audio:
Dolby Digital
Video:
1.66 Wide Screen
Features:
Scrapbook Raw Takes Alan Splet Tribute John Seale Master class Audio Commentary Theatrical Trailer
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