Dead Poets Society

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[ Low Murmuring ]
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Now remember, keep
your shoulders back.
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Okay, put your arm
around your brother. That's it.
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That's it.
Right, and breathe in.
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Okay, one more.
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[ People Chattering ]
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Now, just to review,
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you're going to follow
along the procession...
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until you get
to the headmaster.
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At that point,
he will indicate to you...
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to light the candles
of the boys.
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[ Man ] All right, boys,
let's settle down.
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Banners up!
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### [ Bagpipes ]
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Ladies and gentlemen,
boys...
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the Light of Knowledge.
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### [ Organ ]
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### [ Continues ]
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[ Crowd Applauding ]
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One hundred years ago,
in 1 859,
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41 boys sat in this room...
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and were asked
the same question...
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that now greets you
at the start of each semester.
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Gentlemen,
what are the Four Pillars?
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Tradition. Honour.
Discipline. Excellence.
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In her first year,
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Welton Academy graduated
five students.
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Last year
we graduated 5 1.
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And more than 7 5 percent
of those...
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went on to the Ivy League.
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This-This kind
of accomplishment...
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is the result...
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of fervent dedication
to the principles taught here.
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This is why you parents
have been sending us your sons.
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This is why
we are the best...
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preparatory school
in the United States.
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[ Applause Continues ]
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As you know,
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our beloved Mr Portius of the
English Department retired last term.
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You will have the opportunity later to
meet his replacement, Mr John Keating,
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himself an honours graduate
of this school.
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And who, for the past several years,
has been teaching...
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at the highly regarded
Chester School in London.
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[ Applause ]
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[ Man ]
Richard, you forgot your bag!
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[ Boy ] Hi, Johnny!
Hey, how you doin'?
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[ Man ] Don't worry.
I got your room assignment.
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[ Crowd Continues Chattering ]
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[ Continues Honking ]
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[ Chattering Continues ]
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They haven't moved
the dining area.
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Glad you could come by.
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- Thrilling ceremony,
as usual, Dr Nolan.
- You've been away too long.
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- Hello, Dr Nolan.
- Good to have you back.
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- This is our youngest, Todd.
- Mr Anderson.
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You have some big shoes to fill.
Your brother was one of our finest.
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Thank you.
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- Lovely ceremony.
- Thank you. Glad you liked it.
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- Gale.
- Tom.
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- Good to see you again.
- Hello, Mr Nolan.
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- We expect great things
from you this year.
- Thank you, sir.
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Well, he won't disappoint us.
Right, Neil?
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I'll do my best, sir.
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- [ Bell Tolling ]
- [ Father ] Hey, come on, son.
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- Chin up.
- Okay.
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- No tears now.
- Chin up.
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- [ Crying ] I don't want to go here.
- Honey, I love you.
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- [ Father ] I'll walk you over.
- You be a good boy. Do your lessons.
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[ Tolling Continues ]
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Hey! I hear
we're gonna be roommates.
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- I'm Neil Perry.
- I'm Todd Anderson.
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Why'd you leave Balincrest?
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My brother went here.
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Oh, so you're
that Anderson.
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- This is for his sinuses.
- Yes. I see.
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Oh, and if he can't swallow,
you give him one of these.
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And if he has trouble breathing,
you can give him some of those.
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- Did you remember your vaporizer?
- Yes, I put it in my room.
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[ Boys Laughing, Chattering ]
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- Hey, how's it going, Neil?
- Hey, Knox.
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- [ Chattering Continues ]
- Neil, study group tonight?
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- Yeah, sure.
- Business as usual, huh?
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Hey, I heard you got the new kid.
Looks like a stiff!
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[ Laughing, Stops ]
Oops.
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Listen, don't mind Cameron.
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He was born with his foot in his mouth.
You know what I mean?
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Rumour has it...
you did summer school.
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Yep. Chemistry. My father
thought I should get ahead.
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How was your summer, slick?
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- Keen.
- [ Laughs ]
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Meeks. Door. Closed.
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Yes, sir.
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Gentlemen, what are
the Four Pillars?
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[ Hushed ] Travesty. Horror.
Decadence. Excrement.
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- [ Meeks Cheering ]
- Okay. Study group.
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Meeks aced Latin.
I didn't quite flunk English.
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- If you want, we got our study group.
- Sure.
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Cameron asked me too.
Anyone mind including him?
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Hmm, what's his specialty?
Bootlicking?
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- Come on, he's your roommate.
- That's not my fault.
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- [ Boys Chuckling ]
- I'm sorry. My name is Stephen Meeks.
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Oh!
This is Todd Anderson.
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- [ Meeks ] Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
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Charlie Dalton.
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Knox Overstreet.
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Todd's brother was
Jeffrey Anderson.
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- Oh, yeah, sure.
- What do you know?
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- Valedictorian. National Merit Scholar.
- Oh, well...
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welcome to Hell-ton.
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It's every bit as tough as they say
unless you're a genius like Meeks.
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He flatters me.
That's why I help him with Latin.
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- And English. And trig.
- [ Coughing ]
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- [ Knocking ]
- It's open.
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[ Voice Cracking ]
Father, I thought you'd gone.
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- Mr Perry.
- Keep your seats, fellows.
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Neil, I've just spoken
to Mr Nolan.
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You're taking too many extracurricular
activities this semester,
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and I've decided that
you should drop the school annual.
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But I'm the assistant editor
this year.
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- Well, I'm sorry, Neil.
- But, Father, I can't.
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- It wouldn't be fair.
- Would you excuse us for a moment?
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Don't you ever dispute me in public.
Do you understand?
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-Father, I wasn't disputing--
-After you've finished medical school...
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and you're on your own,
then you can do as you damn well please.
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But until then, you do as I tell you.
Is that clear?
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Yes, sir.
I'm sorry.
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[ Clears Throat ]
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You know how much this means
to your mother, don't you?
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Yes, sir.
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You know me:
always taking on too much.
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Well, that's my boy.
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- You need anything, you let us know.
- Yes, sir.
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[ Charlie ] Why doesn't he
let you do what you want?
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Yeah, Neil. Tell him off.
Couldn't get any worse.
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Oh, that's rich.
Like you guys tell your parents off?
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Mr Future Lawyer
and Mr Future Banker?
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Okay, so I don't like it
any more than you do.
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Well, just don't tell me
how to talk to my father.
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- You guys are the same way.
-All right, all right.Jesus.
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- So what are you gonna do then?
- [ Neil ] What I have to do.
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- Drop the annual.
- I wouldn't lose much sleep over it.
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It's just a bunch of jerks
trying to impress Nolan.
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I don't care. I don't
give a damn about any of it.
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- Well, uh... Latin, 8:00 in my room?
- Yes.
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- That sounds okay.
- Todd, you're welcome to join us.
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- [ Knox ] Yeah, come along, pal.
- Thanks.
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### [ Bells Chiming ]
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### [ Chiming Continues ]
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[ Bell Tolling ]
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[ Birds Squawking ]
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[ Tolling Continues ]
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[ Squawking Continues ]
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[ Chattering ]
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[ Teacher ]
Slow down, boys!
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Slow down, you horrible
phalanx of pubescence!
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Pick three laboratory experiments
from the project list...
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and report on them
every five weeks.
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The first 20 questions at the end
of chapter one are due tomorrow.
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[ Boys Groaning ]
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-Agricolam.
- [ Class Repeating ] Agricolam.
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-Agricola.
- Agricola.
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-Agricolae.
- Agricolae.
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-Agricolarum.
- Agricolarum.
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-Agricolis.
- Agricolis.
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-Agricolas.
- Agricolas.
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-Agricolis.
- Agricolis.
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- Again, please. Agricola.
- Agricola.
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Your study of trigonometry
requires absolute precision.
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Anyone failing to turn in
any homework assignment...
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will be penalized one point
off their final grade.
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Let me urge you now not
to test me on this point.
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[ Chattering ]
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[ Chattering Continues ]
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[ Knox ]
Hey, Spaz. Spaz.
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- [ Laughing ]
- [ Cameron ] Brain damage!
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- ## [ Whistling 1 8 1 2 Overture ]
- Shh!
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## [ Continues Whistling ]
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Well, come on.
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[ Boys Murmuring ]
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- Let's go.
- Let's go, guys.
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- Let's go.
- [ Boys Chattering ]
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## [ Whistling ]
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- ## [ Continues Whistling ]
- [ Murmuring, Chattering ]
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## [ Continues ]
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''O Captain, my Captain.''
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Who knows
where that comes from?
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Anybody?
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[ Coughing,
Blowing Nose ]
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Not a clue?
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It's from a poem by Walt Whitman
about Mr Abraham Lincoln.
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Now in this class you can
either call me Mr Keating...
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or, if you're slightly more daring,
''O Captain, my Captain.''
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[ Scattered Snickering ]
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Now, let me dispel a few rumours
so they don't fester into facts.
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Yes, I, too, attended Hell-ton
and survived.
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And, no, at that time, I was not
the mental giant you see before you.
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I was the intellectual equivalent
of a 98-pound weakling.
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I would go to the beach, and people
would kick copies of Byron in my face.
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[ Chuckling ]
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Now... Mr Pitts?
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That's a rather
unfortunate name.
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- Mr Pitts, where are you?
- [ Boys Snickering ]
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Mr Pitts, would you open
your hymnal to page 542.
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Read the first stanza
of the poem you find there.
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[ Spaz Coughs ]
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''To the Virgins
to Make Much of Time''?
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[ Keating ]
Yes, that's the one.
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- Somewhat appropriate, isn't it?
- [ Boys Chuckling ]
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[ Pitts ]
''Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
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''Old Time is still a-flying.
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And this same flower that smiles today,
tomorrow will be dying.''
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Thank you, Mr Pitts.
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''Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.''
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The Latin term for that sentiment
is ''Carpe diem. ''
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Now, who knows what that means?
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Carpe diem.
That's ''Seize the day.''
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- Very good, Mister--
- Meeks.
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Meeks.
Another unusual name.
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Seize the day.
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''Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.''
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Why does the writer
use these lines?
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- Because he's in a hurry.
- No! Ding!
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Thank you
for playing anyway.
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Because we are food
for worms, lads.
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Because, believe it or not,
each and every one of us in this room...
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is one day going to stop breathing,
turn cold and die.
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I would like you
to step forward over here...
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and peruse some of the faces
from the past.
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You've walked past them
many times. I don't think
you've really looked at them.
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They're not that different
from you, are they?
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Same haircuts.
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Full of hormones,
just like you.
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Invincible, just like you feel.
The world is their oyster.
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They believe they're destined for
great things, just like many of you.
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Their eyes are full of hope,
just like you.
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Did they wait
until it was too late...
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to make from their lives even one iota
of what they were capable?
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Because, you see, gentlemen, these
boys are now fertilizing daffodils.
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But if you listen
real close...
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you can hear them whisper
their legacy to you.
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Go on, lean in.
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Listen.
Do you hear it?
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[ Keating Whispering ]
Carpe.
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Hear it?
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[ Whispering ]
Carpe.
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[ Continues Whispering ]
Carpe diem.
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Seize the day, boys.
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Make your lives
extraordinary.
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[ Chattering ]
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00:16:04,683 --> 00:16:07,322
- That was weird.
- But different.
251
00:16:07,403 --> 00:16:09,871
Spooky, if you ask me.
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Think he'll test us
on that stuff?
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00:16:12,043 --> 00:16:15,001
Oh, come on, Cameron.
Don't you get anything?
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00:16:15,083 --> 00:16:17,074
What? What?
255
00:16:17,163 --> 00:16:19,154
[ Charlie Scoffs ]
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00:16:19,243 --> 00:16:22,918
Let's go, boys. Hustle up in here.
That means you, Dalton!
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Who's up for a quick
study group tonight, guys?
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- [ Cameron, Pitts ] Me.
- What?
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00:16:27,323 --> 00:16:30,599
I can't make it, guys. I have to have
dinner at the Danburrys' house tonight.
