Coming to America - wikipedia Coming to America Jump to : navigation , search This article is about the 1988 film . For other uses , see Coming to America ( disambiguation ) . Coming to America Theatrical release poster illustrated by Drew Struzan Directed by John Landis Produced by George Folsey , Jr . Robert D. Wachs Screenplay by David Sheffield Barry W. Blaustein Story by Eddie Murphy Starring Eddie Murphy Arsenio Hall James Earl Jones John Amos Madge Sinclair Shari Headley Music by Nile Rodgers Cinematography Sol Negrin Woody Omens Edited by Malcolm Campbell George Folsey , Jr . Production company Eddie Murphy Productions Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date June 29 , 1988 ( 1988 - 06 - 29 ) Running time 117 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $39 million Box office $288,752,301 Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis and based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy , who also starred in the lead role . The film also co-stars Arsenio Hall , James Earl Jones , Shari Headley , and John Amos . The film was released in the United States on June 29 , 1988 . Eddie Murphy plays Akeem Joffer , the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda , who comes to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry . In 1989 , a pilot for a planned spin - off TV show was made , although this was never picked up for a series . Contents ( hide ) 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 4.1 Box office 4.2 Reception 4.3 Awards 4.4 Lawsuit 5 Soundtrack 6 Legacy 6.1 Television pilot 6.2 Movie remakes 6.3 Influences in music 7 Planned sequel 8 References 9 External links Plot In the fictional African nation of Zamunda , crown prince Akeem lives a pampered life , but he wishes to do more for himself . When his parents , King Jaffe and Queen Aeoleon , present him with an arranged bride - to - be , Akeem takes action . Seeking an independent woman who loves him for himself , not his social status , Akeem and his best friend / personal aide , Semmi , travel to the New York City borough of Queens and rent a squalid tenement in the neighborhood of Long Island City under the guise of poor foreign students . Beginning their search for Akeem 's bride , they end up invited by some locals to a rally that is raising money for the inner city . During the rally , Akeem encounters Lisa McDowell , who possesses all the qualities he is looking for , and upon his insistence he and Semmi get entry - level jobs working at the local fast food restaurant called McDowell 's -- an obvious ripoff of McDonald 's -- owned by widower Cleo McDowell , Lisa 's father . Akeem 's attempts to win Lisa 's love are complicated by Lisa 's lazy and obnoxious boyfriend , Darryl Jenks ( Eriq La Salle ) , whose father owns Soul Glo ( a Jheri curl -- like hairstyling aid ) . After Darryl announces their engagement -- without Lisa 's consent -- to their families , she starts dating Akeem , who claims that he comes from a family of poor goat herders . Meanwhile , although Akeem thrives on hard work and learning how commoners live , Semmi is not comfortable with living in such meager conditions . After a dinner date with Lisa is thwarted when Semmi furnishes their apartment with a jacuzzi and other luxuries , Akeem confiscates his money and donates it to two homeless men . Semmi wires a telegraph to King Jaffe for more money , prompting Akeem 's parents to travel to Queens and expose his identity as a prince . Mr. McDowell , initially disapproving of Akeem as he did not want to see his daughter with a poor man , is ecstatic that he is actually an extremely wealthy prince . Lisa , however , becomes angry and confused that Akeem lied to her about his identity . Akeem explains that he wanted her to love him for who , not what he is , even offering to renounce his throne ; but Lisa , still hurt and angry , refuses to marry him . Despondent , Akeem resigns himself to the arranged marriage , but as they leave , King Jaffe is reprimanded by Queen Aeoleon for clinging to out - dated traditions instead of thinking of his son 's happiness . At the wedding procession , a still - heartbroken Akeem waits at the altar as his veiled bride - to - be makes her way down the aisle , but when Akeem lifts the veil to kiss her , he finds Lisa in the wedding gown . Following the ceremony , they ride happily in a carriage to the cheers of Zamundans . Witnessing such splendor , Lisa is both surprised and touched by the fact that Akeem would have given it up just for her . Akeem offers again to abdicate if she does n't want this life , but Lisa playfully declines . Cast Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem Joffer , the prince of Zamunda ; Randy Watson , a soul singer with the fictional band Sexual Chocolate . Eddie Murphy also plays Saul , the Jewish barbershop customer , as well as Clarence , the owner of the barber shop . Arsenio Hall as Semmi , Akeem 's friend ; Reverend Brown ; Morris the barber ; and an unattractive clubgoer . James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer , Akeem 's father and King of Zamunda . John Amos as Cleo McDowell , Akeem 's employer and Lisa 's father . Madge Sinclair as Queen Aeoleon , Akeem 's mother and the Queen of Zamunda . Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell , Cleo 's oldest daughter and Akeem 's love interest . Paul Bates as Oha , a royal servant . Eriq La Salle as Darryl Jenks , Lisa 's boyfriend whom she eventually breaks up with . The cast also includes : Frankie Faison as Mr. Townsend , Akeem and Semmi 's landlord in Queens ; Vanessa Bell as Imani Izzi , Akeem 's arranged wife , and Calvin Lockhart as Colonel Izzi , her father ; Louie Anderson as Maurice , a McDowell 's employee ; Allison Dean as Patrice McDowell , Cleo 's youngest daughter and Lisa 's sister ; Samuel L. Jackson as a robber ; Vondie Curtis - Hall as the Basketball game vendor ; Garcelle Beauvais as a rose bearer ; Victoria Dillard as one of Akeem 's Zamundan attendants , and Clint Smith as Sweets . Ruben Santiago - Hudson and Cuba Gooding Jr. made their film debuts as a street hustler and a barber shop customer respectively ( for the latter , he was credited as Boy Getting Haircut ) . Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy reprise their roles as , respectively , Mortimer and Randolph Duke from Landis ' 1983 Murphy - starring comedy film Trading Places . A segment of the Trading Places score can be heard during their scene . The Dukes ' limo driver from that film also cameos as the driver of Akeem and Semmi 's limo . Coming to America features Murphy and Hall in several different roles , which , following the success of this film , became a Murphy staple . Hall plays Reverend Brown , who introduces Randy Watson ( Murphy ) . Murphy and Hall play elderly barbers Clarence and Morris respectively , who engage in debate with Saul , the old Jewish man ( Murphy ) . Hall also plays a woman ( credited as Extremely Ugly Girl ) who flirts with Akeem and Semmi . Production Coming to America reunited star Eddie Murphy with director John Landis . The two had previously worked together on the comedy hit Trading Places ( 1983 ) ; however , Landis later recalled the differences in working with Murphy on the two movies : `` The guy on Trading Places was young and full of energy and curious and funny and fresh and great . The guy on Coming to America was the pig of the world ... But I still think he 's wonderful in the movie . '' `` We had a tussling confrontation ... We did n't come to blows . Personalities did n't mesh . I grabbed him , and he thought I was playing . So he tried to grab my balls and I pushed him away . But I was n't kidding . He was doing some silly shit that made me mad . He directed me in Trading Places when I was just starting out as a kid , but he was still treating me like a kid five years later during Coming to America . And I hired him to direct the movie ! I was gon na direct Coming to America myself , but I knew that Landis had just done three fucked - up pictures in a row and that his career was hanging by a thread after the Twilight Zone trial . I figured the guy was nice to me when I did Trading Places , so I 'd give him a shot ... I was going out of my way to help this guy , and he fucked me over . Now he 's got a hit picture on his resumé , a movie that made over $200 million , as opposed to him coming off a couple of fucked - up movies -- which is where I 'd rather see him be right now ( laughs ) . '' -- Eddie Murphy Despite the experience , Landis and Murphy collaborated again six years later on Beverly Hills Cop III . South African chorus Ladysmith Black Mambazo sings Mbube during the opening sequence ( the song also known as The Lion Sleeps Tonight ) . The group has gone on to record several different versions of Mbube ; however , the version heard in Coming to America had not been released on its soundtrack or on CD as of 2006 . Landis ' calling card / easter egg , `` See You Next Wednesday '' , appears on a science - fiction movie poster in the subway station after Lisa storms off the train . A promotional song for the film , also titled `` Coming to America '' , was written and performed by The System . Release Paramount cancelled press screenings of the film , after initial negative reactions to a press screening in New York . Box Office Released on June 29 , 1988 , by Paramount Pictures in the United States , it was a commercial box - office success , both domestically and worldwide . The film debuted at number one with $21,404,420 from 2,064 screens , for a five - day total of $28,409,497 . The film made $128,152,301 in the United States and ended up with a worldwide total of $288,752,301 . It was the highest earning film that year for the studio and the third - highest - grossing film at the United States box office . It opened a month later in the UK and earned $7,712,622 during its seven - week run . It opened on September 2 in West Germany , where it debuted at number one with $3,715,791 from 297 screens . It ended its run after 13 weeks with $15,743,447 . Reception Coming To America received positive reviews upon release . Review - aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 68 % , based on reviews from 37 critics . Sheila Benson in the Los Angeles Times called it a `` hollow and wearying Eddie Murphy fairy tale '' and bemoans , `` That an Eddie Murphy movie would come to this . '' Vincent Canby in The New York Times was also critical of the writing , calling it a `` possibly funny idea '' but suggesting the screenplay had escaped before it was ready . Canby viewed the film as essentially a romantic comedy but said the romantic elements fell flat , and the film instead goes for broad slapstick . Siskel & Ebert had mixed opinions on the film . Siskel enjoyed the acting from Murphy and Hall but Ebert was disappointed that Murphy did not bring his usual more lively performance , and Ebert was also critical of the unoriginal script . Awards The film was nominated for two Oscars : Best Costume Design by Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Best Makeup by Rick Baker , who designed the makeup effects for both Murphy 's and Arsenio Hall 's multiple supporting characters . Lawsuit The film was the subject of the Buchwald v. Paramount civil suit , which the humorist Art Buchwald filed in 1990 against the film 's producers on the grounds that the film 's idea was stolen from his 1982 script treatment about a rich , despotic African potentate who comes to America for a state visit . Paramount had optioned the treatment from Buchwald , and John Landis was attached as director and Eddie Murphy as the lead , but after two years of development hell Paramount abandoned the project in March 1985 . In 1987 , Paramount began working on Coming to America based on a story by Eddie Murphy . Buchwald won the breach of contract action and the court ordered monetary damages . The parties later settled the case out - of - court prior to an appeal going to trial . Soundtrack Coming to America : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Soundtrack album by Various artists Released July 1988 Genre Pop Length 40 : 16 Label Atco Records Singles from Coming to America `` Coming to America '' `` Come into My Life '' `` That 's the Way It Is '' `` Better Late Than Never '' The soundtrack to the film was released on LP , cassette and CD . The songs `` Coming to America '' by The System , `` Better Late Than Never '' by The Cover Girls and `` Come into My Life '' by Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito were released as singles from the album . `` That 's The Way It Is '' by Mel & Kim had been released as a single in the UK , prior to the film 's release , in February 1988 , and became a top ten hit . It was released as a single in the USA at the time of the film 's release . Side A `` Coming to America '' -- The System ( 3 : 49 ) `` Better Late Than Never '' -- The Cover Girls ( 4 : 02 ) `` All Dressed Up ( Ready to Hit the Town ) '' -- Chico DeBarge ( 4 : 50 ) `` I Like It Like That '' -- Michael Rodgers ( 4 : 01 ) `` That 's the Way It Is '' -- Mel and Kim ( 3 : 25 ) Side B `` Addicted to You '' -- LeVert ( 3 : 54 ) `` Comin ' Correct '' -- J.J. Fad ( 3 : 56 ) `` Livin ' the Good Life '' -- Sister Sledge ( 3 : 46 ) `` Transparent '' -- Nona Hendryx ( 3 : 50 ) `` Come into My Life '' -- Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito ( 4 : 39 ) Legacy Television pilot A television pilot of a weekly sitcom version of the film was produced for CBS , following the film 's success , starring Tommy Davidson as Prince Tariq , and Paul Bates reprising his role as Oha . The pilot went unsold , but was televised on July 4 , 1989 as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse pilot anthology series . Movie remakes A Tamil movie , My Dear Marthandan , was produced based on the plot of Coming to America . A Hong Kong movie , The Fun , the Luck & the Tycoon , also has the same plot . Influences in music The melody heard in the bathroom scene , where Prince Akeem is being washed by female servants , was sampled in Snoop Dogg 's 2006 song `` That 's That '' featuring R. Kelly ; a remix of the song featuring rapper Nas includes a woman 's voice saying `` the royal penis is clean your highness '' , a line taken from the same scene . Also , the music videos for Busta Rhymes ' 1997 single `` Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See '' and Action Bronson 's 2015 single `` Baby Blue '' are loosely based on the film . The song `` Coming 2 America '' by Ludacris from the album Word of Mouf features samples and lyrics referencing the film . Planned sequel In early 2017 , an announcement was publicized which addressed the impending production of a sequel to the film . Kevin Misher was named as producer , and Sheffield and Blaustein , the original screenwriters , were also attached to the project . However , a possible participation of lead actors Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall was left undefined . According to several public accounts , Murphy himself apparently posted an announcement regarding the film project a month prior on Facebook , but later claimed that his account had been hacked and completely deleted it . References Jump up ^ `` Coming to America ( 1988 ) '' . Box Office Mojo . ^ Jump up to : `` Reminder : A terrible ' Coming to America ' TV pilot happened in 1989 '' . Splinter News . 11 April 2015 . Retrieved 28 September 2017 . Jump up ^ YouTube Jump up ^ YouTube Jump up ^ Top10films.co.uk Jump up ^ YouTube Jump up ^ YouTube Jump up ^ YouTube Jump up ^ Movieclips.com Archived 2014 - 11 - 17 at the Wayback Machine . 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Paramount Pictures Corp. and the Future of Net Profit -- retrieved May 2015 Jump up ^ Thane Rosenbaum , The Myth of Moral Justice : Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What 's Right page 182 . Jump up ^ Thane Rosenbaum wrote , `` In 1995 , the syndicated columnist Art Buchwald prevailed after a seven - year legal battle against Paramount Pictures , claiming that he had submitted the idea , and the original script , for the Eddie Murphy film , Coming to America , without ever being properly compensated or acknowledged for his efforts . The trial court eventually agreed with Buchwald , although the damage award that he received was considerably less than what he had sought , and even less than what he eventually had to pay out in legal fees . '' -- The Myth of Moral Justice : Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What 's Right page 182 . Jump up ^ `` ` Outtakes ' - ` Coming To America ' The TV Series '' . Deseret News . Retrieved 2011 - 08 - 12 . 