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Dead Poets Society (1989)
7.8
Ratings: 7.8/10 from 117,645 users
Metascore:
79/100
Reviews: 396 user | 73 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com
English professor John Keating inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day. Director:Peter WeirWriter:Tom Schulman |
128 min - 
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| Robin Williams | ... | ||
| Robert Sean Leonard | ... | ||
| Ethan Hawke | ... | ||
| Josh Charles | ... | ||
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Gale Hansen | ... | |
| Dylan Kussman | ... | ||
| Allelon Ruggiero | ... | ||
| James Waterston | ... | ||
| Norman Lloyd | ... | ||
| Kurtwood Smith | ... | ||
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Carla Belver | ... | |
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Leon Pownall | ... | |
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George Martin | ... | |
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Joe Aufiery | ... | |
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Matt Carey | ... | |
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Storyline
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. Written by Liz Jordan <c9310494@alinga.newcastle.edu.au>
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He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary.Genres:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
La sociedad de los poetas muertos See more »Box Office
Budget:
$16,400,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$340,456 (USA) (4 June 1989) (8 Screens)Gross:
$235,900,000 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Dalton: I'll second that.
Neil: "To put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived."
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Written by Al Curry, James Johnson and Ernestine Smith
Performed by The Cadets
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To guide his lead actor, Peter Weir called the character "Robin Keating" as he wanted the scripted character to be "shaded with 15 percent of Williams' own off-the-cuff dialog". See more »Goofs
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Keating's impression of Marlon Brando is not an anachronistic reference to The Godfather but to his role as Marc Antony in Julius Caesar. See more »Quotes
Neil: [quoting Henry David Thoreau] "I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life."Dalton: I'll second that.
Neil: "To put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived."
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"Stranded in the Jungle"Written by Al Curry, James Johnson and Ernestine Smith
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