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QUOTE
Lose your mind, and come to your senses.
--
Fritz Pearls
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
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575
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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 but a little trite, though director Peter Weir (
The Truman Show
) adds layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids and adults. (A subplot involving one father's terrible pressure on his son
--
played by Robert Sean Leonard
--
to drop his interest in theater reaches heartbreaking proportions.) Williams is given plenty of latitude to work in his brand of improvisational humor, though it is all well-woven into his character's style of instruction.
--
Tom Keogh
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ITEM DETAILS
Consciousness Calibration Level:
575
Submitted by:
James Ray
Directed by:
Peter Weir
Starring:
Robin Williams
,
Robert Sean Leonard
,
Ethan Hawke
MPAA Rating:
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Theatrical Date:
16 June, 1989
Release Date:
04 March, 2003
Manufacturer:
Touchstone Video
Format:
Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen
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