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National Invitation tournament - Wikipedia National Invitation tournament Jump to : navigation , search Men 's National Invitation Tournament Current season , competition or edition : 2018 National Invitation Tournament National Invitation Tournament Sport College Basketball Founded 1938 Founder Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association No. of teams 32 Most recent champion ( s ) Penn State ( 2 ) Most titles St. John 's ( 5 ) TV partner ( s ) ESPN Related competitions NIT Season Tip - Off NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Championship College Basketball Invitational CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Vegas 16 Official website https://www.ncaa.com/championships/basketball-men/nit The National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) is a men 's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . Played at Madison Square Garden in New York City each March and April , it was founded in 1938 and was originally the most prestigious post-season showcase for college basketball . Over time it became eclipsed by the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament -- known today informally as `` March Madness '' . The NIT has since been regarded more as a `` consolation '' tournament for teams that did not receive a berth in the NCAA tournament . A second , much more recent `` NIT '' tournament is played in November and known as the NIT Season Tip - Off . Formerly the `` Preseason NIT '' , it was founded in 1985 . Like the postseason NIT , its final rounds are played at Madison Square Garden . Both tournaments were operated by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association ( MIBA ) until 2005 , when they were purchased by the NCAA , and the MIBA disbanded . Unless otherwise qualified , the terms `` NIT '' or `` National Invitation Tournament '' refer to the post-season tournament in both common and official use . Contents ( hide ) 1 History 1.1 Founding 1.2 Early advantages over the NCAA Tournament 1.3 Preeminence 1.4 Decline 1.5 NCAA takes control 1.6 Reputation 2 Selection process 3 Women 's tournaments 4 Men 's postseason NIT champions 5 See also 6 References 7 External links History ( edit ) Founding ( edit ) The post-season National Invitation Tournament was founded in 1938 by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association , one year after the NAIA Tournament was created by basketball 's inventor Dr. James Naismith , and one year before the NCAA Tournament . The first NIT was won by the Temple University Owls over the Colorado Buffaloes . Responsibility for the NIT 's administration was transferred in 1940 to the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee , a body of local New York colleges : Fordham University , Manhattan College , New York University , St. John 's University , and Wagner College . This became the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association ( MIBA ) in 1948 . Originally the tournament invited a field of 6 teams , with all games played at Madison Square Garden in downtown Manhattan . The field was expanded to 8 teams in 1941 , 12 in 1949 , 14 in 1965 , 16 in 1968 , 24 in 1979 , 32 in 1980 , and 40 from 2002 through 2006 . In 2007 , the tournament reverted to the current 32 - team format . Early advantages over the NCAA tournament ( edit ) In its early years , the NIT offered some advantages over the NCAA tournament : There was limited national media coverage of college basketball in the 1930s and ' 40s , and playing in New York City provided teams greater media exposure , both with the general public and among high school prospects in its rich recruiting territory . The NCAA tournament selection committee invited only one team each from eight national regions , potentially leaving better quality selections and natural rivals out of its field , which would opt for the NIT . Some conferences , such as the Southeastern Conference , were racially segregated , making hosting non-segregated early round games on their campuses problematic . Preeminence ( edit ) From its onset and at least into the mid-1950s , the NIT was regarded as the most prestigious showcase for college basketball . All - American at Princeton and later NBA champion with the New York Knicks and United States Senator Bill Bradley states : In the 1940 's , when the NCAA tournament was less than 10 years old , the National Invitation Tournament , a saturnalia held in New York at Madison Square Garden by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association , was the most glamorous of the post-season tournaments and generally had the better teams . The winner of the National Invitation Tournament was regarded as more of a national champion than the actual , titular , national champion , or winner of the NCAA tournament . -- A Sense of Where You Are : Bill Bradley at Princeton Several teams played in both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year , beginning with Colorado and Duquesne in 1940 . Colorado won the NIT in 1940 but subsequently finished fourth in the NCAA West Region . In 1944 , Utah lost its first game in the NIT but then proceeded to win not only the NCAA tournament , but also the subsequent Red Cross War Charities benefit game in which they defeated NIT champion St. Johns at Madison Square Garden . In 1949 , some Kentucky players were bribed by gamblers to lose their first round game in the NIT . This same Kentucky team went on to win the NCAA . In 1950 , City College of New York won both the NIT and the NCAA tournaments in the same season , coincidentally defeating Bradley University in the championship game of both tournaments , and remains the only school to accomplish that feat because of a rule change in the early 1950s prohibiting a team from competing in both tournaments . The champions of both the NCAA and NIT tournaments played each other for a few years during World War II . From 1943 to 1945 , the American Red Cross sponsored a postseason charity game between each year 's tournament champions to raise money for the war effort . The series was described by Ray Meyer as not just benefit games , but as `` really the games for the national championship '' . The NCAA champion prevailed in all three games . The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected the NIT champion as its national champion for 1938 ( Temple ) , and chose the NIT champion over the NCAA champion once , in 1939 ( Long Island ) . More recently , the mathematically based Premo - Porretta Power Poll published in the ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia retroactively ranked teams for each season prior to 1949 , with the NIT champion finishing ahead of the NCAA champion in 1939 and 1941 . Premo - Porretta ranks four NCAA champions as the best for each season , the rest being non-championship winning teams . Between 1939 and 1970 , when teams could compete in either tournament , only DePaul ( 1945 ) , Utah ( 1947 ) , , San Francisco ( 1949 ) and Holy Cross ( 1954 ) claim or celebrate national championships for their teams based solely on an NIT championship , although Long Island recognizes its selection as the 1939 national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation , made in 1943 . In 1943 the NCAA tournament moved to share Madison Square Garden with the NIT in an effort to increase the credibility of the NCAA Tournament . In 1945 , The New York Times indicated that many teams could get bids to enter either tournament , which was not uncommon in that day . In any case , since the mid-1950s , the NCAA tournament has been popularly regarded by most individuals as the major post season tourney , with conference champions and the majority of the top - ranked teams participating in it . Nevertheless , as late as 1970 , Coach Al McGuire of Marquette , the 8th - ranked team in the final AP poll of the season , spurned an NCAA at - large invitation because the Warriors were going to be placed in the NCAA Midwest Regional ( Fort Worth , Texas ) instead of closer to home in the Mideast Regional ( Dayton , Ohio ) . The team played in the NIT instead , which it won . This led the NCAA to decree in 1971 that any school to which it offered a bid must accept it or be prohibited from participating in postseason competition , reducing the pool of teams that could accept an NIT invitation . Decline ( edit ) As the NCAA over time expanded its field to include more teams , the reputation of the NIT suffered . In 1973 , NBC moved televised coverage of the NCAA championship from Saturday afternoon to Monday evening , providing the NCAA Tournament with prime - time television exposure the NIT could not match . Even more crucially , when the NCAA eliminated the one - team - per - conference rule in 1975 , its requirement that teams accept its bids relegated the NIT to a collection of teams that did not make the NCAA grade . Compounding this , to cut costs the NIT moved its early rounds out of Madison Square Garden in 1977 , playing games at home sites until the later rounds . This further harmed the NIT 's prestige , both regionalizing interest in it and marginalizing it by reducing its association with Madison Square Garden . By the mid-1980s , its transition to a secondary tournament for lesser teams was complete . NCAA takes control ( edit ) In 2005 , the NCAA purchased 10 - year rights to the NIT from the MIBA for $56.5 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit , which had gone to trial and was being argued until very shortly before the settlement was announced . The MIBA alleged that compelling teams to accept invitations to the NCAA tournament even if they preferred to play in the NIT was an illegal use of the NCAA 's powers . In addition , it argued that the NCAA 's expansion of its tournament to 65 teams ( 68 since 2011 ) was designed specifically to bankrupt the NIT . Faced with the very real possibility of being found in violation of federal antitrust law for the third time in its history , the NCAA chose to settle . ( The first two violations were related to restrictions on televising college football and capping assistant coach salaries . ) As part of the purchase of the NIT by the NCAA , the MIBA disbanded . Reputation ( edit ) The