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Dead Poets Society

Film · 1989 · Dir. Peter Weir; written by Tom Schulman. Starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Norman Lloyd, Kurtwood Smith

Carpe diem isn't about being reckless. It's about refusing to let someone else write your whole life for you. 📖

Who it's for

Dead Poets Society is a defining film about the tension between conformity and becoming yourself.

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What it is

Peter Weir's drama is set in 1959 at Welton Academy, a strict all-male boarding school in Vermont, where new English teacher John Keating uses unconventional methods, such as having students stand on his desk, to encourage them to think for themselves.

Where to find it

Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

Before you start

Heads up: A teenager dies by suicide.

Age: PG

Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Reason and Passion”

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