Dead Poets Society
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Directed by	Peter Weir
Produced by	Paul Junger Witt Tony Thomas
Written by	Tom Schulman
Starring	Robin Williams Robert Sean Leonard Ethan Hawke Josh Charles Gale Hansen James Waterston Norman Lloyd
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s)	June 2, 1989 (limited) June 2, 1989 (Toronto) 9 June 1989 (wide) 20 July 1989 22 September 1989
Running time	128 min.
Language	English
Budget	$16,400,000.
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Dead Poets Society is an Academy Award-winning 1989 film, directed by Peter Weir. Set in 1959, it tells the story of an English professor at a highly conservative and autocratic boys prep school who inspires his students to make changes to their lives of conformity through his teaching of poetry and literature. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (500x711, 203 KB)Dead Poets Society US DVD cover This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the DVD in question. ... Peter Lindsay Weir (born August 21, 1944) is an Australian film director. ... Paul Junger Witt is an American film and television producer. ... Charles Anthony Thomas is a TV and film producer, who has produced such TV series as Nurses, Hermans Head, Blossom, Empty Nest, Beauty and the Beast (series), Golden Girls, Heartland, and Its a Living, as well as the Robin Williams movie Dead Poets Society. ... Tom Schulman (born 1951 in Nashville) is an American screenwriter most famous for his screenplay Dead Poets Society which won the Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989. ... For other persons named Robin Williams, see Robin Williams (disambiguation). ... Robert Sean Leonard (born Robert Lawrence Leonard on February 28, 1969, in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actor who is most noted for his role as aspiring actor Neil Perry in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. ... Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, writer and film director. ... Joshua Aaron Charles (born September 15, 1971) is an American stage, film and television actor. ... Gale Hansen is an American film and television actor best known for playing Charlie Dalton in Dead Poets Society. ... James Waterston is an American film and television actor whose first role was playing Gerard Pitts in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. ... Norman Lloyd (born November 8, 1914) is an American veteran actor, producer and director with a career in entertainment spanning more than six decades. ... Maurice Jarre (born in Lyon, France, September 13, 1924) is a French composer and conductor. ... Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Peter Lindsay Weir (born August 21, 1944) is an Australian film director. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the art form. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ...

The story is set at the fictional Welton Academy in Vermont and was filmed at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware. A novelization by Nancy H. Kleinbaum (ISBN 0553282980) based on the movie's script has also been published. This article is about the U.S. state. ... St. ... Middletown is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. ... A novelization (or novelisation in British English) is a work of fiction that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work. ...

Plot

Seven boys, Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard), Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke), Knox Overstreet (Josh Charles), Charlie Dalton (Gale Hansen), Richard Cameron (Dylan Kussman), Steven Meeks (Allelon Ruggiero) and Gerard Pitts (James Waterston) attend the prestigious Welton Academy prep school, which is based on four principles: Tradition, Honor, Discipline and Excellence. According to the boys, the four pillars of "Hellton" are Travesty, Horror, Decadence, and Excrement. Robert Sean Leonard (born Robert Lawrence Leonard on February 28, 1969, in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actor who is most noted for his role as aspiring actor Neil Perry in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. ... Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, writer and film director. ... Joshua Aaron Charles (born September 15, 1971) is an American stage, film and television actor. ... Gale Hansen is an American film and television actor best known for playing Charlie Dalton in Dead Poets Society. ... Dylan Kussman is an American film and television actor who played the part of Richard Cameron in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. ... Allelon Ruggiero is an American film and television actor whose first role was playing the part of Steven Meeks in Peter Weirs 1989 film Dead Poets Society. ... James Waterston is an American film and television actor whose first role was playing Gerard Pitts in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. ... A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school) is a private secondary school designed to prepare a student for higher education. ... For the opening number of Fiddler on the Roof, see Tradition (song). ... Honor (or honor) comprises the reputation, self-perception or moral identity of an individual or of a group. ... For other uses, see Discipline (disambiguation). ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Burlesque was originally a form of art that mocked by imitation, referring to everything from comic sketches to dance routines and usually lampooning the social attitudes of upper classes. ... Horror is the feeling of revulsion that usually occurs after something frightening is seen, heard, or otherwise experienced. ... See also Decadent movement Decadence refers to a personal trait and, much more commonly, to a state of society. ... Feces (also spelled faeces or fæces) are the waste products from the digestive tract expelled through the anus during defecation. ...