status of the post-season National Invitation Tournament as a `` consolation '' fixture has led to somewhat of a stigma in the minds of many fans . When teams with tenuous hopes of an NCAA Tournament berth lose away from home late in the season , opposing fans may taunt the players in the closing seconds with chants of `` NIT ! NIT ! '' . This is done regardless of whether the home team is headed for the NCAA Tournament or not . Irv Moss , a journalist for the Denver Post , once wrote of such a taunt to a defeated team , `` The three - letter word ... was far more cutting than any four - letter word they could have hollered . '' Because the post-season NIT consists of teams that failed to receive a berth in the NCAA Tournament , the NIT has been nicknamed the `` Not Invited Tournament '' , `` Not Important Tournament '' , `` Never Important Tournament '' , `` Nobody 's Interested Tournament '' , `` Needs Improvement Tournament '' , `` No Important Team '' , `` National Insignificant Tournament , '' or simply `` Not In Tournament '' . It has also been called a tournament to see who the `` 69th best team '' in the country is ( since there are now 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament ) . David Thompson , an All - American player from North Carolina State , called the NIT `` a loser 's tournament '' in 1975 . NC State , which had been the previous year 's NCAA champion , refused to play in the tournament that year , following the precedent set by ACC rival Maryland the previous season after losing the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game to the top - ranked Wolfpack . In succeeding years , other teams such as Oklahoma State , Louisville , Georgia Tech , Georgetown , and LSU have declined to play in the NIT when they did not make the NCAA tournament . One such team was Maryland ; after being rejected by the NCAA selection committee in 2006 , head coach Gary Williams announced that 19 - 11 Maryland would not go to the NIT , only to be told that the university had previously agreed to use Comcast Center as a venue for the NIT . The Terrapins were eliminated in the first round by the Manhattan College Jaspers . In 2008 , however , Williams announced that if invited , the Terps would play , because it would serve as a chance to further develop six freshman players on his squad and to give senior forward James Gist more exposure . At UCLA 's Pauley Pavilion , there are individual championship banners for all 11 NCAA titles , various other banners touting many other NCAA and other tournament championships for other sports , but no mention of UCLA 's 1985 NIT championship . For other teams , however , the NIT is perceived as a step up in a program climbing from mediocrity or obscurity , and the response is more enthusiastic . For example , at the University of Tulsa , which won the NIT in 1981 and 2001 , the Golden Hurricane 's NIT `` championship tradition '' is viewed with pride and as a `` lure '' for players to join the program . The University of Connecticut also regards the NIT as the beginning of its success . The NIT is also held in generally higher regard than the three newer tournaments that have debuted since 2008 ( the Vegas 16 , College Basketball Invitational and CollegeInsider.com Tournament ) ; Saint Bonaventure , a school that has a policy of refusing to play in those three tournaments ( the school , tiny by Division I standards , is unwilling to spare the expense of participating in those tournaments ) , still accepts bids to the NIT if it is invited . The NIT Season Tip - Off carries none of the postseason tournament 's stigma , and is one of many popular season - opening tournaments held every year around the country ( alongside events such as the Maui Invitational and the Great Alaska Shootout ) . Selection process ( edit ) In the past , NIT teams were selected in consultation with ESPN , the television home of the NIT . The goal of the NIT was to sustain the MIBA financially . Therefore , schools selected to play in the NIT were often major conference teams with records near . 500 that had large television fan bases and would likely have a respectable attendance for tournament games on their home court . The latter is one reason why New Mexico was invited virtually every year -- the Lobos often had a winning season but failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament . Seeding considerations and home court advantage included the number of fans willing to show up to each game . In an effort to maintain some quality , a rule saying that a team must have a . 500 or better record to qualify for the NIT was imposed . The NCAA announced a revamped selection process starting with the 2006 tournament . The main highlights are : Teams are no longer required to have . 500 or greater records to receive bids . Similar to the automatic bids the NCAA Tournament grants for all conference tournament champions , all teams that won regular - season conference championships but failed to earn NCAA tournament bids are guaranteed places in the NIT . In addition , the selection process was changed . ESPN no longer had a hand in the selection of the teams . Instead , a committee of former NCAA head coaches , chaired by Newton , and including Gene Keady ( Purdue ) , Don DeVoe ( Tennessee ) , Rudy Davalos , Les Robinson ( NC State ) , Reggie Minton ( Air Force ) , John Powers , and Carroll Williams among others , prepared a list of potential teams in advance . Beginning with the 2016 NIT , the committee makeup was restructured ; committee members will serve a maximum four - year term , and the committee will feature a mix of current athletics administrators who are actively working at NCAA schools or conferences and former head college basketball coaches . Previously , the NIT Committee had eight members , all of whom had been former head college basketball coaches or athletics directors . The previous structure had no term limits or succession plan . ESPN continues to provide television coverage of the tournament . In 2011 the NCAA and ESPN agreed to a $500 million agreement through 2023 -- 24 for rights to cover championships in several sports , including the NIT ; this compares with the 11 - year , $6.2 billion TV contract with CBS for the NCAA tournament . These changes are intended to encourage participation by good college teams that would rather stay home than play in the NIT -- to make it the `` Little Dance '' instead of the `` loser 's tournament '' . Former NIT Committee chair and former Alabama and Vanderbilt head coach C.M. Newton stated , `` What we want to have is a true basketball event , a real tournament , one where there 's no preconceived ideas of who gets to New York . We 'd love to have great crowds , but this is not a financial consideration . We want good television coverage , but we 're not going to play this thing for television and move games around '' . Another consideration is that a number one - seeded team that goes to the semifinals will have three home games , which helps ticket sales . Since the 2007 tournament , the 32 - team field used from 1980 through 2001 is the same , eliminating the eight - game `` play - in '' opening round where teams played to qualify for second round games against the top eight seeds used 2002 -- 2006 . The tournament features four eight - team regions . The format wo n't affect the NIT 's automatic bid to any regular - season conference champion that do not make the NCAA 's field of 68 , since 2011 . Seven teams earned an NIT bid that way in 2006 . A new attendance record for an NIT game was set at Syracuse University 's Carrier Dome on March 19 , 2007 , at the Syracuse - San Diego State game . Syracuse won the game 80 -- 64 with an attendance total of 26,752 . The previous record of 23,522 was set by Kentucky in 1979 . Women 's tournaments ( edit ) From 1969 to 1996 , a National Women 's Invitational Tournament ( NWIT ) existed ; the tournament was resurrected under the same name in 1998 , and has been known as the Women 's National Invitation Tournament ( WNIT ) since 1999 . The original NWIT was an eight - team tournament held in Amarillo , Texas throughout its history . The revived tournament began with 16 teams , expanded to 32 in its second season , and has since expanded further to 40 , 48 , and ( since 2010 ) 64 teams . However , the WNIT is affiliated with the NIT in name only . Neither the NWIT nor WNIT was connected with MIBA , and the WNIT was not purchased by the NCAA . Men 's postseason NIT champions ( edit ) California 's 1999 NIT trophy Year Champion Runner - up MVP 2018 Penn State Utah Lamar Stevens , Penn State 2017 TCU Georgia Tech Kenrich Williams , TCU 2016 George Washington Valparaiso Tyler Cavanaugh , George Washington 2015 Stanford Miami ( FL ) Chasson Randle , Stanford 2014 Minnesota SMU Austin Hollins , Minnesota 2013 Baylor Iowa Pierre Jackson , Baylor 2012 Stanford Minnesota Aaron Bright , Stanford 2011 Wichita State Alabama Graham Hatch , Wichita State Dayton