Dead Poets Society

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    Dead Poets Society
    1989

    Synopsis

    At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

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    Cast

    • Robin WilliamsJohn Keating
    • Ethan HawkeTodd Anderson
    • Robert Sean LeonardNeil Perry
    • Gale HansenCharlie Dalton
    • Josh CharlesKnox Overstreet
    • Dylan KussmanRichard Cameron
    • Allelon RuggieroSteven Meeks
    • James WaterstonGerard Pitts
    • Norman LloydMr. Nolan
    • Kurtwood SmithMr. Tom Perry

    Recommendations

    • 100

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Hurrah! Poetry and passion, comedy and tragedy are fused into one absolutely marvelous affirmation of independent spirit in Dead Poets Society. [2 June 1989, Daily Notebook, p.E1]
    • 100

      Mr. Showbiz

      One of Australian director Peter Weir's most sensitive films.
    • 100

      The New Yorker

      The picture draws out the obvious and turns itself into a classic. [26 June 1989]
    • 90

      Washington Post

      Sure, the heroes and villains are arranged in a convenient moral gallery. But the performances, Weir's adroit direction and John Seale's superb cinematography take care of that banality.
    • 90

      The New Republic

      Nothing about this film sounds, as described, novel. Yet it grips, because it has been made with plentiful feeling and vigor. [June 26, 1989]
    • 90

      Variety

      Sings whenever Williams is onscreen.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      Commands respect and affection. [2 June 1989, Calendar, p.6-1]
    • 75

      USA Today

      Williams is impressively restrained as well as funny, so fans need not fret. It only means that instead of Good Morning, Preppies, we're given a bittersweet, even eerie Goodbye, Mr. Hip. [2 June 1989, Life, p.1D]

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