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Dead Poets Society

Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.

Director

Peter Weir

Year

Genre

Box Office

$95,860,116

Production

A Steven Haft Production,Witt/Thomas Productions

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 19 nominations total

John Keating

Neil Perry

Robert Sean Leonard

Todd Anderson

Knox Overstreet

Charlie Dalton

Richard Cameron

Steven Meeks

Allelon Ruggiero

Gerard Pitts

James Waterston

Mr. Nolan

Mr. Perry

Mrs. Perry

McAllister

Dr. Hager

Chemistry Teacher

Hopkins

Joe Danburry

Mrs. Danburry

Ginny Danburry (scenes deleted)

Lara Flynn Boyle

Chet Danburry

Chris Noel

Alexandra Powers

Gloria

Tina

Steve

Bubba

Directing Teacher

Actor / Fairy

Titania

Christine D'Ercole

Mr. Anderson

John Cunningham

Mrs. Anderson

Bagpiper

John Martin Bradley

Mr. Dalton

Lester

Stick

Spaz

James J. Christy

Stage Manager

Catherine Soles

Welton Professor

Procession Alumnus

James Donnell Quinn

Welton Vicar

Phys. Ed. Teacher

Ashton W. Richards

Father of Spaz

Dormitory Porter

Beans

Robert J. Zigler III

Russell

Shroom

Nicholas K. Gilhool

Jonas

Jonas Stiklorius

Dewey

Ace

Woodsie

Sam

Senior Student

Professor

Teacher in Teacher's Room

Newton Gilchrist

Language Teacher

Mother in Opening Scene

Kate Kearney-Patch

Parent

Theater Patron

Stephen Podolak

Public School Student

Jeffrey Santoro

Father

James R. Stoddard

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Knox Overstreet Chris Noel Richard Cameron Todd Anderson John Keating Mcallister Neil Perry Charlie Dalton Mr. Nolan Mrs. Danburry Hopkins Steven Meeks Mr. Perry Mrs. Perry Gerard Pitts Dr. Hagar Gloria Chet Danburry

You can't save Keating - Dead Poets Society

You can't save Keating

Okay, put your arm around your brother. - Dead Poets Society

Okay, put your arm around your brother.

Now, just to review, you're going to follow along the procession until you get to the headmaster. - Dead Poets Society

Now, just to review, you're going to follow along the...

Ladies and gentlemen, boys, the light of knowledge. - Dead Poets Society

Ladies and gentlemen, boys, the light of knowledge.

Gentlemen what are the four pillarsTradition honor discipline excellence - Dead Poets Society

Gentlemen what are the four pillarsTradition honor...

As you know, our beloved Mr. - Dead Poets Society

As you know, our beloved Mr.

Stoli on the rocks. - Dead Poets Society

Stoli on the rocks.

- Richard, you forgot your bag. - Dead Poets Society

- Richard, you forgot your bag.

I'm glad you could come by. - Dead Poets Society

I'm glad you could come by.

I live in the
American Gardens building... - Dead Poets Society

I live in the American Gardens building...

Hey. I hear we're gonna be roommates. - I'm Neil Perry. - I'm Todd Anderson. - Why'd you leave Balincrest? - My brother went here. - Dead Poets Society

Hey. I hear we're gonna be roommates. - I'm Neil...

After I remove the ice pack,
I use a deep pore
cleanser lotion. - Dead Poets Society

After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser loti...

- Hey, how's it going, Neil? - Dead Poets Society

- Hey, how's it going, Neil?

Listen, don't mind Cameron. - Dead Poets Society

Listen, don't mind Cameron.

How was your summer Slick Keen - Dead Poets Society

How was your summer Slick Keen

Gentlemen what are the four pillarsTravesty horror decadence excrement - Dead Poets Society

Gentlemen what are the four pillarsTravesty horror decadence...

Good morning. - Dead Poets Society

It's open. - Dead Poets Society

- Don't you ever dispute me in public. - Dead Poets Society

- Don't you ever dispute me in public.

Feathered friends for 600. - Dead Poets Society

Feathered friends for 600.

Why doesn't he let you do what you want? - Dead Poets Society

Why doesn't he let you do what you want?

McAllister: Slow down, boys. - Dead Poets Society

McAllister: Slow down, boys.