North Carolina Chris Johnson , Dayton 2009 Penn State Baylor Jamelle Cornley , Penn State 2008 Ohio State Massachusetts Kosta Koufos , Ohio State 2007 West Virginia Clemson Frank Young , West Virginia 2006 South Carolina Michigan Renaldo Balkman , South Carolina 2005 South Carolina Saint Joseph 's Carlos Powell , South Carolina Michigan Rutgers Daniel Horton , Michigan 2003 Vacated Georgetown Vacated 2002 Memphis South Carolina Dajuan Wagner , Memphis 2001 Tulsa Alabama Marcus Hill , Tulsa 2000 Wake Forest Notre Dame Robert O'Kelley , Wake Forest 1999 California Clemson Sean Lampley , California 1998 Vacated Penn State Vacated 1997 Vacated Florida State Vacated Nebraska Saint Joseph 's Erick Strickland , Nebraska 1995 Virginia Tech Marquette Shawn Smith , Virginia Tech 1994 Villanova Vanderbilt Doremus Bennerman , Siena 1993 Minnesota Georgetown Voshon Lenard , Minnesota 1992 Virginia Notre Dame Bryant Stith , Virginia 1991 Stanford Oklahoma Adam Keefe , Stanford 1990 Vanderbilt Saint Louis Scott Draud , Vanderbilt 1989 St. John 's Saint Louis Jayson Williams , St. John 's 1988 Connecticut Ohio State Phil Gamble , Connecticut Southern Miss La Salle Randolph Keys , Southern Miss 1986 Ohio State Wyoming Brad Sellers , Ohio State 1985 UCLA Indiana Reggie Miller , UCLA 1984 Michigan Notre Dame Tim McCormick , Michigan Fresno State DePaul Ron Anderson , Fresno State 1982 Bradley Purdue Mitchell Anderson , Bradley 1981 Tulsa Syracuse Greg Stewart , Tulsa 1980 Virginia Minnesota Ralph Sampson , Virginia 1979 Indiana Purdue Butch Carter and Ray Tolbert , Indiana 1978 Texas North Carolina State Jim Krivacs and Ron Baxter , Texas 1977 St. Bonaventure Houston Greg Sanders , St. Bonaventure 1976 Kentucky Charlotte Cedric Maxwell , Charlotte Princeton Providence Ron Lee , Oregon Purdue Utah Mike Sojourner , Utah 1973 Virginia Tech Notre Dame John Shumate , Notre Dame 1972 Maryland Niagara Tom McMillen , Maryland 1971 North Carolina Georgia Tech Bill Chamberlain , North Carolina 1970 Marquette St. John 's Dean Meminger , Marquette 1969 Temple Boston College Terry Driscoll , Boston College 1968 Dayton Kansas Don May , Dayton 1967 Southern Illinois Marquette Walt Frazier , Southern Illinois 1966 Brigham Young NYU Bill Melchionni , Villanova 1965 St. John 's Villanova Ken McIntyre , St. John 's 1964 Bradley New Mexico Levern Tart , Bradley 1963 Providence Canisius Ray Flynn , Providence 1962 Dayton St. John 's Bill Chmielewski , Dayton 1961 Providence Saint Louis Vin Ernst , Providence 1960 Bradley Providence Lenny Wilkens , Providence 1959 St. John 's Bradley Tony Jackson , St. John 's 1958 Xavier Dayton Hank Stein , Xavier 1957 Bradley Memphis State Win Wilfong , Memphis State 1956 Louisville Dayton Charlie Tyra , Louisville 1955 Duquesne Dayton Maurice Stokes , St. Francis ( Pa . ) 1954 Holy Cross Duquesne Togo Palazzi , Holy Cross 1953 Seton Hall St. John 's Walter Dukes , Seton Hall 1952 La Salle Dayton Tom Gola and Norm Grekin , La Salle 1951 Brigham Young Dayton Roland Minson , Brigham Young 1950 CCNY Bradley Ed Warner , CCNY 1949 San Francisco Loyola Don Lofgran , San Francisco 1948 Saint Louis NYU Ed Macauley , Saint Louis 1947 Utah Kentucky Vern Gardner , Utah 1946 Kentucky Rhode Island Ernie Calverley , Rhode Island 1945 DePaul Bowling Green George Mikan , DePaul 1944 St. John 's DePaul Bill Kotsores , St. John 's 1943 St. John 's Toledo Harry Boykoff , St. John 's 1942 West Virginia Western Kentucky Rudy Baric , West Virginia 1941 Long Island Ohio Frankie Baumholtz , Ohio 1940 Colorado Duquesne Bob Doll , Colorado 1939 Long Island Loyola Bill Lloyd , St. John 's 1938 Temple Colorado Don Shields , Temple Jump up ^ St. John 's won the 2003 NIT title , but later vacated the title due to an ineligible player . 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Chasing Perfect : The Will to Win in Basketball and Life . Crown Archetype , New York , NY . p. 26 . ISBN 030798687X . `` That ( 1968 ) St. Peter 's team was the best team the school ever had . That team would go on to beat Duke in the National Invitation Tournament , back when the NIT was a big - time tournament . '' Jump up ^ `` NCAA Tournament History '' . Retrieved 2013 - 02 - 12 . The tournament now determines the national champion , but that was n't always the case . Until the 1950 's , the NIT was just as big a tournament as the NCAA , and teams often chose to enter the NIT and bypass the NCAA tourney Jump up ^ Miller , Ralph ( 1990 ) . `` Ralph Miller : Spanning the Game . '' Sagamore Publishing LLC . p. 56 . ISBN 0915611384 . `` Had the Aggies lost one , we would have been forced to have a playoff , and that was the problem . We had already accepted a bid to play in the ( 1954 ) National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) . The tournament picture was much different then . There was no announcement of NIT teams following the selection of the NCAA field as exists today . The reason was that the NIT was still considered a premier tournament . '' Jump up ^ Davies , Richard O. ( 2007 ) . `` Sports in American Life : A History . '' Wiley , John & Sons , Incorporated . p. 155 . ISBN 9781405106474 . `` In 1938 , ( Ned ) Irish invited 16 ( sic ) teams to compete in a new tournament that he called the National Invitation Tournament ( Temple defeated Colorado 60 - 36 in the final ) , and it would be the premiere college basketball event for more than a decade . The following year , the NCAA responded by creating its own tournament , but it did not surpass the NIT as the premier postseason tournament until the 1950s . '' Jump up ^ Peeler , Timothy M. ( 2010 ) . `` NC State Basketball : 100 Years of Innovation . '' University of North Carolina Press , The . p. 66 . ISBN 9780807899700 . `` Despite winning the crown , the Red Terrors did not have a chance to play in the 1947 NCAA Tournament . Before the league 's event began , NC State 's newly named athletic director Jon Von Glahn was offered the chance to play in the NCAA Tournament , contingent on ( Everett ) Case 's team winning the league tournament . Instead he chose a spot in the more prestigious National Invitation Tournament . So the NCAA District 3 selection committee gave the area 's bid to Carnevale 's team from Navy . '' Jump up ^ Chansky , Art ( 2006 ) . `` Blue Blood : Duke - Carolina : Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops '' Macmillan . p. 113 . ISBN 0312327889 . `` The NCAA Tournament field had fluctuated between 22 and 25 teams since 1953 , during which time the National Invitation Tournament remained prominent and , in the Northeast , actually bigger ... The ACC , however , had an unwritten rule stemming from the point - shaving scandals of the last two decades that it would not send teams to the NIT . ( Coach Victor ) Bubas requested that the policy be changed in 1967 , and it was . Duke accepted the ACC 's first ever bid to the NIT , ... '' Jump up ^ Augustyn , Adam , ed. ( 2011 ) . `` The Britannica Guide to Basketball . '' Rosen Education Service . p. 17 . ISBN 1615305289 . `` New York City basketball writers organized the first National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) in 1938 , but a year later the New York City colleges took control of the event . Until the early 1950s , the NIT was considered the most prestigious U.S. tournament ... '' Jump up ^ Roth , John ( 2006 ) . `` The Encyclopedia of Duke Basketball . '' Duke University Press . p. 272 . `` During its early years the ( NCAA ) tourney was overshadowed by the National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) in New York . '' Jump up ^ Glickman , Marty ( 1999 ) . `` The Fastest Kid on the Block : The Marty Glickman Story . '' Syracuse University Press . p. 75 . ISBN 0815605749 . `` The first big tournament I covered was the 1946 National Invitation Tournament , the NIT , at Madison Square Garden . It , not the NCAA , was the big college basketball tournament in those days . Later the NCAA flexed its muscles to dominate college basketball , and the NIT became little more than an also - ran tourney . In its time , though , the NIT was enormous . '' Jump up ^ Pannell , Blaine ; Chilton , Kyle ( 2013 ) . `` Winning : A BYU Tradition '' . BYU Basketball Twenty Thirteen Twenty Fourteen Almanac ( PDF ) . Brigham Young University . p. 54 . Retrieved 2013 - 11 - 20 . `` BYU claim a national championship based on their 1951 NIT title . '' ^ Jump up to : McPhee , John ( 1999 ) . A Sense of Where You Are : Bill Bradley at Princeton . Farrar , Straus and Giroux , New York , NY . pp. 114 -- 115 . ISBN 0374526893 . 