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[ Pitts ] The Danburrys?
Who are the Danburrys?
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00:16:32,603 --> 00:16:34,434
[ Cameron ] Big alums.
How'd you swing that?
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Friends of my dad's. They're probably
in their nineties or something.
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Ooh!
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00:16:38,363 --> 00:16:40,672
Anything's better
than Hell-ton hash, Knox.
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- [ Charlie ] I'll second that.
- [ Knox ] Yeah, we'll see.
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- You coming to the study group tonight?
- [ Others Chattering ]
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Uh... no. No, I--
Uh, I've got some history I wanna do.
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- Suit yourself.
- [ Laughing ]
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Ready, Overstreet?
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Ready to go, sir.
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- [ Doorbell Ringing ]
- [ Woman ] Chet, can you get that?
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00:17:57,483 --> 00:17:59,474
- [ Chet ] I can't, Mom.
- [ Girl ] I'll get it!
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00:18:04,643 --> 00:18:07,157
Can I help you?
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00:18:07,243 --> 00:18:10,679
Hi. Knox Overstreet.
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00:18:10,763 --> 00:18:14,358
- Uh, Dr Hager.
- [ Girl ] Hi.
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This is the Danburrys',
right?
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- Are you here to see Chet?
- Mrs Danburry?
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00:18:19,563 --> 00:18:23,476
- [ Laughing ] No.
- Sorry. Thank you. I'm Mrs Danburry.
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- You must be Knox.
- Yes.
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Back by 9:00?
Please, come on in.
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- [ Chet ] Chris, come on!
- [ Chris ] Chet, I'm coming.
282
00:18:30,123 --> 00:18:32,398
Knox. How are you?
Joe Danburry.
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00:18:32,483 --> 00:18:35,122
- Nice to meet you, sir.
- He's the spitting image of his father.
284
00:18:35,203 --> 00:18:37,034
- [ Chuckling ] How is he? Come on in.
- [ Chet ] Chris!
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00:18:37,123 --> 00:18:39,591
- Great. He just did a big case for G.M.
- I know where you're headed.
286
00:18:39,683 --> 00:18:41,913
- [ Chris ] I'm coming.
- Like father, like son, huh?
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00:18:43,523 --> 00:18:45,400
[ Boy ]
Ooh! Psycho!
288
00:18:45,483 --> 00:18:47,872
- Yes!
- To Queen-Six.
289
00:18:47,963 --> 00:18:50,477
-Another game?
- What do you mean?
- Duh!
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00:18:50,563 --> 00:18:53,680
just replace these numbers here
with 'x, ''for 'x''and 'y. ''
291
00:18:53,763 --> 00:18:56,197
- Of course.
- Of course. So what's the problem?
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00:18:56,283 --> 00:18:58,843
[ Boy ] You think I can get in there?
You've been hogging it all day.
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00:18:58,923 --> 00:19:00,914
- Wait. No.
- How was dinner?
294
00:19:01,003 --> 00:19:02,959
Huh?
295
00:19:03,043 --> 00:19:06,558
- How was dinner?
- Terrible.
296
00:19:07,883 --> 00:19:11,432
- Awful.
- Why? What happened?
297
00:19:11,523 --> 00:19:14,162
[ Sighs ]
298
00:19:14,243 --> 00:19:18,634
Tonight, I met
the most beautiful girl...
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00:19:18,723 --> 00:19:21,032
I have ever seen
in my entire life.
300
00:19:21,123 --> 00:19:23,717
Are you crazy?
What's wrong with that?
301
00:19:23,803 --> 00:19:27,762
She's practically engaged
to Chet Danburry.
302
00:19:27,843 --> 00:19:29,401
- [ Groans ]
- That guy could eat a football.
303
00:19:29,483 --> 00:19:31,474
- Too bad.
- [ Knox ] ''Too bad''?
304
00:19:31,563 --> 00:19:33,997
It's worse than ''too bad,''
Pittsie. It's a tragedy.
305
00:19:34,083 --> 00:19:36,722
A girl this beautiful
in love with such a jerk.
306
00:19:36,803 --> 00:19:39,158
All the good ones go for jerks.
You know that.
307
00:19:39,243 --> 00:19:41,677
Yeah, forget her. Open your trig book
and try and figure out problem five.
308
00:19:41,763 --> 00:19:44,072
I can't just forget her, Cameron.
309
00:19:44,163 --> 00:19:46,916
And I certainly
can't think about trig.
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00:19:47,003 --> 00:19:49,073
- [ Radio Humming ]
- We got it!
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00:19:49,163 --> 00:19:51,802
All right, gentlemen.
Five minutes.
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- [ Radio Continues Humming ]
- Let's go.
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- Did you see her naked? [ Chuckles ]
- Very funny, Dalton.
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00:19:57,923 --> 00:20:00,756
- [ Radio Static ]
- That wouldn't be a radio in your lap,
315
00:20:00,843 --> 00:20:05,075
- would it, Mr Pitts?
- No, sir. Science experiment.
316
00:20:05,163 --> 00:20:07,154
Radar.
317
00:20:07,243 --> 00:20:11,316
[ Radio Continues Humming ]
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Gentlemen, open your text
to page 2 1 of the introduction.
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Mr Perry, will you read
the opening paragraph of the preface,
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entitled
''Understanding Poetry.''
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'''Understand Poetry'
by Dr J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D.
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''To fully understand poetry,
we must first be fluent...
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00:20:30,323 --> 00:20:33,121
''with its metre, rhyme
and figures of speech.
324
00:20:33,203 --> 00:20:35,034
''Then ask two questions.
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00:20:35,123 --> 00:20:37,273
''One.: How artfully has the objective
of the poem been rendered?
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'And, two.: How important
is that objective?
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''Question one rates
the poem's perfection.
328
00:20:42,723 --> 00:20:44,634
''Question two rates
its importance.
329
00:20:44,723 --> 00:20:47,032
'And once these questions
have been answered...
330
00:20:47,123 --> 00:20:50,399
''determining a poem's greatness
becomes a relatively simple matter.
331
00:20:50,483 --> 00:20:52,951
''If the poem's score
for perfection is plotted...
332
00:20:53,043 --> 00:20:55,034
''on the horizontal
of a graph...
333
00:20:55,123 --> 00:20:58,399
''and its importance
is plotted on the vertical,
334
00:20:58,483 --> 00:21:01,600
''then calculating
the total area of the poem...
335
00:21:01,683 --> 00:21:04,277
''yields the measure
of its greatness.
336
00:21:06,763 --> 00:21:11,791
''A sonnet by Byron might
score high on the vertical,
337
00:21:11,883 --> 00:21:14,681
''but only average
on the horizontal.
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00:21:14,763 --> 00:21:17,835
'A Shakespearean sonnet,
on the other hand,
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00:21:17,923 --> 00:21:21,120
''would score high both
horizontally and vertically,
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'yielding
a massive total area;:
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''thereby revealing
the poem to be truly great.
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00:21:26,403 --> 00:21:30,999
'As you proceed through the poetry in
this book, practise this rating method.
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00:21:31,083 --> 00:21:33,677
'As your ability to evaluate
poems in this manner grows,
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00:21:33,763 --> 00:21:39,315
so will-- so will your enjoyment
and understanding of poetry.''
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00:21:43,563 --> 00:21:45,394
Excrement.
346
00:21:47,723 --> 00:21:49,998
That's what I think
of Mr J. Evans Pritchard.
347
00:21:50,083 --> 00:21:53,075
We're not laying pipe.
We're talking about poetry.
348
00:21:53,163 --> 00:21:56,280
I mean, how can you describe poetry
like American Bandstand?
349
00:21:56,363 --> 00:22:01,039
''I like Byron. I give him a 42.
But I can't dance to it.''
350
00:22:01,123 --> 00:22:04,081
Now, I want you
to rip out that page.
351
00:22:04,163 --> 00:22:07,394
Go on.
Rip out the entire page.
352
00:22:09,923 --> 00:22:12,391
You heard me.
Rip it out.
353
00:22:12,483 --> 00:22:14,838
Rip it out!
354
00:22:14,923 --> 00:22:16,959
Go on.
Rip it out.
355
00:22:18,283 --> 00:22:20,592
Thank you, Mr Dalton.
356
00:22:20,683 --> 00:22:22,594
Gentlemen, tell you what.
Don't just tear out that page.
357
00:22:22,683 --> 00:22:27,313
Tear out the entire introduction.
I want it gone, history. Leave nothing.
358
00:22:27,403 --> 00:22:31,521
Rip it out! Rip! Be gone,
J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D.!
359
00:22:31,603 --> 00:22:33,958
Rip! Shred! Tear!
360
00:22:34,043 --> 00:22:36,921
Rip it out! I want to hear nothing
but ripping of Mr Pritchard!
361
00:22:37,003 --> 00:22:39,642
- We'll perforate it, put it on a roll!
362
00:22:39,723 --> 00:22:42,032
It's not the Bible.
You're not gonna go to hell for this.
363
00:22:42,123 --> 00:22:44,398
- [ Mumbling ]
364
00:22:44,483 --> 00:22:47,793
Go on. Make a clean tear.
I want nothing left of it.
365
00:22:47,883 --> 00:22:50,158
- [ Boys Chattering ]
- We shouldn't be doing this.
366
00:22:50,243 --> 00:22:52,598
Rip! Rip! Rip!
367
00:22:52,683 --> 00:22:54,514
[ Keating ]
Rip it out! Rip!
368
00:22:54,603 --> 00:22:58,562
[ Boys Chattering,
Pages Ripping ]
369
00:22:58,643 --> 00:23:02,477
[ Boys Laughing ]
Rip it! Yeah! Rip it out!
370
00:23:02,563 --> 00:23:05,839
[ Muffled Chattering, Laughing ]
371
00:23:05,923 --> 00:23:08,801
- [ Boy ] Rip it!
- What the hell is going on here?
372
00:23:10,123 --> 00:23:13,559
- I don't hear enough rips.
- Mr Keating.
373
00:23:13,643 --> 00:23:15,918
Mr McAllister.
374
00:23:16,003 --> 00:23:20,315
I'm sorry, I--
I didn't know you were here.
375
00:23:20,403 --> 00:23:26,035
- I am.
- Ah. So you are.
376
00:23:26,123 --> 00:23:28,114
Excuse me.
377
00:23:29,803 --> 00:23:31,998
[ Keating ]
Keep ripping, gentlemen.
378
00:23:32,083 --> 00:23:34,677
This is a battle, a war.
379
00:23:34,763 --> 00:23:36,754
And the casualties could be
your hearts and souls.
380
00:23:36,843 --> 00:23:38,674
Thank you, Mr Dalton.
381
00:23:38,763 --> 00:23:41,721
Armies of academics
going forward measuring poetry.
382
00:23:41,803 --> 00:23:43,634
No! We will not
have that here.
383
00:23:43,723 --> 00:23:45,554
No more
of MrJ. Evans Pritchard.
384
00:23:45,643 --> 00:23:48,760
Now, my class, you will learn
to think for yourselves again.
385
00:23:48,843 --> 00:23:52,233
You will learn
to savour words and language.
386
00:23:52,323 --> 00:23:54,518
No matter what
anybody tells you,
387
00:23:54,603 --> 00:23:58,198
words and ideas
can change the world.
388
00:23:58,283 --> 00:24:00,558
I see that look
in Mr Pitts' eye...
389
00:24:00,643 --> 00:24:02,793
like 1 9th century literature
has nothing to do...
390
00:24:02,883 --> 00:24:04,714
with going to business school
or medical school.
391
00:24:04,803 --> 00:24:06,634
Right? Maybe.
392
00:24:06,723 --> 00:24:08,714
Mr Hopkins, you may agree
with him, thinking,
393
00:24:08,803 --> 00:24:11,920
''Yes, we should simply study
our Mr Pritchard...
394
00:24:12,003 --> 00:24:14,801
''and learn our rhyme and metre
and go quietly about the business...