Again, please. - Dead Poets Society

Hey, Spaz. - Dead Poets Society

- Is he kidding? - Dead Poets Society

- Is he kidding?

O Captain my CaptainWho knows where that comes fromAnybodyNot a clueIt's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr Abraham LincolnNow in this class you can either call me Mr Keatingor if you're slightly more daring O Captain My Captain - Dead Poets Society

O Captain my CaptainWho knows where that comes...

Hello. - Dead Poets Society

Now, let me dispel a few rumors so they don't fester into facts. - Dead Poets Society

Now, let me dispel a few rumors so they don't fester...

I was the intellectual equivalent of a 98 pound weaklingI would go to the beachand people would kick copies of Byron in my face - Dead Poets Society

I was the intellectual equivalent of a 98 pound weaklingI...

Now, Mr. - Dead Poets Society

Mr Pitts will you open your hymnal to page 542Read the first stanza of the poem you find thereTo the Virgins To Make Much of TimeYes that's the oneSomewhat appropriate isn't it - Dead Poets Society

Mr Pitts will you open your hymnal to page 542Read the first...

Seize the dayGather ye rosebuds while ye may - Dead Poets Society

Seize the dayGather ye rosebuds while ye may

They're not that different from you, are they? - Dead Poets Society

They're not that different from you, are they?

Dorsia. - Dead Poets Society

Carpe... Hear it? Carpe... Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. - Dead Poets Society

Carpe... Hear it? Carpe... Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys....

This is Dorsia?
Yes, dear. - Dead Poets Society

This is Dorsia? Yes, dear.

- That was weird. - Dead Poets Society

- That was weird.

Ready, Overstreet? - Dead Poets Society

Ready, Overstreet?

Chet, can you get that? - Dead Poets Society

Chet, can you get that?

Can I help you? - Dead Poets Society

Can I help you?

- Yes. - Bishop to queen six. - All right, I think that's good. - Another game? - Dead Poets Society

- Yes. - Bishop to queen six. - All right, I think...

Look at that subtle
off-white coloring. - Dead Poets Society

Look at that subtle off-white coloring.

Tonight I met the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my entire life. - Dead Poets Society

Tonight I met the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my...

She's practically engagedTo Chet DanburryThe guy could eat a football Too bad - Dead Poets Society

She's practically engagedTo Chet DanburryThe guy could...

Too bad It's worse than too bad Pitts it's a tragedyA girl this beautiful in love with such a jerkAll the good ones go for jerks you know that - Dead Poets Society

Too bad It's worse than too bad Pitts it's a...

That wouldn't be a radio in your lap would it Mr PittsNo sir Science experimentRadar - Dead Poets Society

That wouldn't be a radio in your lap would it Mr...

Gentlemen, open your texts to Page 21 of the introduction. - Dead Poets Society

Gentlemen, open your texts to Page 21 of the introduction.

Oh.
Oh, thank you, mister.
Thank you. - Dead Poets Society

Oh. Oh, thank you, mister. Thank you.

What beautiful skin you have,
Mr. Bateman. - Dead Poets Society

What beautiful skin you have, Mr. Bateman.

ExcrementThat's what I think of Mr J Evans PritchardWe're not laying pipe We're talking about poetryHow can you describe poetry like American BandstandI like Byron I give him a 42 but I can't dance to it - Dead Poets Society

ExcrementThat's what I think of Mr J Evans...

I have all the characteristics
of a human being... - Dead Poets Society

I have all the characteristics of a human being...

It's not the Bible You're not gonna go to hell for this - Dead Poets Society

It's not the Bible You're not gonna go to hell for...

This is a battle a warAnd the casualties could be your hearts and souls - Dead Poets Society

This is a battle a warAnd the casualties could be your...

No matter what anybody tells you words and ideas can change the world - Dead Poets Society

No matter what anybody tells you words and ideas can change...

We don't read and write poetry because it's cuteWe read and write poetry because we are members of the human raceAnd the human race is filled with passionAnd medicine law business engineering these are noble pursuitsand necessary to sustain lifeBut poetry - Dead Poets Society

We don't read and write poetry because it's cuteWe...

For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly grateful. - Dead Poets Society

For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly...

You like
Huey Lewis and the News? - Dead Poets Society

You like Huey Lewis and the News?

