Dead Poets Society
Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His roommate, Neil Perry, 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 does so in his own way, and is changed for life.
Director: Peter Weir
Writer: Tom Schulman
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
Year: 1989
MetaScore: 79/100
ImdbRating: 8.1
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 09 Jun 1989
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 18 nominations.
Movie Video Clips
00:11
My captain
00:28
There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution
00:40
But only in their dreams can men be truly free
02:14
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute
00:52
I'll second that
00:47
You must strive to find your own voice
00:21
No matter what anybody tells you
02:30
A sweaty toothed madman
01:57
They're not that different from you
00:48
O Captain
00:18
It's not the Bible
00:17
So what are you going to do
01:09
Now we all have a great need for acceptance
00:38
Thank you for playing
00:23
Welton Academy
00:36
Carpe diem
00:21
Phone call from God
00:14
I'm exercising the right not to walk
03:53
I just talked to my father
00:30
Congratulations
00:11
Free thinkers at 17
00:17
We're laughing near you
00:14
I'll try anything once
00:46
Evans Pritchard
00:29
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think...
00:18
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
00:23
Don't think that I don't know that this assignment scares...
00:13
I was good
00:25
That she was thinking about me
00:19
Don't just walk off the edge like lemmings
00:28
And that is
00:33
I was the intellectual equivalent of a 98 pound weakling
02:22
We're not gonna let you ruin your life
00:18
At least I won't be disobeying him
00:40
To the Virgins to Make Much of Time
00:33
It's a tragedy
00:23
Women swoon
01:28
Just give me one chance
00:34
What do you mean 'no'
00:21
Business as usual huh
00:39
They made everybody sign it
00:30
You're in the club
00:16
Don't you guys miss having girls around here
00:33
Me and Pitts are working on a hi fi system
00:37
I don't have a problem
03:40
You can't be in here
00:27
You want me out
00:17
You can't save Keating
00:17
Discipline
00:11
Oh captain
00:28
And a wise man understands which is called for
00:20
Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the...
00:17
The name is Nuwanda
00:38
Why do I stand up here
00:20
This is a battle
00:12
What are the Four Pillars
00:17
We're not laughing at you
00:12
Time to inherit the earth
00:28
Language was developed for one endeavor
02:22
We're trying very hard to understand why it is that you...
00:18
If I don't ask him
00:40
That's the one
00:33
It's worse than too bad
00:34
That there's nothing you can do about it
00:11
Next time I see you
Movie Quotes
Movie Cast
John Keating - Robin Williams
Neil Perry - Robert Sean Leonard
Todd Anderson - Ethan Hawke
Knox Overstreet - Josh Charles
Charlie Dalton - Gale Hansen
Richard Cameron - Dylan Kussman
Steven Meeks - Allelon Ruggiero
Gerard Pitts - James Waterston
Mr. Nolan - Norman Lloyd
Mr. Perry - Kurtwood Smith
Mrs. Perry - Carla Belver
McAllister - Leon Pownall
Dr. Hager - George Martin
Chemistry Teacher - Joe Aufiery
Hopkins - Matt Carey
Joe Danburry - Kevin Cooney
Mrs. Danburry - Jane Moore
Ginny Danburry (scenes deleted) - Lara Flynn Boyle
Chet Danburry - Colin Irving
Chris Noel - Alexandra Powers
Gloria - Melora Walters
Tina - Welker White
Steve - Steve Mathios
Bubba - Alan Pottinger
Directing Teacher - Pamela Burrell
Actor / Fairy - Allison Hedges
Titania - Christine D'Ercole
Mr. Anderson - John Cunningham
Mrs. Anderson - Debra Mooney
Bagpiper - John Martin Bradley
Mr. Dalton - Charles Lord
Lester - Kurt Leitner
Stick - Richard Stites
Spaz - James J. Christy
Stage Manager - Catherine Soles
Welton Professor - Hoover Sutton
Procession Alumnus - James Donnell Quinn
Welton Vicar - Simon Mein
Phys. Ed. Teacher - Ashton W. Richards
Father of Spaz - Robert Gleason
Dormitory Porter - Bill Rowe
Beans - Robert J. Zigler III
Russell - Keith Snyder
Shroom - Nicholas K. Gilhool
Jonas - Jonas Stiklorius
Dewey - Craig Johnson
Ace - Chris Hull
Woodsie - Jason Woody
Sam - Sam Stegeman
Senior Student - Andrew Hill
Professor - Joel Fogel
Teacher in Teacher's Room - Newton Gilchrist
Language Teacher - Barry Godin
Mother in Opening Scene - Kate Kearney-Patch
Parent - Nancy Kirk
Theater Patron - Stephen Podolak
Public School Student - Jeffrey Santoro
Father - James R. Stoddard