395
00:24:14,883 --> 00:24:17,841
of achieving other ambitions.''
396
00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:20,721
I have a little secret for you.
Huddle up.
397
00:24:20,803 --> 00:24:22,634
Huddle up!
398
00:24:30,243 --> 00:24:33,519
We don't read and write
poetry because it's cute.
399
00:24:33,603 --> 00:24:38,154
We read and write poetry because
we are members of the human race.
400
00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:42,794
And the human race
is filled with passion.
401
00:24:42,883 --> 00:24:45,351
Medicine, law,
business, engineering:
402
00:24:45,443 --> 00:24:48,480
these are noble pursuits
and necessary to sustain life.
403
00:24:48,563 --> 00:24:50,952
But poetry,
404
00:24:51,043 --> 00:24:54,956
beauty, romance, love--
405
00:24:55,043 --> 00:24:57,511
these are what
we stay alive for.
406
00:24:57,603 --> 00:25:00,322
To quote from Whitman.:
407
00:25:00,403 --> 00:25:04,282
''O me, O life of the questions
of these recurring.
408
00:25:04,363 --> 00:25:07,321
''Of the endless trains
of the faithless.
409
00:25:07,403 --> 00:25:10,201
''Of cities filled
with the foolish.
410
00:25:10,283 --> 00:25:13,434
''What good amid these,
O me, O life?
411
00:25:13,523 --> 00:25:17,277
''Answer:
That you are here.
412
00:25:17,363 --> 00:25:21,276
''That life exists
and identity.
413
00:25:21,363 --> 00:25:23,672
''That the powerful play
goes on,
414
00:25:23,763 --> 00:25:26,231
and you may contribute
a verse.''
415
00:25:28,243 --> 00:25:30,803
''That the powerful play
goes on,
416
00:25:30,883 --> 00:25:34,558
and you may contribute
a verse. ''
417
00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:40,039
What will your verse be?
418
00:25:43,883 --> 00:25:46,556
[ All ] For what we are
about to receive,
419
00:25:46,643 --> 00:25:49,601
may the Lord make us
truly grateful.
420
00:25:49,683 --> 00:25:51,514
Amen.
421
00:26:02,763 --> 00:26:05,402
Quite an interesting class
you gave today, Mr Keating.
422
00:26:05,483 --> 00:26:08,281
- Sorry if I shocked you, Mr McAllister.
- There's no need to apologise.
423
00:26:08,363 --> 00:26:11,321
It was very fascinating,
misguided though it was.
424
00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:13,234
You think so?
425
00:26:13,323 --> 00:26:16,440
You take a big risk by encouraging them
to become artists,John.
426
00:26:16,523 --> 00:26:20,118
When they realize that they're
not Rembrandts, Shakespeares or Mozarts,
427
00:26:20,203 --> 00:26:21,716
they'll hate you for it.
428
00:26:21,803 --> 00:26:25,079
We're not talking artists, George.
We're talking freethinkers.
429
00:26:25,163 --> 00:26:27,472
Freethinkers at 1 7?
430
00:26:27,563 --> 00:26:29,394
Funny, I never pegged you
as a cynic.
431
00:26:31,723 --> 00:26:34,317
Not a cynic.
432
00:26:34,403 --> 00:26:36,280
A realist.
433
00:26:36,363 --> 00:26:40,276
''Show me the heart unfettered
by foolish dreams,
434
00:26:40,363 --> 00:26:42,479
and I'll show you
a happy man.''
435
00:26:42,563 --> 00:26:46,033
''But only in their dreams
can men be truly free.
436
00:26:46,123 --> 00:26:48,956
'Twas always thus,
and always thus will be.''
437
00:26:49,043 --> 00:26:50,999
Tennyson?
438
00:26:51,083 --> 00:26:53,153
No. Keating.
439
00:26:54,443 --> 00:26:56,718
[ Chuckling ]
440
00:26:57,803 --> 00:27:00,271
Hey, I found his senior
annual in the library.
441
00:27:00,363 --> 00:27:03,275
Listen to this.
Captain of the soccer team.
442
00:27:03,363 --> 00:27:06,161
Editor of the school annual.
Cambridge bound.
443
00:27:06,243 --> 00:27:09,280
Thigh man
and the Dead Poets Society.
444
00:27:09,363 --> 00:27:11,957
''Man Most Likely
To Do Anything.''
445
00:27:12,043 --> 00:27:15,274
Thigh man?
Mr ''K'' was a hell-raiser.
446
00:27:15,363 --> 00:27:17,957
- [ Chuckling ]
- What's the Dead Poets Society?
447
00:27:18,043 --> 00:27:19,874
- I don't know.
- Is there a picture in the annual?
448
00:27:19,963 --> 00:27:21,794
- Nothing. No other mention of it.
- [ Nolan ] That boy there,
449
00:27:21,883 --> 00:27:23,714
see me after lunch.
450
00:27:25,203 --> 00:27:27,080
## [ Whistling 1 8 1 2 Overture ]
451
00:27:27,163 --> 00:27:28,994
[ Neil ]
Mr Keating?
452
00:27:29,083 --> 00:27:31,677
- ## [ Continues Whistling ]
- Mr Keating?
453
00:27:31,763 --> 00:27:34,197
- ## [ Continues ]
- Sir?
454
00:27:34,283 --> 00:27:36,922
- Say something.
- O Captain, my Captain?
455
00:27:37,003 --> 00:27:39,392
- Gentlemen.
- [ Boys Laugh ]
456
00:27:39,483 --> 00:27:42,919
We were just looking
in your old annual.
457
00:27:43,003 --> 00:27:45,198
- Oh, my God. [ Laughs ]
- [ Laughing ]
458
00:27:45,283 --> 00:27:48,514
- No, that's not me.
- [ Boys Laugh ]
459
00:27:48,603 --> 00:27:51,436
Stanley ''The Tool'' Wilson.
460
00:27:51,523 --> 00:27:53,753
[ Chuckling ]
461
00:27:53,843 --> 00:27:57,358
- [ Chuckling ] God.
- What was the Dead Poets Society?
462
00:28:01,523 --> 00:28:04,913
I doubt the present administration
would look too favourably upon that.
463
00:28:05,003 --> 00:28:07,563
Why?
What was it?
464
00:28:10,283 --> 00:28:14,322
- Gentlemen, can you keep a secret?
- Sure.
465
00:28:16,523 --> 00:28:21,881
The Dead Poets were dedicated
to sucking the marrow out of life.
466
00:28:21,963 --> 00:28:25,080
That's a phrase from Thoreau we'd invoke
at the beginning of every meeting.
467
00:28:25,163 --> 00:28:27,631
You see, we would gather
at the old Indian cave...
468
00:28:27,723 --> 00:28:32,080
and take turns reading from Thoreau,
Whitman, Shelley-- the biggies.
469
00:28:32,163 --> 00:28:33,881
Even some of our own verse.
470
00:28:33,963 --> 00:28:37,433
And in the enchantment of the moment,
we'd let poetry work its magic.
471
00:28:37,523 --> 00:28:40,595
You mean it was a bunch of guys
sitting around, reading poetry?
472
00:28:40,683 --> 00:28:43,481
No, Mr Overstreet.
It wasn't just guys.
473
00:28:43,563 --> 00:28:46,680
We weren't a Greek organization.
We were romantics.
474
00:28:46,763 --> 00:28:51,598
We didn't just read poetry, we let it
drip from our tongues, like honey.
475
00:28:51,683 --> 00:28:56,120
Spirits soared, women swooned
and gods were created, gentlemen.
476
00:28:56,203 --> 00:28:58,558
Not a bad way
to spend an evening, eh?
477
00:28:58,643 --> 00:28:59,917
Hmm.
478
00:29:00,003 --> 00:29:02,676
Thank you, Mr Perry,
for this stroll down amnesia lane.
479
00:29:02,763 --> 00:29:04,719
Burn that.
480
00:29:04,803 --> 00:29:07,476
- Especially my picture.
- [ Boys Chuckle ]
481
00:29:07,563 --> 00:29:12,762
- ## [ Resumes Whistling ]
- Dead Poets Society.
482
00:29:12,843 --> 00:29:14,720
[ Cameron ]
What?
483
00:29:14,803 --> 00:29:18,352
[ Bell Ringing ]
484
00:29:18,443 --> 00:29:20,593
- I say we go tonight.
- Tonight?
485
00:29:20,683 --> 00:29:22,674
- Wait a minute.
- Everybody in?
486
00:29:22,763 --> 00:29:24,754
- Where's this cave he's talking about?
- It's beyond the stream.
487
00:29:24,843 --> 00:29:27,152
- I know where it is.
- [ Pitts ] That's miles.
488
00:29:27,243 --> 00:29:30,315
- Sounds boring to me.
- [ Charlie ] Don't go.
489
00:29:30,403 --> 00:29:32,758
- You know how many
demerits we're talking?
- So don't come. Please.
490
00:29:32,843 --> 00:29:35,152
Look, all I'm saying
is that we have to be careful.
491
00:29:35,243 --> 00:29:38,235
- We can't get caught.
- No shit, Sherlock.
492
00:29:38,323 --> 00:29:41,076
You boys there!
Hurry up!
493
00:29:41,163 --> 00:29:44,121
- All right, who's in?
- Aw, come on, Neil. Hager's--
494
00:29:44,203 --> 00:29:47,434
Forget Hager! No!
Who's in?
495
00:29:47,523 --> 00:29:49,275
I'm in.
496
00:29:50,403 --> 00:29:52,917
[ Hager Clapping ]
I'm warning you! Move!
497
00:29:53,003 --> 00:29:54,072
Me too.
498
00:29:54,163 --> 00:29:56,438
- I don't know, Neil.
- What? Pitts!
499
00:29:56,523 --> 00:29:58,354
- [ Charlie ] Pittsie, come on.
- [ Meeks ] His grades are hurting.
500
00:29:58,443 --> 00:30:01,037
- You can help him, Meeks.
- What is this, a midnight study group?
501
00:30:01,123 --> 00:30:03,762
Forget it, Pitts. You're coming.
Meeks, your grades hurting too?
502
00:30:03,843 --> 00:30:06,073
- I'll try anything once.
- [ Charlie ] Except sex.
503
00:30:06,163 --> 00:30:08,393
- [ Meeks ] Ha, ha, ha.
- I'm in as long as we're careful.
504
00:30:08,483 --> 00:30:10,951
- What about you, Knox?
- I don't know, Charlie.
505
00:30:11,043 --> 00:30:13,034
Come on, Knox.
It'll help you get Chris.
506
00:30:13,123 --> 00:30:14,954
Yeah? How?
507
00:30:15,043 --> 00:30:18,638
- Women swoon. [ Laughing ]
- But why do they swoon?
508
00:30:18,723 --> 00:30:22,033
Charlie, tell me why they swoon!
Charlie!
509
00:30:22,283 --> 00:30:24,399
[ Boys Whispering ]
510
00:30:24,483 --> 00:30:26,838
[ Neil Whispering ] Okay,
follow the stream to the waterfall.
511
00:30:26,923 --> 00:30:28,754
It's right there.
It's got to be on the banks.
512
00:30:28,843 --> 00:30:30,674
I don't know.
This is starting to sound dangerous.
513
00:30:30,763 --> 00:30:34,039
- Oh, well, why don't you stay home?
- Hey, you're crazy.
514
00:30:34,123 --> 00:30:37,832
For God's sake,
stop chattering and sit down.
515
00:30:44,563 --> 00:30:47,157
- Todd, are you coming tonight?
- No.
516
00:30:47,243 --> 00:30:49,234
Why not? God, you were there.
You heard Keating.
517
00:30:49,323 --> 00:30:51,598
- Don't you want
to do something about that?
- Yes.
518
00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:55,801
- But--
- But? But what?
519
00:30:57,523 --> 00:31:01,118
Keating said that everybody
took turns reading,
520
00:31:01,203 --> 00:31:03,842
and I don't want to do that.
