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 »



McAllister:
You take a big risk by encouraging them to be artists, John. When they realize they're not Rembrandts, Shakespeares or Mozarts, they'll hate you for it.

Keating:
We're not talking artists, George, we're talking freethinkers.

McAllister:
Freethinkers at seventeen?

Keating:
Funny — I never pegged you as a cynic.

McAllister:
Not a cynic, a realist. "Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams, and I'll show you a happy man."

Keating:
"But only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be."

McAllister:
Tennyson?

Keating:
No, Keating.

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