Six trivia facts about ‘Dead Poets Society’

Dead Poets Society, the 1989 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams, has recently garnered a lot of recent attention due to Robin Williams’ passing. 

Here are six trivia facts you may not know about the movie:

-The movie was loosely based on the screenwriter’s life.

-The main character, John Keating, was based on the two of Schulman’s teachers.

-The studio considered turning ‘Dead Poets Society’ into a musical

-Originally, Jeff Kanew, who did ‘Revenge of the nerds’, was going to direct it

-Dustin Hoffman was going to direct and star in the movie.

-In the screenpley, John Keating is dying of cancer.

(Source: mentalfloss.com)