521
00:31:03,923 --> 00:31:05,993
Gosh, you really have
a problem with that, don't you?
522
00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:10,392
N-No, I don't have a problem.
523
00:31:10,483 --> 00:31:13,680
Neil, I just--
I don't want to do it, okay?
524
00:31:13,763 --> 00:31:16,152
All right.
525
00:31:16,243 --> 00:31:19,679
What if you didn't have to read?
What if you just came and listened?
526
00:31:19,763 --> 00:31:22,721
- That's not how it works.
- Well, forget how it works.
527
00:31:22,803 --> 00:31:26,557
What if--
What if they said it was okay?
528
00:31:26,643 --> 00:31:29,396
What-- What, are you gonna
go up and ask them?
529
00:31:29,483 --> 00:31:32,122
No.
No, Neil.
530
00:31:32,203 --> 00:31:34,319
- I'll be right back.
- Neil. Neil!
531
00:31:36,963 --> 00:31:40,160
- [ Whispering ]
- Oh, shut up, will you?
532
00:31:42,163 --> 00:31:44,119
- ## [ Snake Charmer ]
- That's for my asthma, okay?
533
00:31:44,203 --> 00:31:46,671
- ## [ Continues ]
- Could you give that back, please?
534
00:31:46,763 --> 00:31:48,594
[ Boy ] What's the matter?
Don't you like snakes?
535
00:31:48,683 --> 00:31:50,674
- You're in.
- [ Spaz ] Get away from me, okay?
536
00:31:50,763 --> 00:31:54,039
- Why don't you check your pocket, huh?
-#### [ Continues ]
537
00:31:54,123 --> 00:31:57,718
- Come on. I have to brush my teeth.
- [ Spaz ] Get a-- Get off.
538
00:31:57,803 --> 00:32:01,557
- Cut out that racket in there!
-#### [ Rude Squeak ]
539
00:32:39,843 --> 00:32:43,074
[ Door Opens ]
540
00:32:43,163 --> 00:32:45,882
[ Dog Barks ]
541
00:32:45,963 --> 00:32:49,592
[ Boys Whispering ]
542
00:32:55,563 --> 00:33:00,842
[ Whispering, Footsteps ]
543
00:33:00,923 --> 00:33:05,314
- [ Whispering Continues ]
- Go. Go.
544
00:33:12,763 --> 00:33:15,880
[ Owl Hooting ]
545
00:33:24,123 --> 00:33:26,762
[ Hooting Continues ]
546
00:33:40,843 --> 00:33:43,152
[ Wings Flapping ]
547
00:34:28,203 --> 00:34:32,162
[ Owl Hooting ]
548
00:34:34,883 --> 00:34:37,272
- [ Yells ] I'm a dead poet!
- Aw, shit, Charlie.
549
00:34:37,363 --> 00:34:41,072
- [ Neil ] Guys! Over here!
- [ Meeks ] Funny. You're real funny.
550
00:34:41,163 --> 00:34:43,119
- [ Boys Chattering, Laughing ]
- [ Meeks ] It's too wet.
551
00:34:43,203 --> 00:34:45,034
[ Charlie ] God, are you trying
to smoke us out of here?
552
00:34:45,123 --> 00:34:47,114
[ Meeks ] No, no. The smoke's
going right up this opening.
553
00:34:47,203 --> 00:34:50,036
- [ Pitts Yells ]
- [ Others Laughing ]
554
00:34:50,123 --> 00:34:52,717
- [ Neil ] You okay?
- [ Pitts Groaning ]
555
00:34:52,803 --> 00:34:55,112
- Oh, God. Clowns.
- [ Continues Groaning ]
556
00:34:55,203 --> 00:34:57,671
- All right, forget the fire.
- [ Chattering ]
557
00:34:57,763 --> 00:35:00,721
- Let's go, gentlemen.
- [ Chattering, Whistles, Chuckling ]
558
00:35:00,803 --> 00:35:04,682
- I hereby reconvene
the Dead Poets Society,
- [ Cheering ]
559
00:35:04,763 --> 00:35:06,958
Welton Chapter.
560
00:35:07,043 --> 00:35:08,874
The meetings will be
conducted by myself...
561
00:35:08,963 --> 00:35:10,954
and the other
new initiates now present.
562
00:35:11,043 --> 00:35:12,999
Todd Anderson, because
he prefers not to read,
563
00:35:13,083 --> 00:35:15,472
will keep minutes
of the meetings.
564
00:35:15,563 --> 00:35:18,475
I'll now read
the traditional opening message...
565
00:35:18,563 --> 00:35:20,394
by Society member
Henry David Thoreau.
566
00:35:20,483 --> 00:35:23,281
''I went to the woods because
I wanted to live deliberately.
567
00:35:23,363 --> 00:35:25,923
I wanted to live deep and suck
out all the marrow of life.''
568
00:35:26,003 --> 00:35:27,516
I'll second that.
[ Laughs ]
569
00:35:27,603 --> 00:35:29,992
''To put to rout
all that was not life.
570
00:35:30,083 --> 00:35:31,835
''And not,
when I had come to die,
571
00:35:31,923 --> 00:35:34,198
discover
that I had not lived.''
572
00:35:34,283 --> 00:35:37,559
[ Whistles ]
573
00:35:37,643 --> 00:35:40,601
- Keating's marked
a bunch of other pages.
-All right, intermission!
574
00:35:40,683 --> 00:35:42,719
Dig deep. Right here.
Right here, lay it down.
575
00:35:42,803 --> 00:35:44,794
On the mud? We're gonna
put our food on the mud?
576
00:35:44,883 --> 00:35:47,033
Meeks, put your coat down.
Picnic blanket.
577
00:35:47,123 --> 00:35:49,921
- Use Meeks' coat.
578
00:35:50,003 --> 00:35:51,834
[ Charlie ]
Don't keep anything back either.
579
00:35:51,923 --> 00:35:54,562
- You guys are always bumming my smokes.
- [ Meeks ] Raisins?
580
00:35:54,643 --> 00:35:56,474
- [ Knox ] Yuck.
- [ Charlie ] Wait a minute!
581
00:35:56,563 --> 00:35:59,521
- Who gave us half a roll?
- [ Pitts ] I'm eating the other half.
582
00:35:59,603 --> 00:36:02,276
- Come on!
- What, you want me to put it back?
583
00:36:02,363 --> 00:36:05,275
It was a dark and rainy night,
and this old lady,
584
00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:07,513
who had a passion
for jigsaw puzzles,
585
00:36:07,603 --> 00:36:11,960
sat by herself in her house at her table
to complete a new jigsaw puzzle.
586
00:36:12,043 --> 00:36:14,716
But as she pieced
the puzzle together,
587
00:36:14,803 --> 00:36:16,634
she realized,
to her astonishment,
588
00:36:16,723 --> 00:36:19,999
that the image that was formed
was her very own room.
589
00:36:20,083 --> 00:36:22,233
And the figure
in the centre of the puzzle,
590
00:36:22,323 --> 00:36:24,791
as she completed it,
was herself.
591
00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:28,762
And with trembling hands,
she placed the last four pieces...
592
00:36:28,843 --> 00:36:33,712
and stared in horror at the face
of a demented madman at the window.
593
00:36:33,803 --> 00:36:37,557
The last thing that
this old lady ever heard...
594
00:36:37,643 --> 00:36:40,282
- was the sound of breaking glass.
- No, she didn't.
595
00:36:40,363 --> 00:36:43,002
- [ Laughing, Chattering ]
- Yes, this is true. This is true.
596
00:36:43,083 --> 00:36:45,551
- I've got one that's better than that.
- [ Charlie Laughs ]
597
00:36:45,643 --> 00:36:47,873
I do. There's a young,
married couple,
598
00:36:47,963 --> 00:36:50,352
and they're driving through the forest
at night on a long trip.
599
00:36:50,443 --> 00:36:52,911
And they run out of gas,
and there's a madman on the--
600
00:36:53,003 --> 00:36:54,356
The thing with the hand?
601
00:36:54,443 --> 00:36:56,274
- [ All Chattering ]
- I love that story!
602
00:36:56,363 --> 00:36:58,194
- [ Charlie ] I told you that one.
- You did not.
603
00:36:58,283 --> 00:37:00,274
- I got that in camp in sixth grade.
- Last year?
604
00:37:00,363 --> 00:37:02,354
''In a mean abode
in the Shanking Road,
605
00:37:02,443 --> 00:37:04,274
''lived a man named
William Bloat.
606
00:37:04,363 --> 00:37:06,354
''Now, he had a wife,
the plague of his life,
607
00:37:06,443 --> 00:37:08,434
''who continually
got his goat.
608
00:37:08,523 --> 00:37:10,832
''And one day at dawn,
with her nightshift on,
609
00:37:10,923 --> 00:37:13,073
he slit
her bloody throat.''
610
00:37:13,163 --> 00:37:14,835
- [ All Chuckling ]
- [ Pitts ] Oh, and it gets worse.
611
00:37:14,923 --> 00:37:17,073
You want to hear
a real poem?
612
00:37:17,163 --> 00:37:19,154
-You want this?
-No, I don't need-- Get this outta here.
613
00:37:19,243 --> 00:37:21,074
- What, did you bring one?
- You memorized a poem?
614
00:37:21,163 --> 00:37:23,802
- [ Mumbling ]
- You memorized a poem?
615
00:37:23,883 --> 00:37:26,113
- An original piece by Charlie Dalton.
- An original piece.
616
00:37:26,203 --> 00:37:28,478
- Take centre stage.
- You know, this is history, right?
617
00:37:28,563 --> 00:37:32,192
- [ Laughing ]
- [ Clears Throat ]
618
00:37:36,083 --> 00:37:38,551
[ Boys Gasp ]
Wow. Whoa.
619
00:37:38,643 --> 00:37:40,759
- Where did you get that?
- [ Laughing ]
620
00:37:40,843 --> 00:37:42,071
[ Cameron ]
Where did you--
621
00:37:42,163 --> 00:37:44,996
- Whoa.
- ''Teach me to love?
622
00:37:45,083 --> 00:37:47,881
''Go teach thyself more wit.
623
00:37:47,963 --> 00:37:50,113
''I chief professor am of it.
624
00:37:50,203 --> 00:37:53,798
''The god of love,
if such a thing there be,
625
00:37:53,883 --> 00:37:55,874
may learn to love from me.''
626
00:37:55,963 --> 00:37:57,874
[ Neil ]
Wow. Did you write that?
627
00:37:57,963 --> 00:38:02,753
[ Clapping, Cheering ]
628
00:38:02,843 --> 00:38:04,913
Abraham Cowley.
629
00:38:05,003 --> 00:38:06,834
Okay.
Who's next?
630
00:38:06,923 --> 00:38:09,153
Alfred Lord Tennyson.
631
00:38:09,243 --> 00:38:11,234
''Come, my friends.
632
00:38:11,323 --> 00:38:14,121
'''Tis not too late
to seek a newer world.
633
00:38:14,203 --> 00:38:17,639
''For my purpose holds
to sail beyond the sunset.
634
00:38:17,723 --> 00:38:19,873
''And though we are not
now that strength...
635
00:38:19,963 --> 00:38:23,558
''which in old days
moved Earth and heaven.
636
00:38:23,643 --> 00:38:25,793
''That which we are, we are:
637
00:38:25,883 --> 00:38:29,796
''one equal temper
of heroic hearts...
638
00:38:29,883 --> 00:38:33,637
''made weak by time and fate,
but strong in will...
639
00:38:33,723 --> 00:38:38,592
''to strive, to seek, to find,
640
00:38:38,683 --> 00:38:40,992
and not to yield.''
641
00:38:42,123 --> 00:38:44,683
''Then I had religion,
then I had a vision.
642
00:38:44,763 --> 00:38:47,072
''I could not turn from
their revel in derision.
643
00:38:47,163 --> 00:38:49,631
''Then I saw the Congo
creeping through the black,
644
00:38:49,723 --> 00:38:52,442
cutting through the forest
with a golden track.''
