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Dead Poets Society 128 minutes, United States (1989), PG
Average user rating (4.1 / 33 votes)

The pupils at a boys' school are inspired by their idiosyncratic English teacher. Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke star

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Dead Poets Society: Peter Weir was on pretty shaky ground when he made Dead Poets Society. Coming on the back of his unsuccessful adaptation of Paul Theroux's The Mosquito Coast, the success or otherwise of Weir's school drama spelt the difference between continued employment in America for the director or a spot on the next boat back to Australia...
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