One of the most extraordinary Hollywood movies -this is the "Society of Dead Poets." Actors of the picture played a real story on the screens, which unfolded in the 1950s. in the Montgomery Bell Academy. What was the film about and who created it?
Writer of the tape "Society of the Dead Poets"was made by Tom Shulman. It was he who at the end of the 1950s studied at the Montgomery Bell Academy and witnessed how the teacher Sam Pickering tried to change the lives of his students for the better with the help of poetry and literature. Shulman's works were not in vain - for his script he received an Oscar. This despite the fact that in fact the "Society of Dead Poets" became the debut for the young Shulman. Subsequently, he also wrote screenplays for the films "Dear, I Shrunk the Children" and "Welcome to Losiny Bay."
Behind the camera was John Seale, who also directed the thriller "Witness" with Harrison Ford and the drama "The Rain Man" with Tom Cruise.
The producers of the picture were Paul Witt ("Christmas crazies") and Tony Thomas ("Firstborn"). The music to the "Society of Dead Poets" was written by Maurice Jarre (Doctor Zhivago).
The actors of the film "The Society of Dead Poets" play inmostly students and the teacher of the fictional prestigious Wellton Academy. The main characters are seven young men who are bored of this institution. But everything changes when they get acquainted with their new literature teacher - John Keating. In the first lesson, he makes them think about his death and how to live life, so as not to regret anything. John Keating relies in his arguments on the famous literary works.
Young men are so impressed by the speech of their teacher,that they decide to recreate the once existed literary club "Society of Dead Poets". Moreover, each of them decides in his own way to change his life. Not everyone is going smoothly. But, actually, about this and the film.
When each of the characters becomes difficult to make a choice or decide on some act, they turn to literature or to their teacher John Keating.
The hero John Keating had a real prototype inlife - teacher Sam Pikiring, who worked at the Montgomery Bell Academy in the 1950s. Perhaps that's why the film "Society of Dead Poets" was so successful: actors this time played on the screen quite real stories that happened to real people many years ago.
The first popularity came to Williams, when heplayed a major role in the movie "Good Morning, Vietnam". No less successful for the actor was the 90's, when he appeared as the central characters in the films "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Jumanji", "Captain Hook" and "Cage for Birdies." Unfortunately, the life of the actor was cut short in 2014 - he committed suicide.
One of the central characters in the film is Wellton Academy student Neil Parry, who has to undergo a series of difficult tests.
Robert Sean Leonard to the "Society of the Dead Poets"He played in such films as "Manhattan Project", "My Best Friend is a Vampire" and "Twilight Zone". Subsequently, he became familiar to the audience on the role of James Wilson from the series "Doctor House."
In the film "Society of the Dead Poets" the actors were collected quite well-known. For example, many are familiar with Ethan Hawke, who played a student of Todd Anderson.
Actor Josch Charles is known to viewers on comedy"Not a word to my mother about the death of a nanny," the drama "Three" and the gunman "The Crossroads of the Worlds." Dylan Kassman, who played Richard Cameron, also starred in the films "X-Files" and "X-Men." And Norman Lloyd, who played Mr. Nolan, can be seen in the tapes "Girl without complexes" and "Twilight Zone".
Critics appreciated the creation of director Peter Weir, but how did the audience react to the film "The Society of Dead Poets"?
For many viewers the picture has become inspiring.They are imbued with the desire of the main characters to change their lives for the better. This film finds echoes in the souls of those people who at least once in their lives felt that their time is running out of their way, but they can not understand why. About those who suffered because they did not dare to be themselves. And then, the director sharply raised the age-old problem of fathers and children, thereby greatly expanding the potential audience of the tape.
But there are spectators who are skeptical about"Society of dead poets." Some complain that John Keating is simply a barbaric method of teaching, but because it is strange from such a person to make a hero. Others argue that they "figured out" the idea, the idea and the whole plot literally from the first minutes, so it was not interesting to look further.
And yet, if there is a desire to see the oldthe film, the creators of which tried to fill the story with meaning, in contrast to modern Hollywood works, the "Society of Dead Poets" would do just fine.