On the first day of class, new English teacher John Keating (Robin Williams) tells the students that they can call him "O Captain! My Captain!" (the title of a Walt Whitman poem) if they feel daring. His first lesson is unorthodox by Welton standards, whistling the 1812 Overture and taking them out of the classroom to focus on the idea of carpe diem (Latin for 'seize the day') by looking at the pictures of former Welton students in a trophy case. In a later class Keating has Neil read the introduction to their poetry textbook, a staid, dry essay entitled "Understanding Poetry" by the fictional academic Dr. J. Evans Pritchard, Ph. D., which describes how to place the quality of a poem on a scale, and rate it with a number, a process that was popular in literary circles at the time. Keating finds the idea of such mathematical literary criticism ridiculous and encourages his pupils to rip the introductory essay out of their textbooks. After a brief reaction of disbelief, they do so gleefully as Keating congratulates them with the memorable line "Begone, J. Evans Pritchard, Ph. D." He later has the students stand on his desk as a reminder to look at the world in a different way, just as Henry David Thoreau intended when he wrote, "The universe is wider than our views of it" (Walden). For other persons named Robin Williams, see Robin Williams (disambiguation). ... Facsimile of the Authors Proof. ... Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. ... The 1812 Overture (full title: Festival Overture The Year 1812 in E flat major, Op. ... For other uses, see Carpe diem (disambiguation). ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The rest of the movie is a process of awakening, in which the boys (and the audience) discover that authority can and must always act as a guide, but the only place where one can find out one's true identity is within oneself. To that end, the boys secretly revive an old literary club in which Keating had been a member, called the Dead Poets Society. One of the boys, Charlie Dalton, takes his new personal freedom too far and publishes an article in the school flyer that proposes girls be allowed at Welton. The article implies that the reason for the proposed change is to give the boys pleasure. When the faculty learns of it, he is paddled and interrogated about the others involved. Charlie says he acted alone.

John Keating standing on a desk

This free thinking brings trouble for one of the boys, Neil. He decides to pursue acting, which he loves and excels at, rather than medicine, the career his strict father (Kurtwood Smith) had chosen for him. Keating urges Neil to tell his father how he feels before appearing in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in which Neil wins the role of Puck. Neil feels unable to and lies to Keating, saying that his father is still unhappy with his acting but is letting him keep the role as long as he keeps up his studies, too. But Neil's father finds out the truth. After Neil's performance, while brilliant, his father remains unimpressed and Neil is taken home instead of returning to school with everyone else. Image File history File links D_p_s. ... Image File history File links D_p_s. ... Kurtwood Larson Smith (born July 3, 1943) is an American television and film character actor. ... For other uses, see A Midsummer Nights Dream (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Puck (mythology). ...

Infuriated by this affront to his authority, Neil's father plans to pull him out of Welton and to enroll him in Braden Military School to prepare him for Harvard University and a career in medicine. Unable to cope with his feelings and equally unable to stand up to his father, Neil commits suicide with his father's revolver. This article is about authority as a concept. ... There are three types of military academies: High school level institutions (up to age 19), university level institutions, and those only serving to prepare officer cadets for commissioning into the armed services of a state ( such as RMA Sandhurst ). United States usage The term Military School primarily refers to (middle... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... rEVOLVEr (2004) is the fourth studio album release by Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ...

As a consequence of Neil's suicide, Nolan, the headmaster, holds an investigation into the tragedy to find the supposed "responsible culprits." Nolan gets help from one of the students, Richard Cameron. When Charlie Dalton finds out that Cameron has squealed on them, he furiously attacks his former friend, and is expelled from Welton. A detective is an officer of the police who performs criminal or administrative investigations, in some police departments, the lowest rank among such investigators (above the lowest rank of officers and below sergeants), a civilian licensed to investigate information not readily available in public records (a private investigator, also called...

Neil's father takes no responsibilty for his son's death and instead holds Keating responsible. All the boys, but Todd, confess what Keating has taught them, but coerced by his strict father, Todd regretfully signs a written confession casting blame on his former teacher. Keating is accused of inciting the boys to restart the Dead Poets Society, although they recreated it themselves, but Keating is fired.

In the film's dramatic conclusion, the boys return to English class following Keating's termination. The class is now being temporarily taught by Nolan, who has the boys read from the very Pritchard essay they had ripped out at the start of the semester. As the lesson drones on, Keating enters the room to retrieve a few belongings. On his way out, Todd apologizes to Keating for having signed the confession, citing the force exercised by the Academy. Keating acknowledges this. Nolan sternly orders Todd to be quiet and demands that Keating leave at once. As he exits the door, Keating is startled to hear "O Captain! My Captain!" being called out by Todd, who has stood on his desk as Keating bid him to do earlier, demonstrating the new perspective Keating has taught him. Furious, Nolan warns Todd to sit down immediately, only to be interrupted as, one after another, most of the students stand on their desks calling out "O Captain! My Captain!" as a form of salute (one student who does not rebel is Cameron (the snitch). The looks in the boys' eyes reveal that the life lessons Keating wanted to impart to them through poetry will be taken to heart. With tears in his eyes, Keating says: "Thank you, boys. Thank you," and then walks out of the classroom for good. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Sources and inspirations