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Dead Poets Society - wikipedia Dead Poets Society Jump to : navigation , search Dead Poets Society Theatrical release poster Directed by Peter Weir Produced by Steven Haft Paul Junger Witt Tony Thomas Written by Tom Schulman Starring Robin Williams Music by Maurice Jarre Cinematography John Seale Edited by William Anderson Production company Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners IV Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Release date June 2 , 1989 ( 1989 - 06 - 02 ) Running time 128 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $16.4 million Box office $235.9 million Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film directed by Peter Weir , written by Tom Schulman , and starring Robin Williams . Set in 1959 at the fictional elite conservative Vermont boarding school Welton Academy , it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry . The film received critical acclaim and was a box office success . It won the BAFTA Award for Best Film , and César Award and David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Film . Schulman received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his work . Contents ( hide ) 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 4.1 Box office 4.2 Critical response 4.3 Accolades 4.4 Legacy 5 Adaptations 5.1 Stage play 5.2 Parodies 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Plot ( edit ) In the autumn of 1959 , shy Todd Anderson begins his senior year of high school at Welton Academy , an all - male , elite prep school . He is assigned one of Welton 's most promising students , Neil Perry , as his roommate and is quickly accepted by Neil 's friends : Knox Overstreet , Richard Cameron , Steven Meeks , Gerard Pitts , and Charlie Dalton . On the first day of classes , they are surprised by the unorthodox teaching methods of the new English teacher John Keating , a Welton alumnus who encourages his students to `` make your lives extraordinary '' , a sentiment he summarizes with the Latin expression carpe diem . Subsequent lessons include having them take turns standing on his desk to teach the boys how they must look at life in a different way , telling them to rip out the introduction of their poetry books which explains a mathematical formula used for rating poetry , and inviting them to make up their own style of walking in a courtyard to encourage them to be individuals . His methods attract the attention of strict headmaster Gale Nolan . Upon learning that Keating was a member of the unsanctioned Dead Poets Society while he was at Welton , Neil restarts the club and he and his friends sneak off campus to a cave where they read poetry and verse , including their own compositions . As the school year progresses , Keating 's lessons and their involvement with the club encourage them to live their lives on their own terms . Knox pursues Chris Noel , a girl who is dating a football player from a public school and whose family is friends with his . Neil discovers his love of acting and gets the role as Puck in a local production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream , despite the fact that his domineering father wants him in the Ivy League ( and ultimately medical school ) . Keating helps Todd come out of his shell and realize his potential when he takes him through an exercise in self - expression , resulting in his composing a poem spontaneously in front of the class . However , Charlie takes things too far when he publishes an article in the school newspaper in the club 's name demanding that girls be admitted to Welton . Nolan uses corporal punishment to coerce Charlie into revealing who else is in the Dead Poets Society , but he resists . Nolan also speaks with Keating , warning him that he should discourage his students from questioning authority . Neil 's father discovers Neil 's involvement in the play and forces him to quit on the eve of the opening performance . Devastated , Neil goes to Keating , who advises him to stand his ground and prove to his father that his love of acting is something he takes seriously . Neil 's father unexpectedly shows up at the performance . He takes Neil home and says he has been withdrawn from Welton , only to be enrolled in a military academy to prepare him for Harvard . Unable to find the courage to stand up to his father , a distraught Neil commits suicide . Nolan investigates Neil 's death at the request of the Perry family . Richard blames Neil 's death on Keating to escape punishment for his own participation in the Dead Poets Society , and names the other members . Confronted by Charlie , Richard urges the rest of them to let Keating take the fall . Charlie punches Richard and is expelled . Each of the boys is called to Nolan 's office to sign a letter attesting to the truth of Richard 's allegations , even though they know they are false . When Todd 's turn comes , he is reluctant to sign , but does so after seeing that the others have complied . Keating is fired and Nolan takes over teaching the class . Keating interrupts the class to collect personal articles ; before he leaves , Todd shouts that all of them were forced to sign the letter that resulted in his dismissal and that Neil 's death was not his fault . Todd stands on his desk and salutes Keating with the words `` O Captain ! My Captain ! '' . Knox , Gerard , Steven , and over half of the class do the same , ignoring Nolan 's orders to sit down . Keating is deeply touched by their gesture . He thanks the boys and departs . Cast ( edit ) Robin Williams as John Keating Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry Ethan Hawke as Todd Anderson Josh Charles as Knox Overstreet Gale Hansen as Charlie Dalton Norman Lloyd as Headmaster Gale Nolan Kurtwood Smith as Mr. Perry Dylan Kussman as Richard Cameron James Waterston as Gerard Pitts Allelon Ruggiero as Steven Meeks Alexandra Powers as Chris Noel Leon Pownall as McAllister George Martin as Dr. Hager Production ( edit ) The script was written by Tom Schulman , based on his experiences at the Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville , Tennessee , particularly with his inspirational teacher Samuel Pickering . A scene in the original script showing Keating dying in a hospital was removed by film director Peter Weir . Filming took place at St. Andrew 's School in Middletown , Delaware , and at locations in New Castle , Delaware , and in nearby Wilmington , Delaware . Reception ( edit ) Box office ( edit ) The worldwide box office was reported as $235,860,116 , which includes domestic grosses of $95,860,116 . The film 's global receipts were the fifth - highest for 1989 , and the highest for dramas . Critical response ( edit ) Dead Poets Society holds an 86 % approval rating and average rating of 7.3 / 10 on Rotten Tomatoes based on 56 reviews . The site 's critical consensus reads , `` Affecting performances from the young cast and a genuinely inspirational turn from Robin Williams grant Peter Weir 's prep school drama top honors . '' The film also holds a score of 79 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 14 reviews , indicating `` generally favorable reviews . '' The Washington Post reviewer called it `` solid , smart entertainment '' , and praised Robin Williams for giving a `` nicely restrained acting performance '' . Vincent Canby of The New York Times also praised Williams ' `` exceptionally fine performance '' , while noting that `` Dead Poets Society ... is far less about Keating than about a handful of impressionable boys '' . Pauline Kael was unconvinced by the film , and its `` middlebrow highmindedness '' , but praised Williams . `` Robin Williams ' performance is more graceful than anything he 's done before ( -- ) he 's totally , concentratedly there -- ( he ) reads his lines stunningly , and when he mimics various actors reciting Shakespeare there 's no undue clowning in it ; he 's a gifted teacher demonstrating his skills . '' Roger Ebert 's review was largely negative , only giving the film two out of four stars . He criticized Williams for spoiling an otherwise creditable dramatic performance by occasionally veering into his onstage comedian 's persona , and lamented that for a movie set in the 1950s there was no mention of the Beat Generation writers . Additionally , Ebert described the film as an often poorly constructed `` collection of pious platitudes ... The movie pays lip service to qualities and values that , on the evidence of the screenplay itself , it is cheerfully willing to abandon . '' On their Oscar Nomination edition of Siskel & Ebert , both Gene Siskel ( who also gave the film a mixed review ) and Ebert disagreed with Williams ' Oscar nomination , with Ebert saying that he would have swapped Williams with either Matt Dillon for Drugstore Cowboy or John Cusack for Say Anything . On their If We Picked the Winners special in March 1990 , moreover , Ebert chose the film 's Best Picture nomination as the worst nomination of the year , believing it took a slot that could have gone to Spike Lee 's Do the Right Thing . Accolades ( edit ) Dead Poets Society won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ( Tom Schulman ) . Peter Weir received a nomination for Best Director and the film itself was nominated for Best Picture of 1989 . Robin Williams received his second Best Actor in a Leading Role nomination and it has since been widely recognized as