Genre

Drama

Directed By

Peter Weir

Cast

Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Allelon Ruggiero

Plot Summary

Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life.

Comments

• "Dead Poets Society" is about John Keating's influence, resulting in his students spreading their wings... personally inspirational plot...
• A movie for people looking for an intellectually stimulating and emotionally involving cinematic experience.
• Definitely touching...
• Maurice Jarre's music is immaculate; it is rousing without being overbearing or distracting.
• "The only good poet is a dead one.".. No, not necessary..:)

Memorable Quotes

Keating: Sucking all the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone.

Keating: There is a time for daring and a time for caution, and a wise man knows which is called for.

Keating: We're not laughing at you - we're laughing near you

Keating: Now I'd like you to step forward over here. They're not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? --- Carpe --- hear it? --- Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.

Awards Won

Oscars (1990)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

- Tom Schulman

Cesar Awards, France (1990)

Best Foreign Film

British Academy Awards (1990)

Best Picture

Best Original Music Score - Maurice Jarre

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