Dead Poets Society
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Director: Peter Weir Actors: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Retail Price (not our price): $14.99 Release Date: 1998-11-10 Studio: Walt Disney Video Run Time: 128 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Discs: 1 |
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Robin Williams turns in a dynamic, Oscar-nominated performance as a literature teacher whose unorthodox methods inspire his students and upset the administration at a boy's boarding school. Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Norman Lloyd also star. Peter Weir directs; filmed in Delaware. 128 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo.2) Amazon.com essential video
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 Keogh3) Amazon.com
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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