645
00:38:52,523 --> 00:38:55,083
- Then I saw the Congo
- [ Chanting ] Meeks. Meeks.
646
00:38:55,163 --> 00:38:57,472
with a golden track.
647
00:38:57,563 --> 00:38:59,872
Then I saw the Congo
648
00:38:59,963 --> 00:39:02,523
- cutting through the forest
with a golden track.
- ## [ Drumming ]
649
00:39:02,603 --> 00:39:04,833
[ All Chanting, Whooping ]
650
00:39:04,923 --> 00:39:07,232
with a golden track!
- ## [ Mouth Harp ]
651
00:39:07,323 --> 00:39:09,632
652
00:39:09,723 --> 00:39:12,442
653
00:39:12,523 --> 00:39:14,593
Then I saw the Congo
creeping through the black,
654
00:39:14,683 --> 00:39:16,833
655
00:39:16,923 --> 00:39:19,232
656
00:39:19,323 --> 00:39:21,712
- [ Whoops ]
657
00:39:21,803 --> 00:39:23,953
658
00:39:24,043 --> 00:39:26,193
659
00:39:26,283 --> 00:39:28,751
- ## [ Continues ]
- [ Nonsensical Chanting, Whooping ]
660
00:39:28,843 --> 00:39:30,993
Cutting through the forest
661
00:39:31,083 --> 00:39:33,881
creeping through the black--
662
00:39:33,963 --> 00:39:39,162
[ Bell Tolls 2.:00 ]
663
00:39:42,163 --> 00:39:44,757
A man is not ''very tired. ''
He is ''exhausted. ''
664
00:39:44,843 --> 00:39:46,674
And don't use ''very sad.''
Use--
665
00:39:46,763 --> 00:39:48,913
Come on, Mr Overstreet,
you twerp.
666
00:39:49,003 --> 00:39:52,279
- [ Knox ] ''Morose''?
- Exactly! Morose!
667
00:39:52,363 --> 00:39:56,038
Language was developed for one
endeavour, and that is-- Mr Anderson?
668
00:39:56,123 --> 00:39:59,160
Come on,
are you a man or an amoeba?
669
00:39:59,243 --> 00:40:01,473
[ Boy Chuckles ]
670
00:40:01,563 --> 00:40:03,474
Mr Perry?
671
00:40:05,643 --> 00:40:08,203
Uh... to communicate.
672
00:40:08,283 --> 00:40:11,002
No! To woo women.
673
00:40:11,083 --> 00:40:13,392
- [ Laughing ]
- Today we're going to be talking...
674
00:40:13,483 --> 00:40:16,122
- about William Shakespeare.
- [ Boys Grumbling ] Oh, God.
675
00:40:16,203 --> 00:40:18,034
I know. A lot of you
look forward to this...
676
00:40:18,123 --> 00:40:20,398
about as much as you look forward
to root canal work.
677
00:40:20,483 --> 00:40:22,394
We're gonna talk
about Shakespeare...
678
00:40:22,483 --> 00:40:24,997
as someone who writes
something very interesting.
679
00:40:25,083 --> 00:40:28,553
Now, many of you have seen Shakespeare
done very much like this:
680
00:40:28,643 --> 00:40:31,760
[ British Accent ]
''O, Titus, bring your friend hither.''
681
00:40:31,843 --> 00:40:34,641
But if any of you have seen
Mr Marlon Brando,
682
00:40:34,723 --> 00:40:36,714
[ Imitating Brando ] you know
that Shakespeare can be different.
683
00:40:36,803 --> 00:40:40,716
''Friends, Romans, countrymen,
lend me your ears.''
684
00:40:40,803 --> 00:40:43,271
685
00:40:43,363 --> 00:40:45,831
You can also imagine maybe
John Wayne as Macbeth going...
686
00:40:45,923 --> 00:40:49,711
[ Imitating Wayne ] ''Well,
is this a dagger I see before me?''
687
00:40:49,803 --> 00:40:51,794
[ Laughing ]
688
00:40:51,883 --> 00:40:55,512
''Dogs, sir?
Oh, not just now.
689
00:40:55,603 --> 00:40:59,596
''I do enjoy a good dog
once in a while, sir.
690
00:40:59,683 --> 00:41:02,959
''You can have yourself
a three-course meal from one dog.
691
00:41:03,043 --> 00:41:07,002
''Start with a canine croquette.
692
00:41:07,083 --> 00:41:08,914
''Go to your Fido Flambe
for main course.
693
00:41:09,003 --> 00:41:11,756
'And for dessert,
a Pekingese parfait.
694
00:41:11,843 --> 00:41:13,879
And you can pick your teeth
with the little paw. ''
695
00:41:16,403 --> 00:41:18,359
Why do I stand up here?
696
00:41:18,443 --> 00:41:20,798
-Anybody?
- To feel taller.
697
00:41:20,883 --> 00:41:22,714
- No! Thank you for playing.
- [ Rings Bell ]
698
00:41:22,803 --> 00:41:25,237
- [ Laughing ]
- I stand upon my desk...
699
00:41:25,323 --> 00:41:30,238
to remind myself that we must constantly
look at things in a different way.
700
00:41:35,123 --> 00:41:37,273
See, the world looks
very different from up here.
701
00:41:37,363 --> 00:41:39,319
You don't believe me?
702
00:41:39,403 --> 00:41:42,713
Come see for yourselves.
Come on.
703
00:41:42,803 --> 00:41:46,079
Come on.Just when you
think you know something,
704
00:41:46,163 --> 00:41:47,994
you have to look at it
in another way.
705
00:41:48,083 --> 00:41:50,722
Even though it may seem
silly or wrong,
706
00:41:50,803 --> 00:41:52,634
you must try.
707
00:41:52,723 --> 00:41:54,998
Now when you read, don't just
consider what the author thinks.
708
00:41:55,083 --> 00:41:58,837
- Consider what you think.
- [ Jumps Down ]
709
00:41:58,923 --> 00:42:02,233
Boys, you must strive
to find your own voice.
710
00:42:02,323 --> 00:42:04,154
Because the longer
you wait to begin,
711
00:42:04,243 --> 00:42:06,518
the less likely you are
to find it at all.
712
00:42:06,603 --> 00:42:09,754
Thoreau said, ''Most men lead
lives of quiet desperation.''
713
00:42:09,843 --> 00:42:13,233
Don't be resigned to that.
Break out.
714
00:42:13,323 --> 00:42:16,474
Don't just walk off the edge
like lemmings. Look around you.
715
00:42:16,563 --> 00:42:19,157
- [ Bell Ringing ]
- There you go, Mr Priske. Thank you!
716
00:42:19,243 --> 00:42:21,234
Yes!
717
00:42:21,323 --> 00:42:25,396
Dare to strike out
and find new ground.
718
00:42:25,483 --> 00:42:27,951
- [ Tolling Continues ]
- Now, in addition to your essays,
719
00:42:28,043 --> 00:42:31,353
I would like you to compose
a poem of your own, an original work.
720
00:42:31,443 --> 00:42:35,800
- [ Boys Groaning ]
- Ooh! ## [ Hums Ominous Tune ]
721
00:42:35,883 --> 00:42:37,874
That's right.
722
00:42:37,963 --> 00:42:41,638
You have to deliver it aloud,
in front of the class on Monday.
723
00:42:41,723 --> 00:42:43,554
- [ Groaning Continues ]
- Bon chance, gentlemen.
724
00:42:45,203 --> 00:42:47,478
Mr Anderson.
725
00:42:47,563 --> 00:42:52,432
Don't think I don't know this assignment
scares the hell out of you, you mole.
726
00:42:52,523 --> 00:42:54,991
727
00:42:55,083 --> 00:42:56,960
[ Jumps Down ]
728
00:43:05,483 --> 00:43:07,758
Take a power train in two!
729
00:43:09,483 --> 00:43:12,520
- Three, keep your eyes in the boat!
- Stroke! Stroke!
730
00:43:12,603 --> 00:43:14,833
- Stroke! Stroke!
- [ Nolan Continues Shouting ]
731
00:43:14,923 --> 00:43:18,916
-#### [ Static, Rock 'n'Roll ]
- [ Meeks ] We got it, Pittsie.
732
00:43:19,003 --> 00:43:22,234
Radio Free America!
733
00:43:22,323 --> 00:43:25,156
# Some people like to rock
Some people like to roll ##
734
00:43:25,243 --> 00:43:28,280
# But movin'and a-groovin'
is gonna satisfy my soul ##
735
00:43:28,363 --> 00:43:30,433
# Let's have a party
Oooh ##
736
00:43:30,523 --> 00:43:33,162
# Let's have a party ##
737
00:43:33,243 --> 00:43:36,201
# Let's spin it to the soul
Let's rock and roll ##
738
00:43:36,283 --> 00:43:38,922
# Let's have a party tonight ##
739
00:43:39,003 --> 00:43:41,642
# I never kissed a bear
I never kissed a goose ##
740
00:43:41,723 --> 00:43:43,714
# But I can shake a chicken
in the middle of the room ##
741
00:43:43,803 --> 00:43:45,634
-## Let's have a party ####
- [ Door Opens ]
742
00:43:45,723 --> 00:43:48,191
[ Laughing ]
743
00:43:48,283 --> 00:43:50,751
- I found it.
- You found what?
744
00:43:50,843 --> 00:43:53,960
What I want to do right now.
What's really, really inside of me.
745
00:43:54,043 --> 00:43:56,193
- ''A Midsummer Night's Dream.''
- [ Neil ] This is it.
746
00:43:56,283 --> 00:43:59,036
- What is that?
- [ Laughing ] It's a play, dummy.
747
00:43:59,123 --> 00:44:01,557
I know that.
Wh-What does it have to do with you?
748
00:44:01,643 --> 00:44:03,554
All right, they're
putting it on at Henley Hall.
749
00:44:03,643 --> 00:44:05,873
Open tryouts.
Open tryouts!
750
00:44:05,963 --> 00:44:07,794
- Yeah, so?
- So!
751
00:44:07,883 --> 00:44:11,637
I'm gonna act.
[ Shouts ]
752
00:44:11,723 --> 00:44:14,681
Yes! Yes!
I'm gonna be an actor!
753
00:44:14,763 --> 00:44:16,754
Ever since I can remember,
I've wanted to try this!
754
00:44:16,843 --> 00:44:18,674
I even tried to go
to summer stock auditions last year,
755
00:44:18,763 --> 00:44:20,754
but, of course,
my father wouldn't let me.
756
00:44:20,843 --> 00:44:24,119
For the first time in my whole life,
I know what I want to do.
757
00:44:24,203 --> 00:44:26,671
[ Snatches Papers ] And for
the first time, I'm gonna do it...
758
00:44:26,763 --> 00:44:28,594
whether my father
wants me to or not!
759
00:44:28,683 --> 00:44:31,800
- Carpe diem!
- Neil, Neil, hold it.
760
00:44:31,883 --> 00:44:35,193
How are you gonna be in a play
if your father won't let you?
761
00:44:35,283 --> 00:44:37,877
First, I gotta get the part,
then I can worry about that.
762
00:44:37,963 --> 00:44:40,272
But won't he kill you if he finds out
you went to an audition
and didn't tell him?
763
00:44:40,363 --> 00:44:43,196
No, no, no. As far as I'm concerned,
he won't have to know about any of this.
764
00:44:43,283 --> 00:44:46,593
- Well, that's impossible.
- Bullshit. Nothing's impossible.
765
00:44:46,683 --> 00:44:49,243
Well, why don't you just call him
and ask him and m-maybe he'll say yes.
766
00:44:49,323 --> 00:44:51,791
That's a laugh.
767
00:44:51,883 --> 00:44:55,000
If I don't ask him,
at least I won't be disobeying him.
768
00:44:55,083 --> 00:44:57,756
- Yeah, but if he said no before--
-Jesus, Todd, whose side are you on?
