Dead Poets Society (The Script Publishing Project)

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.Schulman, Tom is the author of 'Dead Poets Society (The Script Publishing Project)', published 2000 under ISBN 9780967134505 and ISBN 0967134501.