Gale Hansen

Dead Poets Society -- Academy Award(R) winner Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor, Good Will Hunting, 1997) stars as a teacher who inspires his students to live their lives to the fullest and 'Carpe Diem.' But when tragedy strikes, his lessons are put to the test.

Academy Award(R) winner Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor, Good Will Hunting, 1997) stars as a teacher who inspires his students to live their lives to the fullest and "Carpe Diem." But when tragedy strikes, his lessons are put to the test.

Academy Award(R) winner Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor, Good Will Hunting, 1997) stars as a teacher who inspires his students to live their lives to the fullest and "Carpe Diem." But when tragedy strikes, his lessons are put to the test.

In an age defined by crew cuts, sport coats, and cheerless conformity, he not only broke the mold ... he reinvented it. Academy Award® winner Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor, GOOD WILL HUNTING, 1997) delivers an extraordinary performance in one of the most compelling motion pictures of all time. Williams stars as English professor John Keating, a passionate iconoclast who changes his students' lives forever when he challenges them to live life to the fullest and "Carpe Diem" -- seize the day! Keating's unconventional approach meets with irrepressible enthusiasm from his students, but the faculty at staid, exclusive Welton Academy prep school is, to put it mildly, not amused.

In this youth drama set in the fall, 1959, a new English teacher awakens a traditional, conservative prep school for boys by daring to teach the lessons that can't be found in textbooks.