769
00:45:04,043 --> 00:45:06,159
[ Grabs Flyer ]
770
00:45:08,483 --> 00:45:11,600
I mean, I haven't even
gotten the part yet.
771
00:45:11,683 --> 00:45:15,562
Can't I even enjoy the idea
for a little while?
772
00:45:24,483 --> 00:45:28,715
- You're coming to the meeting?
- I don't know. Maybe.
773
00:45:28,803 --> 00:45:33,035
Nothing Mr Keating has to say
means shit to you, does it, Todd?
774
00:45:33,123 --> 00:45:35,273
- Wh-What is that supposed to mean?
- You're in the club!
775
00:45:35,363 --> 00:45:37,638
Being in the club means
being stirred up by things.
776
00:45:37,723 --> 00:45:39,554
You look about
as stirred up as a cesspool.
777
00:45:39,643 --> 00:45:42,953
- So you want me out?
- No, I want you in!
778
00:45:43,043 --> 00:45:45,796
But being in means you gotta do
something, not just say you're in.
779
00:45:45,883 --> 00:45:48,875
Listen, Neil, I mean,
I appreciate this concern,
780
00:45:48,963 --> 00:45:51,272
but I'm not like you,
all right?
781
00:45:51,363 --> 00:45:54,480
You-- You-You say things
and people listen.
782
00:45:54,563 --> 00:45:56,440
I-- I-I'm not like that.
783
00:45:56,523 --> 00:45:58,514
- Don't you think you could be?
- No.
784
00:45:58,603 --> 00:46:01,401
I-- I-I don't know,
but that's not the point.
785
00:46:01,483 --> 00:46:05,601
The point is, there's nothing you can
do about it, so you can just butt out.
786
00:46:05,683 --> 00:46:07,958
I can take care
of myself just fine.
787
00:46:08,043 --> 00:46:10,079
All right?
788
00:46:12,083 --> 00:46:13,914
No.
789
00:46:16,723 --> 00:46:18,600
What do you mean, ''no''?
790
00:46:19,763 --> 00:46:21,879
No.
791
00:46:21,963 --> 00:46:23,954
Give me that!
Neil!
792
00:46:24,043 --> 00:46:26,079
- Neil, give that back!
- ''We are dreaming of a tomorrow--''
793
00:46:26,163 --> 00:46:27,994
- It's poetry!
- Neil!
794
00:46:28,083 --> 00:46:30,392
I'm being chased by Walt Whitman!
[ Laughing ]
795
00:46:30,483 --> 00:46:32,474
Okay! Okay!
796
00:46:32,563 --> 00:46:35,202
What are you guys doing?
I'm trying-- You see this chemistry--
797
00:46:35,283 --> 00:46:37,592
- Hey. Give me-- Neil, give me--
- [ Laughing ]
798
00:46:37,683 --> 00:46:39,514
- Don't be immature. Come on!
- [ Laughing Continues ]
799
00:46:39,603 --> 00:46:42,071
- I need my--
- [ Charlie Shouts ] Give it to me!
800
00:46:42,163 --> 00:46:44,313
- [ Neil ] Charlie!
- [ Shouting, Laughing ]
801
00:46:44,403 --> 00:46:46,871
[ Cameron ]
Let me have my book. I need my--
802
00:46:46,963 --> 00:46:50,672
[ Shouting, Laughing ]
803
00:46:50,763 --> 00:46:54,551
## [ Whistle, Drums, Hooting ]
804
00:47:14,443 --> 00:47:18,675
[ Shouting ]
805
00:47:18,763 --> 00:47:21,436
[ Continues Shouting ]
806
00:47:21,523 --> 00:47:25,072
[ Birds Squawking ]
807
00:47:30,843 --> 00:47:33,880
## [ Trumpet Playing ''Charge'' ]
808
00:47:33,963 --> 00:47:39,595
## [ Horns Blaring ]
809
00:47:39,683 --> 00:47:45,235
- [ Crowd Cheering ]
- ## [ Continues ]
810
00:47:45,323 --> 00:47:48,998
[ Cheering Continues ]
811
00:47:49,083 --> 00:47:51,472
### [ Funky Drum Cadence ]
812
00:47:51,563 --> 00:47:53,758
[ Crowd Shouting, Hooting ]
813
00:47:53,843 --> 00:47:58,678
[ Cheering Continues ]
814
00:48:12,043 --> 00:48:16,275
[ Coach Blowing Whistle ]
Okay, everybody on the bus.
815
00:48:16,363 --> 00:48:19,639
Let's go, boys.
[ Blowing Whistle ]
816
00:48:19,723 --> 00:48:21,793
- Come on. Let's go. On the bus, boys.
- [ Car Engines Revving ]
817
00:48:21,883 --> 00:48:24,602
- Now!
- [ Revving Continues, Crowd Cheering ]
818
00:48:25,803 --> 00:48:27,475
Now, devotees may argue...
819
00:48:27,563 --> 00:48:30,999
that one sport or game
is inherently better than another.
820
00:48:31,083 --> 00:48:33,722
For me, sport
is actually a chance...
821
00:48:33,803 --> 00:48:37,159
for us to have other human beings
push us to excel.
822
00:48:37,243 --> 00:48:40,679
I want you all to come over here
and take a slip of paper...
823
00:48:40,763 --> 00:48:43,482
and line up single file.
824
00:48:43,563 --> 00:48:45,554
Mr Meeks,
time to inherit the Earth.
825
00:48:45,643 --> 00:48:49,397
Mr Pitts...
rise above your name.
826
00:48:49,483 --> 00:48:53,442
I want you to hand these out
to the boys, one apiece.
827
00:48:53,523 --> 00:48:56,993
[ Keating Blows Whistle ]
You know what to do, Pitts!
828
00:48:57,083 --> 00:49:00,200
''Oh, to struggle against great odds,
to meet enemies undaunted.''
829
00:49:00,283 --> 00:49:03,241
[ Keating ] Sounds like you're daunted.
Say it again like you're undaunted.
830
00:49:03,323 --> 00:49:06,281
''Oh, to struggle against great odds,
to meet enemies undaunted''!
831
00:49:06,363 --> 00:49:08,593
[ Keating ]
Now go on!
832
00:49:08,683 --> 00:49:10,753
Yes!
Next!
833
00:49:10,843 --> 00:49:15,871
''To be a sailor of the world
bound for all ports.''
834
00:49:15,963 --> 00:49:18,272
Next.
Louder!
835
00:49:18,363 --> 00:49:22,242
''Oh, I live to be the ruler of life,
not a slave.'' [ Kicks Ball ]
836
00:49:22,323 --> 00:49:24,154
''To mount the scaffolds.
837
00:49:24,243 --> 00:49:27,315
To advance to the muzzles of guns
with perfect nonchalance. ''
838
00:49:27,403 --> 00:49:30,440
- [ Kicks Ball ]
-#### [ Classical ]
839
00:49:32,283 --> 00:49:34,513
Come on, Meeks!
Listen to the music!
840
00:49:34,603 --> 00:49:38,437
''To dance, clap hands,
exalt, shout, skip,
841
00:49:38,523 --> 00:49:42,038
- roll on, float on!''
- [ Keating ] Yes!
842
00:49:43,363 --> 00:49:46,355
''Oh, to have life henceforth,
the poem of new joys.''
843
00:49:46,443 --> 00:49:48,274
[ Kicks Ball Weakly ]
844
00:49:48,363 --> 00:49:50,593
[ Groans, Blows Raspberry ]
Boo!
845
00:49:50,683 --> 00:49:52,958
Come on, Charlie,
let it fill your soul.
846
00:49:53,043 --> 00:49:55,318
''To indeed be a god!''
847
00:49:57,243 --> 00:49:59,632
Charlie, I got the part!
848
00:49:59,723 --> 00:50:01,554
[ Shouts ]
I'm gonna play Puck!
849
00:50:01,643 --> 00:50:03,474
- I'm gonna play Puck!
- What did he say?
850
00:50:03,563 --> 00:50:05,394
- Puck you!
- The main part!
851
00:50:05,483 --> 00:50:07,314
- Great, Neil!
- Charlie, I got it!
852
00:50:07,403 --> 00:50:10,042
- Congratulations.
- Good for you! Good for you!
853
00:50:10,123 --> 00:50:13,240
- [ Hallway Chatter Continues ]
- Okay, okay, okay, okay.
854
00:50:13,323 --> 00:50:15,791
- [ Exhales ]
- Neil, how are you gonna do this?
855
00:50:15,883 --> 00:50:19,637
They need a letter of permission
from my father and Mr Nolan.
856
00:50:19,723 --> 00:50:22,191
- You're not gonna write it.
- Oh, yes, I am.
857
00:50:22,283 --> 00:50:25,400
- Oh, Neil-- Neil, you're crazy.
- [ Laughs, Squawks ]
858
00:50:25,483 --> 00:50:27,553
- [ Laughs ]
- Okay.
859
00:50:27,643 --> 00:50:31,158
I am writing to you...
860
00:50:31,243 --> 00:50:34,201
on behalf of...
861
00:50:34,283 --> 00:50:36,922
my son...
862
00:50:37,003 --> 00:50:39,801
Neil Perry.
863
00:50:39,883 --> 00:50:43,671
[ Giggling, Stamping Feet ]
This is great!
864
00:50:43,763 --> 00:50:48,120
865
00:50:48,203 --> 00:50:53,357
866
00:51:06,603 --> 00:51:12,235
### [ Bagpipes Continue ]
867
00:51:26,723 --> 00:51:29,954
[ Rips Paper ]
868
00:51:31,616 --> 00:51:35,245
''To Chris.''
869
00:51:35,336 --> 00:51:37,725
[ Boys Murmuring ]
Who's Chris? Mmm, Chris.
870
00:51:37,816 --> 00:51:40,728
''I see a sweetness
in her smile.
871
00:51:40,816 --> 00:51:43,046
''Bright light shines
from her eyes.
872
00:51:44,976 --> 00:51:48,525
''But life is complete,
contentment is mine...
873
00:51:48,616 --> 00:51:52,052
- ''just knowing that--
- [ Snickering ]
874
00:51:52,136 --> 00:51:55,446
- ''Just knowing that... [ Sighs ]
- [ Laughing ]
875
00:51:55,536 --> 00:51:57,254
she's alive.''
876
00:51:57,336 --> 00:52:00,328
- I'm sorry, Captain. It's stupid.
- No. No, it's not stupid.
877
00:52:00,416 --> 00:52:04,170
It's a good effort. It touched on
one of the major themes: love.
878
00:52:04,256 --> 00:52:07,168
A major theme
not only in poetry but life.
879
00:52:07,256 --> 00:52:11,852
Mr Hopkins, you were laughing.
You're up.
880
00:52:11,936 --> 00:52:14,734
[ Boys Snickering ]
881
00:52:20,656 --> 00:52:24,285
''The cat sat on the mat.''
882
00:52:24,376 --> 00:52:27,812
883
00:52:29,816 --> 00:52:31,329
[ Keating ]
Congratulations, Mr Hopkins.
884
00:52:31,416 --> 00:52:33,930
Yours is the first poem to ever have
a negative score on the Pritchard scale.
885
00:52:34,016 --> 00:52:37,406
We're not laughing at you,
we're laughing near you.
886
00:52:37,496 --> 00:52:39,964
I don't mind that your poem
had a simple theme.
887
00:52:40,056 --> 00:52:42,206
Sometimes the most beautiful poetry
can be about simple things,
888
00:52:42,296 --> 00:52:45,208
like a cat or a flower or rain.
889
00:52:45,296 --> 00:52:48,368
You see, poetry can come from anything
with the stuff of revelation in it.
890
00:52:48,456 --> 00:52:50,526
Just don't let your poems
be ordinary.
891
00:52:52,536 --> 00:52:55,130
Now, who's next?
892
00:52:56,336 --> 00:52:59,965
Mr Anderson, I see you
sitting there in agony.
893
00:53:00,056 --> 00:53:02,968
Come on, Todd, step up.
