Dead Poets Society

In 1989 screenwriter Tom Schulman won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for "Dead Poets Society" and was honored with a number of nominations including WGA and Golden Globe writing awards. Set in 1959, New England, the story centers on an unorthodox English teacher's struggle to inspire independent thought and a passion for life in his class of young boys. His insistence that each of his students "seize the day" and make the most of life inspires their impressionable minds.