Dead Poets Society
by Peter Weir
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Actor: Ethan Hawke, Gale Hansen, Josh Charles, Robert Sean Leonard, Robin WilliamsDirector: Peter Weir
Cinematographer: John Seale
Editor: William M. Anderson
Producer: Duncan Henderson
Producer: Paul Junger Witt
Producer: Steven Haft
Producer: Tony Thomas
Writer: Tom Schulman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-11-10
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
DVD Reviews of Dead Poets Society
DVD Review: O Captain! My Captain!
Summary: 5 Stars
These simple words are the catalyst in Dead Poets Society that changes the lives of a group of boys forever.
This movie takes place in 1959 at an all boys private school that teaches its students in a traditional manner. It is seeped with long standing traditions and therefore isn't perceptive to change. Consequentially when a new contemporary person, Mr. Keating, replaces an English teacher who retired, things are bound to get interesting.
John Keating is an English teacher who has no regard for restrictions against expression and so called "mathematical equations" that define a poem's greatness. He throws this all away in favor of independent thought and nonconformist ways. Mr. Keating has a passion for life that he tries to pass on to his students using radical teaching methods to teach important life lessons such as carpe diem.
Carpe diem, or seize the day, is a major theme in Dead Poets Society, and some may call it the cause of most of the conflicts that arise. It encourages a group of boys to break many school rules to form the forbidden Dead Poet's Society and secretly meet. It also causes Neil Perry, one of Mr. Keating's students, to follow his dream of acting against his parents' will, which inevitably results in a calamity.
I highly recommend Dead Poets Society because its something anyone can relate to and enjoy. It mixes a variety of genres to produces a spellbinding movie that makes you understand the reasons why and why not people "seize the day" and the consequences of their actions.
DVD Review: Keating V. Mr.Perry
Summary: 5 Stars
I had recently watched The Dead Poets Society in my Powerful Vocabulary class, and had many emotions toward this astounding movie. My class also enjoyed this movie and my teacher, Mr. Flanagan, brought up an important debate over the plot of it. Here are my thoughts:
Was it Keating's lesson plan or Mr. Perry's overbearing pressure that caused Neil Perry's death? That's one topic that will always be debated in this movie. To most, it's clear that Mr. Perry's dictatorial rules pushed Neil over the edge. However, without Keating's romanticized lessons, Neil would have never strayed out from his organized life. Any one person can equally debate thus.
What cannot be doubted is the quality and provocative plot behind this movie. It was great way to reveal the truth behind boarding's schools and reveal the actual pressure from parents. I bet for every couple of schools there's one Mr. Nolan, one Mr. Keating, and only one Nwanada (Charlie Dalton). There needs to be more Mr. Keating out there. His influence was non-conformist, but remarkable. Straying kids away from their arranged schedules and giving them a voice in poetry and literature opened up each and every one of them. Todd Anderson for example, went from being a shy boy afraid to participate and socialize, to a rebellious teenager when he stood up for Keating. Keating brought out the true characters of each person and captivated the uninterested.
Overall, this movie was fantastic. It's hard to pay attention to a movie in high school let alone one from 1989. However this interested every student in my class and kids from 9th to 11th grade were eager to view the outcome. I loved this movie as I know you will too.
DVD Review: Kyle's Gay
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie was very scrupulous in showing that non conformity was the way to go. I thought that Mr. Keening was correct in teaching the students to seize the day (Carpe Diem) and also he didn't want them to live terrible lives so he taught that you should follow your dreams. To be unfettered or free from restrictions in reaching their goals. Neil, one of the students in Keenings class wanted to act very badly, but his father was choleric or easily angered at the idea and always shut Neil down. Finally Neil couldn't take it anymore and he off'ed himself which was very macabre and tragic. I believe that these students became better because Keening was their teacher, they were supernumerary meaning that these kids were more than expected from them, they didn't just do what they were told just because other people thought it was the right thing, but they used their minds and there own opinions to decide there fait.
- Flanny's Class
DVD Review: Took a while, but...
Summary: 5 Stars
I didn't especially like this movie initially. Over time I have come to love the performances of Robin Williams and his crew of YAWPERS!! I show it occasionally to my students and we all go outside and YAWP!! The lesson is straightforward, the teen-age angst is well done, and the tragedy is devastating. An excellent film.DVD Review: 2.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Dead Poets Society tells the story of an iconoclastic teacher who teaches his students to love him; meandering and poorly-written, it's a mediocre movie with laughable scenes (e.g. the most pretentious suicide ever shot) and stereotyped characters.
Description of Dead Poets Society
In this emotionally uplifting drama a dedicated teacher gives his students the gift of inspiration. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 05/11/2007 Starring: Robin Williams Run time: 128 minutes Rating: PgRobin 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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