one of the actor / comedian 's best roles . The movie also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film . Academy Awards ( USA ) 1990 Won : Best Original Screenplay ( Tom Schulman ) Nominated : Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Robin Williams ) Nominated : Director ( Peter Weir ) Nominated : Best Picture ( Steven Haft , Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas , Producers ) BAFTA Awards ( UK ) 1989 Won : Best Film Won : Best Original Film Score ( Maurice Jarre ) Nominated : Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Robin Williams ) Nominated : Best Achievement in Direction ( Peter Weir ) Nominated : Best Editing ( William Anderson ) Nominated : Best Original Screenplay ( Tom Schulman ) César Awards ( France ) Won : Best Foreign Film David di Donatello Awards ( Italy ) Won : Best Foreign Film Directors Guild of America ( USA ) Nominated : Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures ( Peter Weir ) Golden Globe Awards ( USA ) Nominated : Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture -- Drama ( Robin Williams ) Nominated : Best Director -- Motion Picture ( Peter Weir ) Nominated : Best Motion Picture -- Drama Nominated : Best Screenplay -- Motion Picture ( Tom Schulman ) Writers Guild of America ( USA ) Nominated : Best Screenplay -- Original ( Tom Schulman ) The film was voted # 52 on the AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Cheers list , a list of the top 100 most inspiring films of all time . The film 's line `` Carpe diem . Seize the day , boys . Make your lives extraordinary . '' was voted as the 95th greatest movie quote by the American Film Institute . Legacy ( edit ) After Robin Williams ' death in August 2014 , fans of his work used social media to pay tribute to him with photo and video reenactments of the film 's final `` O Captain ! My Captain ! '' scene . Adaptations ( edit ) N.H. Kleinbaum 's novel , Dead Poets Society ( 1989 ) , is based on the movie . Stage play ( edit ) A theatrical adaptation written by Tom Schulman and directed by John Doyle opened Off - Broadway on October 27 , 2016 , and running through December 11 , 2016 . Jason Sudeikis stars as John Keating with Thomas Mann as Neil Perry , David Garrison as Gale Nolan , Zane Pais as Todd Anderson , Francesca Carpanini as Chris , Stephen Barker Turner as Mr. Perry , William Hochman as Knox Overstreet , Cody Kostro as Charlie Dalton , Yaron Lotan as Richard Cameron and Bubba Weiler as Steven Meeks . The production received a mixed review from The New York Times , with critic Ben Brantley calling the play `` blunt and bland '' and criticizing Sudeikis 's performance , citing his lack of enthusiasm when delivering powerful lines . Parodies ( edit ) The ending of the film was parodied in the Saturday Night Live sketch , `` Farewell , Mr. Bunting '' , in which a student , upon climbing onto his desk , is decapitated by a ceiling fan . See also ( edit ) `` The Changing of the Guard '' , a June 1 , 1962 episode of The Twilight Zone starring Donald Pleasence as a retiring English teacher at a New England boys ' school , who questions whether he has made a difference in the boys ' lives . The Emperor 's Club ( 2002 ) , an American drama film set in a boys ' preparatory school in the northeast . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` DEAD POETS SOCIETY ( PG ) '' . British Board of Film Classification . July 27 , 1989 . Retrieved August 15 , 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Dead Poets Society ( 1989 ) '' . The Numbers . Retrieved June 1 , 2016 . ^ Jump up to : `` Dead Poets Society ( 1989 ) daily '' . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2014 - 11 - 15 . ^ Jump up to : Canby , Vincent ( June 2 , 1989 ) . `` Dead Poets Society ( 1989 ) June 2 , 1989 Review / Film ; Shaking Up a Boys ' School With Poetry '' . The New York Times . Retrieved November 8 , 2011 . Jump up ^ `` 1990 Film Film BAFTA Awards '' . Awards.bafta.org . Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 07 . Jump up ^ `` Real - life professor inspires ' Dead Poets ' character '' . TimesDaily . Florence , AL , USA : Tennessee Valley Printing Co. , Inc . Associated Press . July 10 , 1989 . Retrieved January 18 , 2015 . Jump up ^ Bill Henderson ( January 12 , 1992 ) . `` Robin Williams and Then Some '' . The New York Times . Retrieved December 19 , 2007 . Jump up ^ McCurrie , Tom ( March 15 , 2004 ) . `` Dead Poets Society 's Tom Schulman on the Art of Surviving Hollywood '' . Writersupercenter.com . Retrieved 31 March 2015 . Jump up ^ Cormier , Ryan ( August 12 , 2014 ) ( Originally published April 4 , 2014 ) . `` 25 ' Dead Poets Society ' in Delaware facts '' . The News Journal . Pulp Culture . Wilmington , Delaware , USA : Gannett Company . Retrieved January 18 , 2015 . Jump up ^ `` 1989 Worldwide Grosses '' . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2014 - 11 - 15 . Jump up ^ `` Dead Poets Society Movie Reviews , Pictures -- Rotten Tomatoes '' . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved November 14 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Dead Poets Society reviews at Metacritic.com '' . Metacritic . Retrieved January 25 , 2010 . Jump up ^ Howe , Desson ( June 9 , 1989 ) . `` ' Dead Poets Society ' '' . The Washington Post . Retrieved October 17 , 2010 . Jump up ^ Pauline Kael , Movie Love , pp. 153 - 157 , reprinted from review that appeared in The New Yorker , June 26 , 1989 Jump up ^ Ebert , Roger ( June 9 , 1989 ) . `` Dead Poets Society '' . Chicago Sun - Times . Retrieved October 17 , 2010 . Jump up ^ `` Nominees & Winners for the 62nd Academy Awards '' . Oscars.org . Archived from the original on February 21 , 2014 . Retrieved November 17 , 2010 . Jump up ^ `` Awards Database '' . Bafta.org . Retrieved November 27 , 2010 . Jump up ^ Crazy Dave . `` Dead Poets Society '' . Peterweircave.com . Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 13 . Jump up ^ Ente David di Donatello -- Accademia del Cinema Italiano Archived October 21 , 2013 , at the Wayback Machine . Jump up ^ `` Welcome to the Directors Guild of America '' . Dga.org . Archived from the original on November 20 , 2010 . Retrieved November 27 , 2010 . Jump up ^ HFPA -- Awards Search Archived October 11 , 2012 , at the Wayback Machine . Jump up ^ Mathews , Jack ; Easton , Nina J. ( February 9 , 1990 ) . `` Some Surprises in WGA Nominees , Shutouts : Film : ' Baker Boys , ' ' My Left Foot ' are dark - horse nominees for Writers Guild awards ; non-union ' Do the Right Thing , ' ' Drugstore Cowb ... '' Los Angeles Times . Jump up ^ American Film Institute . `` AFI 's 100 YEARS ... 100 CHEERS '' . Afi.com . Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 13 . Jump up ^ American Film Institute . `` AFI 's 100 YEARS ... 100 MOVIE QUOTES '' . Afi.com . Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 13 . Jump up ^ `` ' # O Captain , My Captain ' : Robin Williams ' fans take over social media with tributes and memorials dedicated to the legendary comic '' . Daily Mail . Retrieved 2014 - 11 - 15 . Jump up ^ `` Robin Williams death : Jimmy Fallon fights tears , pays tribute with ' Oh Captain , My Captain ' '' . Retrieved 2014 - 11 - 15 . Jump up ^ Kleinbaum , N.H. ( 1989 ) . Dead Poets Society . New York : Hyperion . ISBN 978 - 1 - 4013 - 0877 - 3 . OCLC 71164757 . Jump up ^ Clement , Olivia ( February 29 , 2016 ) . `` CSC to Stage World Premiere of Dead Poets Society '' . Playbill.com . Retrieved December 8 , 2016 . Jump up ^ Itzkoff , Dave ( August 16 , 2016 ) . `` Jason Sudeikis to Star in Stage Version of ' Dead Poets Society ' '' . The New York Times . Retrieved December 8 , 2016 . Jump up ^ Clement , Olivia ( September 14 , 2016 ) . `` Dead Poets Society Finds Its Complete Cast '' . Playbill.com . Retrieved December 8 , 2016 . Jump up ^ Clement , Olivia ( October 27 , 2016 ) . `` The World Premiere of Dead Poets Society Begins Tonight '' . Playbill . Retrieved December 8 , 2016 . Jump up ^ Brantley , Ben ( November 17 , 2016 ) . `` Review : ' Dead Poets Society , ' Starring Jason Sudeikis as the Idealistic Teacher '' . The New York Times . ISSN 0362 - 4331 . Retrieved December 8 , 2016 . Jump up ^ Silverberg , Nicole ( 2016 - 05 - 23 ) . `` Behold , a New Classic ' SNL ' Sketch '' . GQ . Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 23 . Further reading ( edit ) Munaretto , Stefan ( 2005 ) . Erläuterungen zu Nancy H. Kleinbaum / Peter Weir , ' Der Club der toten Dichter ' ( in German ) . Hollfeld : Bange . ISBN 3 - 8044 - 1817 - 1 . 