Dead Poets Society
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1989
2h 8m
PG
English
Drama
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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.
Dead Poets Society
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
John Keating
Neil Perry
Todd Anderson
Knox Overstreet
Charlie Dalton
Richard Cameron
Steven Meeks
Gerard Pitts
Mr. Nolan
Mr. Perry
Mrs. Perry
McAllister
Dr. Hager
Chemistry Teacher
Hopkins
Joe Danburry
Mrs. Danburry
Ginny Danburry
Chet Danburry
Chris Noel
Gloria
Tina
Steve
Bubba
Directing Teacher
Directed By: Peter Weir
Written By: Tom Schulman
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AndrewBloom
CONTAINS SPOILERS/10 8 years ago
[8.3/5] Youth is a magnifying glass. It heightens everything, at a time when you have less control over yourself or experience to know how to deal with that. Adolescence in particular is a fraught time in almost anyone’s life, where the emotions a person experiences as a child become so much stron More
crazyrobinhood
a week ago
The (very absurd) point of view of the rich people about freedom.
The Movie is so pathetically formulaic that it makes you want to throw tomatoes at the screen.
The Horatian ideal, of Stoic-Epicurean origin, of a life enjoyed in the good it gives us, even if it is little, is here often repeate More
The Movie is so pathetically formulaic that it makes you want to throw tomatoes at the screen.
The Horatian ideal, of Stoic-Epicurean origin, of a life enjoyed in the good it gives us, even if it is little, is here often repeate More
kevin2019
a week ago
"Dead Poets Society" never endeavours to sweeten the bitter pill of disappointment or tragedy by playing to whatever cliched expectations you might have. Neil's father Mr. Perry isn't going to suddenly relent and admit what a stupid and selfish fool he has been and then decide to change his uncompro More
CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Robin Williams ("Keating") arrives at an all boys school where he is to teach them English. As you'd expect, they weren't particularly interested, but when he begins by telling them to rip up the poetry manual, and continues with an inspirational and vocational approach the pupils start to engage no More
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