The inspiration for the Keating character is University of Connecticut English professor Samuel F. Pickering Jr., a former teacher of author Thomas Schulman at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, TN.^{[citation needed]} Williams, however, partly based his portrayal of the character on the late John C. Campbell (d. 2007), Williams' history teacher at Detroit Country Day School. On the first day of class it was customary for Campbell to dump the AP American History textbook in the trash and to commence lecturing extempore. The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticuts land-grant university. ... Sam Pickering . Samuel F. Pickering is professor of English at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. ... Tom Schulman (born 1951 in Nashville) is an American screenwriter most famous for his screenplay Dead Poets Society which won the Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989. ... Name Montgomery Bell Academy Address 4001 Harding Place Nashville, Tennessee 37205 Founded 1867; trace origins to 1789 Community Urban Students 712 Boys Grades 7 to 12 Mascot Big Red Colors Cardinal and Silver Motto Fortitudo Per Scientiam. ... Detroit Country Day School (also known as DCDS, DCD, or Country Day) is a private, secular school located in Beverly Hills, Michigan, northwest of Detroit. ...

The film was also inspired by the book Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, which has been adapted for television or film at least four times.^{[citation needed]} Goodbye, Mr. ... James Hilton (September 9, 1900 - December 20, 1954) was a popular English novelist of the first half of the 20th century. ...

The introductory essay that Keating has his students read from their poetry textbook near the beginning of the movie is taken nearly word-for-word from an early chapter of Laurence Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry,^[1] which is still occasionally used by AP English classes in the United States. Advanced Placement (AP) is the term used to describe high school classes that are taught at a college level. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S...

Charlie Dalton writes his poem on the image of a centerfold; she is Elaine Reynolds, Miss October 1959 in Playboy magazine. In another reunion, the centerfold for Miss March 1959 Audrey Daston is seen briefly. Elaine Reynolds (born September 7, 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American model. ... Audrey Datson (born in Boise, Idaho) is an American model. ...

In one scene, a bagpipe player stands on the docks in the middle of the night. The song played is "The Fields of Athenry", an Irish ballad that tells the story of a man who stood up against 'the famine' and 'the crown' and was arrested for it. This echoes the boys' actions: they stood up against the school and were punished, even though they did it for the right reasons (the song was composed in the 1970s, and is an anachronism). The Fields of Athenry is a song about the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849), composed in the 1970s by Inchicore songwriter Pete St. ... Look up Anachronism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The uniform of the fictional Welton Academy shares characteristics with that of director Weir's real high school, The Scots College, including the use of the rampant lion on blazer breast pocket. The major difference is that Welton's uses red and blue, while Scots' uses a gold and blue colour system.^{[citation needed]} For other schools with a similar name see Scots College. ...

The quotation from Henry David Thoreau read at the beginning of each meeting is incorrect. It actually reads Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau[1]) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, and philosopher who is best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance...

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived … I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner…" (61) (Walden, 1854).

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Neil Perry says a line in the film which catches the minds of all. He speaks the words of Puck's soliloquy at the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream: For other uses, see A Midsummer Nights Dream (disambiguation). ...

"If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend:
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends."

Production

Screenplay

The first draft of the screenplay ended differently: Neil Perry's father sues both Keating for corrupting Neil, and the school for compensation and emotional suffering. Todd and the other 'Dead Poets' are told by Nolan, in exchange for a clean record, to testify against Keating (who in the original screenplay dies of leukemia). Cameron is the only one who testifies against his former teacher, feeling that the school needs a scapegoat. Instead, the rest of the boys defend him and explain that Neil chose to act on his own beliefs rather than be influenced. Keating is acquitted of all charges, much to the fury of Neil Perry's father, who spends his last years in depression and sorrow over the loss of his hopes for Neil and his "legacy." The boys are put on disciplinary probation, while Keating goes into hospital as his condition worsens. At the end of the film, Keating dies, vindicating his 'carpe diem' philosophy. Peter Weir changed the script to emphasize the boys' personal journey, but he has stated since that he wished he used the original ending.^{[citation needed]} Leukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). ... The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt, 1854. ...

Casting

Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman were considered for the role of John Keating. When Jeff Kanew was slated to direct the film, he told Liam Neeson that "you're my guy", but Neeson was replaced with Williams.^{[citation needed]} Dustin Hoffman later told Neeson that he did a better job in his audition than Hoffman himself did. William James Bill Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. ... Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, BAFTA-winning, and five-time Golden Globe-winning American method actor. ... William John Liam Neeson OBE (born June 7, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Northern Irish actor. ...

Filming

Director Peter Weir chose to shoot the film in chronological order to better capture the development of the relationship between the boys, and their growing respect for Keating.

The extreme closeups seen in this movie became a successful signature for Peter Weir.

