Dead Poets Society

[1989, Movie]

Dead Poets Society: Review

Tea and empathy. Tinkering with his screen persona, comedian-actor Robin Williams plays it relatively straight as a dedicated teacher at an elite Vermont prep school. The year is 1959, a time of strict adherence to educational goals and teaching methods at Welton, under the no-nonsense stewardship of headmaster Nolan (Norman Lloyd). The academic apple cart teeters, however, when John Keating (Williams) is engaged to teach a class of bright and impressionable young men (the fi... read more

Dead Poets Society: Cast & Details

Year: 1989
Rated PG

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Cast
Robin Williams: John Keating
Robert Sean Leonard: Neil Perry
Ethan Hawke: Todd Anderson
Josh Charles: Knox Overstreet
Gale Hansen: Charlie Dalton
Dylan Kussman: Richard Cameron

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Dead Poets Society: TV Guide News

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TV Guide Interviews & Features | 10/30/2001
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