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Andrew Harrison ( basketball ) - wikipedia Andrew Harrison ( basketball ) Jump to : navigation , search Andrew Harrison Harrison with the Iowa Energy in 2016 No. 5 -- Memphis Grizzlies Position Shooting guard League NBA ( 1994 - 10 - 28 ) October 28 , 1994 ( age 23 ) San Antonio , Texas Nationality American Listed height 6 ft 6 in ( 1.98 m ) Listed weight 213 lb ( 97 kg ) Career information High school Travis ( Pecan Grove , Texas ) College Kentucky ( 2013 -- 2015 ) NBA draft 2015 / Round : 2 / Pick : 44th overall Selected by the Phoenix Suns Playing career 2015 -- present Career history 2015 -- 2016 Iowa Energy 2016 -- present Memphis Grizzlies Career highlights and awards McDonald 's All - American ( 2013 ) Stats at Basketball-Reference.com Andrew Michael Harrison ( born October 28 , 1994 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . He was considered one of the top recruits for 2013 . He attended Travis High School in Fort Bend , Texas , and played college basketball for the University of Kentucky along with his twin brother , Aaron Harrison . Contents ( hide ) 1 High school career 2 College career 3 Professional career 3.1 Iowa Energy ( 2015 -- 2016 ) 3.2 Memphis Grizzlies ( 2016 -- present ) 4 NBA career statistics 4.1 Regular season 4.2 Playoffs 5 References 6 External links High School career ( edit ) Harrison in the 2013 McDonald 's All - American Boys Game Harrison was widely regarded as a top five player in the class of 2013 with Andrew Wiggins , Jabari Parker , Julius Randle , and brother Aaron . On March 9 , 2013 , Harrison helped the Fort Bend Travis Tigers defeat South Grand Prairie 46 - 38 to win the Class 5A state title in Texas . The Tigers finished # 16 in the final ESPN 25 Power Rankings . Fort Bend Travis had lost in the Class 5A state title game the year before to Flower Mound Marcus . Harrison played in both the 2013 Jordan Brand Classic and the 2013 McDonald 's All - American Boys Game . College career ( edit ) In his two - year career at Kentucky , Harrison averaged 10.1 points , 2.7 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 79 games . Harrison and his brother , Aaron , helped lead Kentucky to successive Final Fours in 2014 and 2015 , but came up empty handed both times after losing in the 2014 title game to Connecticut and 2015 the semi-finals to Wisconsin . On April 9 , 2015 , Harrison declared for the NBA draft , forgoing his final two years of college eligibility . He was joined alongside his twin brother Aaron and fellow Kentucky teammates Karl - Anthony Towns , Willie Cauley - Stein , Trey Lyles , Devin Booker , and Dakari Johnson . Professional career ( edit ) Iowa Energy ( 2015 -- 2016 ) ( edit ) On June 25 , 2015 , Harrison was selected with the 44th overall pick by the Phoenix Suns in the 2015 NBA draft . His rights were then traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Jon Leuer . He joined the Grizzlies for the 2015 NBA Summer League and averaged 5.4 points , 2.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in five games . On October 31 , 2015 , he was acquired by the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League , the affiliate team of the Grizzlies . He made his professional debut for the Energy on November 14 in a 98 -- 95 win over the Sioux Falls Skyforce , recording 11 points and seven assists in 29 minutes . On February 16 , 2016 , he scored a season - high 36 points in a 115 -- 105 loss to the Canton Charge . In 46 games for Iowa in 2015 -- 16 , he averaged 18.5 points , 4.3 rebounds , 4.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game . Memphis Grizzlies ( 2016 -- present ) ( edit ) After re-joining the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2016 NBA Summer League , Harrison signed a multi-year deal with the team on July 12 , 2016 . On November 30 , 2016 , he scored a career - high 21 points in a 120 -- 105 loss to the Toronto Raptors . Harrison made his debut in NBA playoffs on April 15 , 2017 , scoring 10 points in just under 20 minutes off the bench in a 111 -- 82 loss to the San Antonio Spurs . On February 7 , 2018 , Harrison scored a career - high 23 points in a 92 -- 88 loss to the Utah Jazz . A week later , he set a new career high with 28 points in a 121 -- 114 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder . Harrison missed nine games in March 2018 due to a right wrist injury . NBA career statistics ( edit ) Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG % Field goal percentage 3P % 3 - point field goal percentage FT % Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high Regular season ( edit ) Year Team GP GS MPG FG % 3P % FT % RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2016 -- 17 Memphis 72 18 20.5 . 325 . 276 . 763 1.9 2.8 . 7 . 3 5.9 Career 72 18 20.5 . 325 . 276 . 763 1.9 2.8 . 7 . 3 5.9 Playoffs ( edit ) Year Team GP GS MPG FG % 3P % FT % RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2017 Memphis 6 0 19.8 . 448 . 385 . 889 1.8 2.2 . 5 . 2 6.5 Career 6 0 19.8 . 448 . 385 . 889 1.8 2.2 . 5 . 2 6.5 References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` The Rivals150 : 2013 Prospect Ranking '' . Rivals.com . Retrieved October 5 , 2012 . Jump up ^ `` Andrew Harrison Player Profiles -- Scout.com '' . Scout.com . Retrieved October 5 , 2012 . Jump up ^ `` Harrison twins choose Kentucky '' . ESPN.com . October 5 , 2012 . Retrieved October 5 , 2012 . Jump up ^ Johnson , Raphielle ( October 4 , 2012 ) . `` 2013 guards Aaron and Andrew Harrison verbally commit to attend Kentucky '' . NBCSports.com . Retrieved October 4 , 2012 . Jump up ^ Vaught , Larry ( April 10 , 2013 ) . `` Vaught 's Views : Aaron Harrison shows he is a special player , like his twin brother '' . CentralKYNews.com . Archived from the original on November 12 , 2013 . Retrieved April 10 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Texas final hoops rankings : FM Marcus , Kimball repeat as champs '' . ESPN.com . March 13 , 2012 . Retrieved March 13 , 2012 . Jump up ^ `` KEEP THE STATE TITLES COMING ! CONGRATS TO THE FORT BEND TRAVIS TIGERS '' . Krossover.com . March 14 , 2013 . Retrieved March 14 , 2013 . Jump up ^ Jones , Steve ( April 4 , 2013 ) . `` Andrew Harrison recaps McDonald 's game '' . Courier-Journal.com . Archived from the original on June 15 , 2013 . Retrieved April 4 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Kentucky recruits dominate McDonald 's All - American game rosters '' . ChicagoTribune.com . March 31 , 2013 . Retrieved March 31 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Andrew Harrison Stats '' . Sports-Reference.com . Retrieved October 31 , 2015 . ^ Jump up to : `` Aaron and Andrew Harrison leaving Kentucky to enter NBA draft '' . Chron.com. April 9 , 2015 . Retrieved April 9 , 2015 . Jump up ^ `` Grizzlies acquire Draft Rights to Andrew Harrison from Suns '' . NBA.com . June 25 , 2015 . Retrieved June 26 , 2015 . Jump up ^ `` 2015 Memphis Grizzlies Orlando Pro Summer League Roster '' . RealGM.com . Retrieved December 1 , 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Iowa Energy Announce Returning , Affiliate , Tryout Players and Draft Rights Players for 2015 Training '' . OurSportsCentral.com . October 31 , 2015 . Retrieved October 31 , 2015 . Jump up ^ `` Skyforce Fall Against Energy 98 - 95 In Home Opener '' . NBA.com . November 14 , 2015 . Retrieved January 31 , 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Andrew Harrison Drops Season - High 36 Points for Iowa Energy ! '' . YouTube.com . February 16 , 2016 . Retrieved July 10 , 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Grizzlies announce NBA Summer League 2016 roster '' . NBA.com . July 5 , 2016 . Retrieved July 10 , 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Grizzlies sign Andrew Harrison to multi-year contract '' . NBA.com . July 12 , 2016 . Retrieved July 12 , 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Lowry , DeRozan lift Raptors over Grizzlies 120 - 105 '' . ESPN.com . November 30 , 2016 . Retrieved December 1 , 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Andrew Harrison 2016 - 17 Game Log '' . Basketball-Reference.com . Retrieved July 19 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Rubio , Hood lead Jazz over Grizzlies 92 - 88 for 7th straight '' . ESPN.com . February 7 , 2018 . Retrieved February 7 , 2018 . Jump up ^ `` George , Westbrook 's triple - double lead OKC past Grizzlies '' . ESPN.com . February 14 , 2018 . Retrieved February 14 , 2018 . Jump up ^ `` Crabbe , LeVert lead Nets over Grizzlies 118 - 115 '' . ESPN.com . March 19 , 2018 . Retrieved March 19 , 2018 . External links ( edit ) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrew Harrison ( basketball ) . Career statistics and player information from NBA.com , or Basketball-Reference.com NBA D - League profile Kentucky Wildcats bio Memphis Grizzlies current roster 0 Green 1 Martin 2 Simmons ( TW ) 4 Henry ( TW ) 5 Harrison 6 Chalmers 7 Selden 8 M. Brooks 10 Rabb 11 Conley 12 Evans 14 Johnson 21 Davis 23 McLemore 24 D. Brooks 25 Parsons 33 Gasol Head coach : Bickerstaff Assistant coaches : Bender Mazarei Smart Van Exel 2015 NBA draft First round Karl - Anthony Towns D'Angelo Russell Jahlil Okafor Kristaps Porziņģis Mario Hezonja Willie Cauley - Stein Emmanuel Mudiay Stanley Johnson Frank Kaminsky Justise Winslow Myles Turner Trey Lyles Devin Booker Cameron Payne Kelly Oubre Jr . 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