Filming of the movie took place between Nov 14, 1988 - Jan 15, 1989.

Reception

Dead Poets Society was generally well received, with an average rating of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes^[2]. Critics generally praised the uplifting and moving message of the story, the depth of many of the characters and Williams' performance. However, the film garnered particularly sharp criticisms from certain critics.

Roger Ebert abhorred the film, saying he wanted to throw up by the end of the movie.^[3] Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...

Film director Alexander Payne felt similarly about the film's ending. He commented, "I remember feeling so cheated ... when they all stand up on their desks. Please. It's saying, 'Really in their hearts, people aren't conformists,' when quite the opposite is true. If I had directed Dead Poets Society, it wouldn't have made half the money it made ... At the end, he should go in, they all look at him, they feel guilty for what they've done, you want one of them to stand on their desk, none of them does, and he leaves, and you're left with a more chilling feeling. That, to me, says the same idea, that we should be nonconformists. The way it's done, you like it and you forget about it. I think it's a little more important to make movies that are challenging at the end. You've got to think about it more and come up with your own response."^[4] Constantine Alexander Payne (born February 10, 1961 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an Academy Award winning American film director and screenwriter. ...

Awards and nominations

Dead Poets Society won the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Robin Williams), Best Director and Best Picture. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film (the first Touchstone Pictures release to receive a best picture nomination). // The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to directors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language and Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for each year, in addition to the retired earlier versions of those awards. ... Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ...

This movie ranks number 20 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...

Soundtrack

1. Carpe Diem
2. Neal
3. To the Cave
4. Keating's Triumph

Tracks composed by Maurice Jarre. Maurice Jarre (born in Lyon, France, September 13, 1924) is a French composer and conductor. ...

Trivia

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• Neil (Robert Sean Leonard) mentions his father wants him to focus on becoming a doctor instead of acting. Robert Sean Leonard is currently starring as a doctor on Fox's medical drama, House, M.D.. Kurtwood Smith, who plays Neil's father, guest starred in the show's third season.
• Williams had the leading role in the film Seize The Day in 1986.
• The book "Five Centuries of Verse" seen in the film version, somewhat of an icon, is reputed to actually exist. The commonly suggested "real title" is "Five Centuries of English Verse" by William Stebbing, published in 1913 by Oxford University Press, which may be found in many library catalogues online (including the British Library and Bodleian Library). Since that is a 2-volumed text, however, this is unlikely, and the book in the film more likely simply a prop.

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Popular culture references

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• An electronic mailing list called Dead Runners Society was inspired by the film. Its motto is "carpe viam" (seize the roadway).
• Samples from this movie were used in the title track of A Change of Seasons, a 1995 EP by progressive metal band Dream Theater. The track's lyrics make extensive use of the mantra "carpe diem."
• In the Family Guy episode "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High" this movie is parodied when Brian's remedial English class stands on its desks and shouts "O Captain!, My Captain!"
• In the UK version of The Office, David Brent says, "I excite [people's] imaginations - it's like the bloody Dead Poets Society sometimes, you know at the end where they all stand on the tables?"
• In the Simpsons episode "Special Edna," a nominee for teacher of the year is a Keating look-alike and sound-alike (voiced by Dan Castellaneta). A judge then says "Dead Poets Society has destroyed a generation of educators".
• In the Simpsons episode "Homer the Vigilante," Jimbo Jones is seen spray-painting the phrase "Carpe Diem" on a wall.
• The second season Simpsons episode "Dead Putting Society" is an obvious reference to the title.
• There is a Hip-Hop group from Vienna named "Fat Poets Society".
• In the Friends episode "The One with the Fake Monica" the fake Monica said she changed her life after seeing Dead Poets Society: "I thought that movie was so incredibly... boring. I mean, that thing at the end where the kid kills himself because he can't be in the play? What was that?! It's like, kid, wait a year, leave home, do some community theatre. I walked out of there and I thought, 'Now, that's two hours of my life that I'm never getting back'. And that thought scared me more than all the other crap I was afraid to do.".
• A second season episode of Roseanne where Darlene has to read a poem for her school's arts night is titled "Brain Dead Poets Society".
• Many New York City sportswriters refer to the New York Yankees as the "Dead Bats Society," when the Yankee lineup is in a slump.

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References and further reading

1. ^ Perrine, Laurence (1969). Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 257-258. ISBN 0-15-582600-X. 
2. ^ Dead Poet's Society - Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
3. ^ Ebert, Roger (1989-06-09). Dead Poets Society. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
4. ^ Glenn Whipp. Jack be humble. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.

• Munaretto, Stefan (2005). Erläuterungen zu Nancy H. Kleinbaum/Peter Weir, 'Der Club der toten Dichter'. Hollfeld: Bange. ISBN 3-8044-1817-1. 

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