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:
Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams and I'll show you a happy man.

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

McAllister:
Tennyson?

John Keating:
No, Keating.

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