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Certificate PG

Cast Robin Williams Robert Sean Leonard Ethan Hawke Gale Hansen Josh Charles

Directors Peter Weir

Screenwriters Tom Schulman

Running Time 129 minutes

Dead Poets Society
Robin Williams is the inspiring English teacher in this moving and beautifully directed screen gem

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Plot
English teacher John Keating returns to the 50s prep school where he was once a student. His unorthodox teaching methods shock his fellow staff members, but inspire his pupils to think beyond the dull, white collar careers ahead of them. But their experiments with freedom come at a price...

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