Free thinkers at 17 - Dead Poets Society

Free thinkers at 17

Show me the heart Unfettered by foolish dreamsAnd I'll show you a happy manBut only in their dreams Can men be truly free'Twas always thus And always thus will beTennyson No Keating - Dead Poets Society

Show me the heart Unfettered by foolish dreamsAnd I'll...

Hey, I found his senior annual in the library. - Dead Poets Society

Hey, I found his senior annual in the library.

Try getting a reservation
at Dorsia now, - Dead Poets Society

Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now,

Mr. Keating. Mr. Keating. Sir? Say something. O Captain, My Captain? Gentlemen. We were just looking - Dead Poets Society

Mr. Keating. Mr. Keating. Sir? Say something. O Captain, My...

I doubt the present administration would look too favorably upon that. - Dead Poets Society

I doubt the present administration would look too favorably...

Gentlemen, can you keep a secret? - Dead Poets Society

Gentlemen, can you keep a secret?

- Dead Poets Society. - Dead Poets Society

- Dead Poets Society.

Hi. This is Paul. - Dead Poets Society

Hi. This is Paul.

I'll try anything once Except sex - Dead Poets Society

I'll try anything once Except sex

Come on Knox It'll help you get ChrisYeah HowWomen swoon Ha ha ha But why do they swoonCharlie tell me why they swoon Charlie - Dead Poets Society

Come on Knox It'll help you get ChrisYeah HowWomen...

What is it? - Dead Poets Society

- Todd, are you coming tonight? - Dead Poets Society

- Todd, are you coming tonight?

Keating said that everybody took turns readingand I don't want to do thatGosh you really have a problem with that don't youNo I don't have a problem Neil I justI don't want to do it okay All right - Dead Poets Society

Keating said that everybody took turns readingand I...

Oh, shut up, will you? - Dead Poets Society

Oh, shut up, will you?

- Let's get out of here. - Dead Poets Society

- Let's get out of here.

- Yarr! I'm a dead poet. - Jesus, Charlie. - Guys, over here. - Dead Poets Society

- Yarr! I'm a dead poet. - Jesus, Charlie. - Guys, over...

I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberatelyI wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of lifeI'll second thatTo put to rout all that was not lifeand not when I had come to die discover that I had not lived - Dead Poets Society

I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberatelyI...

I haven't seen you around here.
You just haven't been lookin'. - Dead Poets Society

I haven't seen you around here. You just haven't b...

I'd like a girl.
Early 20s. - Dead Poets Society

I'd like a girl. Early 20s.

That's a very fine chardonnay
you're drinking. - Dead Poets Society

That's a very fine chardonnay you're drinking.

Teach me to love? - Dead Poets Society

Teach me to love?

No. From behind.
Get on your knees. - Dead Poets Society

No. From behind. Get on your knees.

Mm-hmm? - Dead Poets Society

You've arrived.
How lovely. - Dead Poets Society

You've arrived. How lovely.

So. - Dead Poets Society

You have a really
nice place here, Paul. - Dead Poets Society

You have a really nice place here, Paul.

A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. - Dead Poets Society

A man is not very tired, he is exhausted.

Now language was developed for one endeavor and that isMr Anderson Come on are you a man or an amoebaMr PerryTo communicate No To woo women - Dead Poets Society

Now language was developed for one endeavor and that isMr...

Today we're gonna be talking about William ShakespeareOh God I knowA lot of you look forward to thisabout as much as you look forward to root canal workWe're gonna talk about Shakespeareas someone who writes something very interestingNow many of you have - Dead Poets Society

Today we're gonna be talking about William...

Why do I stand up here? - Dead Poets Society

Why do I stand up here?

You see, the world looks very different from up here. - Dead Poets Society

You see, the world looks very different from up here.

Boys you must strive to find your own voiceBecause the longer you wait to begin the less likely you are to find it at allThoreau said Most men lead lives of quiet desperationDon't be resigned to that Break out - Dead Poets Society

Boys you must strive to find your own voiceBecause the...

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Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.

User Rating: 5.0 (3 ratings)

Director: Peter Weir

Writer: Tom Schulman

Production: A Steven Haft Production,Witt/Thomas Productions

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 1989

MetaScore: 79/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: $95,860,116

Released: 09 Jun 1989

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 19 nominations total

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