Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society is the inspirational 1989 drama of English professor John Keating, played by Robin Williams, who gives lessons on poetry and life to his students at a conservative prep school in 1959.

Dead Poets Society won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and was nominated for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film for 1989http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0149769.html.

"One of the most magnificent motion pictures I've seen!" — Gene Shalit, The Today Showhttp://www.buy.com/prod/dead-poets-society/q/loc/322/40101313.html

Entertainment Weekly "...[Williams's performance] pulls together Peter Weir's mystical paean to youthful spirit..."— http://www.buy.com/prod/dead-poets-society/q/loc/322/40101313.html

New York Times "...[Williams gives an] exceptionally fine performance....Some very good performances from the younger actors..."http://www.buy.com/prod/dead-poets-society/q/loc/322/40101313.html

Los Angeles Times "...[The film has] a gorgeous look and smashing rhythms....The Dead Poets Societ commands respect and affection..."http://www.buy.com/prod/dead-poets-society/q/loc/322/40101313.html

Professor John Keating (Robin Williams) uses unique teaching methods to break the monotony of his normally conservative students. Keating encourages his students to "carpe diem" (seize the day). This new outlook on life has a profound effect on his students.

• Robin Williams as John Keating

• Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry

• Ethan Hawke as Todd Anderson

• Kurtwood Smith as Mr. Perry

• Josh Charles as Knox Overstreet

• Gale Hansen as Charlie Dalton