Let's put you out of your misery.
894
00:53:05,696 --> 00:53:07,687
I-I didn't do it.
I didn't write a poem.
895
00:53:11,416 --> 00:53:16,092
Mr Anderson thinks everything inside
of him is worthless and embarrassing.
896
00:53:16,176 --> 00:53:20,567
Isn't that right, Todd?
Isn't that your worst fear?
897
00:53:20,656 --> 00:53:23,124
Well, I think you're wrong. I think
you have something inside of you...
898
00:53:23,216 --> 00:53:26,094
that is worth a great deal.
899
00:53:26,176 --> 00:53:29,566
''I sound...
900
00:53:29,656 --> 00:53:34,730
''my barbaric...
901
00:53:35,776 --> 00:53:37,607
''yawp...
902
00:53:40,296 --> 00:53:42,446
[ Continues Writing ]
''over the rooftops...
903
00:53:42,536 --> 00:53:44,891
of the world. ''
904
00:53:47,096 --> 00:53:50,691
W.W.
Uncle Walt, again.
905
00:53:50,776 --> 00:53:55,088
Now, for those of you who don't know,
a yawp is a loud cry or yell.
906
00:53:55,176 --> 00:53:59,294
Now, Todd, I would like you to give us
a demonstration of a barbaric yawp.
907
00:53:59,376 --> 00:54:02,527
- Come on, you can't yawp sitting down.
908
00:54:02,616 --> 00:54:04,732
Let's go.
Come on, up.
909
00:54:04,816 --> 00:54:08,650
- Got to get in yawping stance.
- [ Boys Laughing ]
910
00:54:08,736 --> 00:54:12,285
- A-Ayawp?
- Not just a yawp. A barbaric yawp.
911
00:54:12,376 --> 00:54:16,688
- Right. Yawp.
- Come on. Louder.
912
00:54:16,776 --> 00:54:18,732
- [ Louder ] Yawp.
- That's a mouse. Come on, louder!
913
00:54:18,816 --> 00:54:20,647
- Yawp.
- Oh, good God, boy, yell like a man!
914
00:54:20,736 --> 00:54:22,089
- Yawp!
- There it is.
915
00:54:22,176 --> 00:54:24,565
You see, you have a barbarian
in you after all.
916
00:54:24,656 --> 00:54:27,011
You don't get away that easy. There's
a picture of Uncle Walt up there.
917
00:54:27,096 --> 00:54:30,850
What does he remind you of?
Don't think, answer. Go on.
918
00:54:30,936 --> 00:54:33,086
- A m-m-m-madman.
- [ Keating ] What kind of madman?
919
00:54:33,176 --> 00:54:35,007
- Don't think about it, just answer.
- A cr-crazy madman.
920
00:54:35,096 --> 00:54:37,769
No, you can do better than that.
Free up your mind. Use your imagination.
921
00:54:37,856 --> 00:54:40,290
Say the first thing that pops into
your head, even if it's total gibberish.
922
00:54:40,376 --> 00:54:42,367
A-A-A sweaty-toothed madman.
923
00:54:42,456 --> 00:54:44,970
Good God, boy, there's
a poet in you after all!
924
00:54:45,056 --> 00:54:47,729
There. Close your eyes.
Close your eyes. Close them.
925
00:54:47,816 --> 00:54:49,807
Now, describe what you see.
926
00:54:49,896 --> 00:54:52,490
- Uh, I-I close my eyes...
- Yes?
927
00:54:52,576 --> 00:54:56,091
- uh, and his image floats beside me.
- A sweaty-toothed madman.
928
00:54:56,176 --> 00:54:58,770
A sweaty-toothed madman with
a stare that pounds my brain.
929
00:54:58,856 --> 00:55:00,209
Oh, that's excellent!
930
00:55:00,296 --> 00:55:02,127
Now, give him action,
make him do something.
931
00:55:02,216 --> 00:55:04,571
- H-His hands reach out and choke me.
- That's it. Wonderful. Wonderful.
932
00:55:04,656 --> 00:55:06,487
- And all the time he's mumbling.
- What's he mumbling?
933
00:55:06,576 --> 00:55:08,407
- Mumbling truth.
- Yes.
934
00:55:08,496 --> 00:55:11,772
- Truth is like a blanket that
always leaves your feet cold.
- [ Boys Laughing ]
935
00:55:11,856 --> 00:55:14,689
Forget them. Forget them. Stay with
the blanket. Tell me about that blanket.
936
00:55:14,776 --> 00:55:18,052
Y-Y-You push it, stretch it,
it'll never be enough.
937
00:55:18,136 --> 00:55:20,127
You kick at it, beat it,
it'll never cover any of us.
938
00:55:20,216 --> 00:55:23,413
From the moment we enter crying
to the moment we leave dying,
939
00:55:23,496 --> 00:55:28,206
it'll just cover your face
as you wail and cry and scream.
940
00:55:33,016 --> 00:55:36,292
[ Boys Cheering,
Applauding ]
941
00:55:36,376 --> 00:55:39,129
- [ Cheering, Applause Continue ]
- [ Softly ] Don't you forget this.
942
00:56:35,016 --> 00:56:37,769
[ Puffing, Coughs ]
943
00:56:37,856 --> 00:56:40,131
- [ Boys Laughing ]
- [ Charlie ] That a boy, Pittsie.
944
00:56:40,216 --> 00:56:42,366
- Inhale, deeply.
- [ Meeks ] My dad collects pipes.
945
00:56:42,456 --> 00:56:44,606
- [ Pitts ] Really?
- [ Meeks ] He must have 30.
946
00:56:44,696 --> 00:56:47,256
Your parents collect pipes?
Oh, that's interesting. [ Laughing ]
947
00:56:47,336 --> 00:56:51,329
- Come on, Knox.Join in.
- Yeah, Knox, we're from the government.
948
00:56:51,416 --> 00:56:53,247
We're here to help.
What's wrong?
949
00:56:53,336 --> 00:56:56,487
- [ Boys Taunting ] It's Chris!
- Here's a picture of Chris for you!
950
00:56:56,576 --> 00:56:58,407
- Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
- It's not funny.
951
00:56:58,496 --> 00:57:01,772
Knock it off.
Smoke your pipes.
952
00:57:01,856 --> 00:57:06,372
- [ Meeks ] Neil.
- Friends, scholars, Welton men.
953
00:57:06,456 --> 00:57:08,572
What is that, Neil?
954
00:57:08,656 --> 00:57:13,571
- Duh, it's a lamp, Meeks.
- No, this is the god of the cave.
955
00:57:13,656 --> 00:57:15,009
- The god of the cave.
- ## [ Saxophone ]
956
00:57:15,096 --> 00:57:17,087
## [ Blaring ]
957
00:57:17,176 --> 00:57:20,293
- Charlie, what are you doing?
- What do you say we start this meeting?
958
00:57:20,376 --> 00:57:23,368
- I need a light. Who's got a light?
- Anybody bring earplugs?
959
00:57:23,456 --> 00:57:26,607
[ Clears Throat ]
Gentlemen.
960
00:57:26,696 --> 00:57:31,133
- ''Poetrusic'' by Charles Dalton.
- [ Boys Murmuring ]
961
00:57:31,216 --> 00:57:34,686
- ## [ Wild, Random Notes ]
- [ Groaning ] Oh, man.
962
00:57:34,776 --> 00:57:37,336
Laughing, crying,
tumbling, mumbling.
963
00:57:37,416 --> 00:57:39,372
Gotta do more,
gotta be more.
964
00:57:39,456 --> 00:57:41,412
## [ Wild, Random Notes ]
965
00:57:41,496 --> 00:57:44,169
- [ Groans ]
- [ Boy Laughs ] Pitts.
966
00:57:44,256 --> 00:57:47,851
Chaos screaming, chaos dreaming.
Gotta do more, gotta be more!
967
00:57:47,936 --> 00:57:53,408
## [ Slow, Sweet Melody ]
968
00:58:06,656 --> 00:58:10,535
### [ Sweet Melody Continues ]
969
00:58:18,456 --> 00:58:21,846
- Wow. Nice.
- That was great.
970
00:58:21,936 --> 00:58:23,767
Where did you learn
to play like that?
971
00:58:23,856 --> 00:58:26,370
My parents made me take
the clarinet for years!
972
00:58:26,456 --> 00:58:28,765
- I love the clarinet.
- I hated it.
973
00:58:28,856 --> 00:58:30,687
[ Boys Laughing ]
974
00:58:30,776 --> 00:58:35,645
The saxophone.
The saxophone is more... sonorous.
975
00:58:35,736 --> 00:58:38,250
Ooh, more sonorous.
Vocabulary.
976
00:58:38,336 --> 00:58:41,772
[ Throws Pipe Down ] I can't take
it any more. If I don't have Chris,
977
00:58:41,856 --> 00:58:44,928
- I'm gonna kill myself.
- [ Charlie ] Knoxious, calm down.
978
00:58:45,016 --> 00:58:48,850
No, Charlie!
That's just my problem.
979
00:58:48,936 --> 00:58:52,451
I've been calm all my life.
I'm gonna do something about that.
980
00:58:52,536 --> 00:58:54,970
Where are you going?
What are you gonna do?
981
00:58:55,056 --> 00:58:57,126
I'm gonna call her.
[ Dastardly Chuckling ]
982
00:58:57,216 --> 00:59:01,129
- He's gonna call her!
- Wait for me!
- ## [ Wildly ]
983
00:59:01,216 --> 00:59:03,047
[ Line Ringing ]
984
00:59:03,136 --> 00:59:04,967
[ Chris ]
Hello?
985
00:59:05,056 --> 00:59:07,695
- [ Coins Drop ]
- She's gonna hate me.
986
00:59:09,816 --> 00:59:11,568
The Danburrys will hate me.
987
00:59:11,656 --> 00:59:14,728
My parents will kill me.
988
00:59:18,936 --> 00:59:20,972
[ Softly ]
All right, goddam it.
989
00:59:21,056 --> 00:59:24,526
You're right.
Carpe diem.
990
00:59:24,616 --> 00:59:26,846
[ Deposits Coins, Dials ]
Even if it kills me.
991
00:59:26,936 --> 00:59:28,972
[ All Chuckling ]
992
00:59:32,696 --> 00:59:34,527
[ Line Ringing ]
993
00:59:34,616 --> 00:59:36,447
- [ Chris ] Hello?
- Hello, Chris?
994
00:59:36,536 --> 00:59:39,334
- Yes.
- Hi. This is Knox Overstreet.
995
00:59:39,416 --> 00:59:42,852
- Oh, yes. Knox.
996
00:59:42,936 --> 00:59:45,734
- I'm glad you called.
- [ Whispers ] She's glad I called.
997
00:59:45,816 --> 00:59:47,852
[ Chris ] Listen, Chet's parents
are going out of town this weekend,
998
00:59:47,936 --> 00:59:49,767
and he's having a party.
999
00:59:49,856 --> 00:59:51,812
- Would you like to come?
- Would I like to come to a party?
1000
00:59:51,896 --> 00:59:54,694
- Yes. Say yes.
- It's Friday.
- Well, sure.
1001
00:59:54,776 --> 00:59:56,528
- [ Chris ] About 7.:00.
- [ Knox ] Great. I'll be there, Chris.
1002
00:59:56,616 --> 00:59:59,335
- Okay.
- Friday night at the Danburrys'. Okay.
1003
00:59:59,416 --> 01:00:01,566
- Okay. Bye.
- Thank you. I'll see you. Bye.
1004
01:00:01,656 --> 01:00:03,886
- [ Coins Drop ]
- Yawp!
1005
01:00:03,976 --> 01:00:05,887
[ Chuckling ]
1006
01:00:05,976 --> 01:00:07,807
Can you believe it?
1007
01:00:07,896 --> 01:00:10,490
She was gonna call me.
1008
01:00:10,576 --> 01:00:12,931
She invited me
to a party with her.
