Dead Poets Society

     

Dead Poets Society1989

Director: Peter Weir
Stars: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 129 minutes

Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches, but whose charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. The script is well meaning bu… more »


Mr. Perry:
We're trying very hard to understand why it is that you insist on defying us. Whatever the reason, we're not going to let you ruin your life. Tomorrow I'm withrawing you from Welton and enrolling you in Braighton Military School. You're going to Harvard, and you're going to be a doctor.

Neil Perry:
That's ten more years! Father, that's a LIFETIME!

Mr. Perry:
Oh, stop it! Don't be so dramatic! You make it sound like a prison term! You don't understand, Neil! You have opportunities that I never even dreamt of, and I am not going to let you waste them!

Neil Perry:
I've got to tell you what I feel!

Mrs. Perry:
We've been so worried about you!

Mr. Perry:
WHAT? What? Tell me what you feel! What is it? Is it more of this, this ACTING business? Because you can forget that! What?

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