1009
01:00:13,016 --> 01:00:15,610
- At Chet Danburry's house.
- Yeah.
1010
01:00:15,696 --> 01:00:18,164
- Well?
- So?
1011
01:00:18,256 --> 01:00:22,647
So you don't really think
she means you're going with her?
1012
01:00:22,736 --> 01:00:26,012
Well, of course not, Charlie.
But that's not the point.
1013
01:00:26,096 --> 01:00:30,169
- That's not the point at all.
- What is the point?
1014
01:00:30,256 --> 01:00:35,284
- The point, Charlie...
- Uh-huh?
1015
01:00:35,376 --> 01:00:38,971
- is...
- Yeah?
1016
01:00:39,056 --> 01:00:42,526
that she was
thinking about me.
1017
01:00:42,616 --> 01:00:45,255
I've only met her once,
and already...
1018
01:00:45,336 --> 01:00:47,292
she's thinking about me.
1019
01:00:47,376 --> 01:00:49,844
- Damn it, it's gonna happen, guys.
- [ Others Chuckling ]
1020
01:00:49,936 --> 01:00:52,052
I feel it.
1021
01:00:52,136 --> 01:00:55,128
She is going to be mine.
1022
01:00:55,216 --> 01:00:57,855
- [ Laughs ]
- ## [ Humming ]
1023
01:00:57,936 --> 01:01:02,214
- Carpe! Carpe!
- ## [ Continues Humming ]
1024
01:01:02,456 --> 01:01:06,369
No grades at stake, gentlemen.
Just take a stroll.
1025
01:01:13,176 --> 01:01:17,567
- There it is.
- [ Boys Clapping In Time To Steps ]
1026
01:01:23,896 --> 01:01:27,252
- I don't know, but I've been told.
- I don't know, but I've been told.
1027
01:01:27,336 --> 01:01:29,896
[ Keating ]
Doing poetry is cold.
1028
01:01:29,976 --> 01:01:33,889
- [ Boys ] Doing poetry is cold.
- Left. Left. Left, right, left.
1029
01:01:33,976 --> 01:01:37,127
Left. Left.
Left, right, left.
1030
01:01:37,216 --> 01:01:39,047
Left. Halt!
1031
01:01:39,136 --> 01:01:42,572
Thank you, gentlemen.
1032
01:01:42,656 --> 01:01:46,490
If you noticed, everyone started off
with their own stride, their own pace.
1033
01:01:46,576 --> 01:01:50,364
Mr Pitts taking his time.
He knew he'll get there one day.
1034
01:01:50,456 --> 01:01:53,095
Mr Cameron. You could see him thinking,
''Is this right? It might be right.
1035
01:01:53,176 --> 01:01:55,895
It might be right. I know that--
Maybe not. I don't know.''
1036
01:01:55,976 --> 01:02:01,096
Mr Overstreet,
driven by a deeper force. Yes.
1037
01:02:01,176 --> 01:02:04,054
We know that. All right. Now, I didn't
bring them up here to ridicule them.
1038
01:02:04,136 --> 01:02:06,730
I brought them up here to
illustrate the point of conformity.
1039
01:02:06,816 --> 01:02:10,286
The difficulty in maintaining your
own beliefs in the face of others.
1040
01:02:10,376 --> 01:02:14,574
Now, I see the look in your eyes like,
''I would have walked differently.''
1041
01:02:14,656 --> 01:02:17,295
Well, ask yourselves
why you were clapping.
1042
01:02:17,376 --> 01:02:20,288
Now we all have a great need
for acceptance.
1043
01:02:20,376 --> 01:02:23,334
But you must trust that
your beliefs are unique, your own.
1044
01:02:23,416 --> 01:02:25,725
Even though others may think
them odd or unpopular.
1045
01:02:25,816 --> 01:02:28,330
Even though the herd may go,
''That's ba-a-a-a-ad.''
1046
01:02:28,416 --> 01:02:30,850
- [ Boys Laughing ]
- [ Keating ] Robert Frost said,
1047
01:02:30,936 --> 01:02:36,169
''Two roads diverged in the wood and I,
I took the one less traveled by.
1048
01:02:36,256 --> 01:02:38,087
And that has made
all the difference.''
1049
01:02:38,176 --> 01:02:40,451
I want you to find
your own walk right now,
1050
01:02:40,536 --> 01:02:43,289
your own way of striding,
pacing any direction.
1051
01:02:43,376 --> 01:02:46,732
Anything you want, whether it's proud,
whether it's silly, anything.
1052
01:02:46,816 --> 01:02:51,173
- Gentlemen, the courtyard is yours.
- [ Boys Murmuring, Chuckling ]
1053
01:02:51,256 --> 01:02:55,727
You don't have to perform,
just make it for yourself.
1054
01:02:55,816 --> 01:02:59,968
Mr Dalton,
will you be joining us?
1055
01:03:00,056 --> 01:03:02,206
Exercising the right
not to walk.
1056
01:03:02,296 --> 01:03:06,414
Thank you, Mr Dalton.
Just illustrated the point.
1057
01:03:06,496 --> 01:03:10,205
- Swim against the stream.
- [ Boys Chattering ]
1058
01:03:19,376 --> 01:03:21,207
Todd?
1059
01:03:23,096 --> 01:03:24,927
- Hey.
- Hey.
1060
01:03:25,016 --> 01:03:27,814
- What's going on?
- Nothing.
1061
01:03:29,976 --> 01:03:32,854
- Today's my birthday.
- Is today your birthday?
1062
01:03:32,936 --> 01:03:34,574
- Happy birthday.
- Thanks.
1063
01:03:34,656 --> 01:03:38,569
- What did you get?
- My parents just gave me this.
1064
01:03:38,656 --> 01:03:39,805
Isn't this the same desk set--
1065
01:03:39,896 --> 01:03:42,694
Yeah, yeah, they gave me
the same thing as last year.
1066
01:03:45,176 --> 01:03:47,007
- Oh.
- Oh.
1067
01:03:48,616 --> 01:03:50,447
Maybe they thought you needed
another one. [ Laughs ]
1068
01:03:50,536 --> 01:03:53,846
[ Laughs ] Maybe they weren't
thinking about anything at all.
1069
01:03:56,296 --> 01:04:01,086
The funny thing is, about this,
is I didn't even like it the first time.
1070
01:04:01,176 --> 01:04:03,371
- [ Laughs ]
- [ Laughs ]
1071
01:04:03,456 --> 01:04:06,971
Todd, I think you're underestimating
the value of this desk set.
1072
01:04:09,016 --> 01:04:13,965
I mean, who would want
a football or a baseball--
1073
01:04:14,056 --> 01:04:15,967
- Or a car.
- Mm-hmm, or a car--
1074
01:04:16,056 --> 01:04:18,570
if they could have a desk set
as wonderful as this one.
1075
01:04:18,656 --> 01:04:22,615
I mean, if I were ever going
to buy a desk set... twice,
1076
01:04:22,696 --> 01:04:26,211
I would probably
buy this one... both times.
1077
01:04:26,296 --> 01:04:28,173
[ Laughing ]
1078
01:04:28,256 --> 01:04:32,408
In fact, its... shape is--
1079
01:04:32,496 --> 01:04:35,169
It's rather aerodynamic,
isn't it?
1080
01:04:35,256 --> 01:04:38,453
You can feel it.
1081
01:04:38,536 --> 01:04:43,405
[ Exhales ]
This desk set wants to fly.
1082
01:04:45,976 --> 01:04:47,887
Todd...
1083
01:04:47,976 --> 01:04:51,969
the world's first
unmanned flying desk set.
1084
01:04:52,056 --> 01:04:54,047
[ Yells ]
1085
01:04:54,136 --> 01:04:56,730
[ Both Laughing,
Desk Supplies Clattering ]
1086
01:04:56,816 --> 01:05:01,173
Oh, my!
Well, I wouldn't worry.
1087
01:05:01,256 --> 01:05:04,453
- You'll get another one next year.
- [ Laughing ]
1088
01:05:04,536 --> 01:05:07,414
[ Boys ] ''To live deep and suck out
all the marrow of life.
1089
01:05:07,496 --> 01:05:11,171
-To put to rout all that was not life--''
- [ Girls Laughing ]
1090
01:05:11,256 --> 01:05:13,645
- [ Laughing Continues ]
- My God.
1091
01:05:13,736 --> 01:05:17,445
- [ Girl ] Is this it?
- [ Charlie ] Yeah, this is it.
1092
01:05:17,536 --> 01:05:21,085
Go ahead. Go on in.
It's my cave. Watch your step.
1093
01:05:21,176 --> 01:05:22,529
[ Girls Giggling ]
Uh-oh.
1094
01:05:22,616 --> 01:05:25,084
[ Giggling ]
Hi.
1095
01:05:25,176 --> 01:05:26,609
- [ Meeks ] Hello.
- [ Girl ] Hi.
1096
01:05:26,696 --> 01:05:31,451
Hi, guys. Meet, uh, Gloria and--
[ Snaps Fingers ]
1097
01:05:31,536 --> 01:05:33,413
- Tina.
- Tina.
1098
01:05:33,496 --> 01:05:37,091
- This is the pledge class
of the Dead Poets Society.
- [ Boys ] Hello.
1099
01:05:37,176 --> 01:05:39,167
- How do you do?
- Hello.
- Hi.
1100
01:05:39,256 --> 01:05:42,885
Guys, move. Move!
Come on, folks, it's Friday night.
1101
01:05:42,976 --> 01:05:47,094
Let's get on with the meeting.
Guys, I have an announcement to make.
1102
01:05:47,176 --> 01:05:50,771
In keeping with the spirit of passionate
experimentation of the Dead Poets,
1103
01:05:50,856 --> 01:05:52,972
I'm giving up the name
Charles Dalton.
1104
01:05:53,056 --> 01:05:55,524
From now on,
call me Nuwanda.
1105
01:05:55,616 --> 01:05:58,050
[ Boys Laughing ]
Nuwanda?
1106
01:05:58,136 --> 01:05:59,967
[ Giggling ]
1107
01:06:00,056 --> 01:06:04,049
[ Boys Chuckling, Chattering ]
1108
01:06:04,136 --> 01:06:07,253
[ Indian War Whooping ]
1109
01:06:09,896 --> 01:06:11,409
Hello? Hello, Chris?
1110
01:06:11,496 --> 01:06:14,647
# I crashed in thejungle
while trying to keep a date ##
1111
01:06:14,736 --> 01:06:17,694
# With my little girl
who was back in the States ##
1112
01:06:17,776 --> 01:06:19,607
-## I was stranded in thejungle--####
- [ Chris ] Knox!
1113
01:06:19,696 --> 01:06:21,687
- Hi.
- You made it! Great.
1114
01:06:21,776 --> 01:06:23,607
- Did you bring anybody?
- No.
1115
01:06:23,696 --> 01:06:27,291
No? Ginny Danburry's here.
Look, I have to go find Chet.
1116
01:06:27,376 --> 01:06:30,015
- Why don't you go downstairs?
That's where everybody is.
- Yeah, but Chris, I've--
1117
01:06:30,096 --> 01:06:33,088
- Make yourself at home.
- But I've--
1118
01:06:36,176 --> 01:06:40,215
# Baby, baby
let's make romance ##
1119
01:06:41,936 --> 01:06:45,849
# You know your old-time lover
hasn't got a chance ##
1120
01:06:45,936 --> 01:06:49,531
-#### [ Continues ]
- Hi, guys.
1121
01:06:49,616 --> 01:06:52,926
[ Pouring Beer ]
1122
01:06:53,016 --> 01:06:55,974
Hey, you Mutt Sanders'
brother?
1123
01:06:56,056 --> 01:06:59,287
Bubba, this guy look like
Mutt Sanders to you, or what?
1124
01:06:59,376 --> 01:07:03,005
- You're his brother?
- [ Chuckles ] No relation.
1125
01:07:03,096 --> 01:07:05,610
- Never heard of him. Sorry, guys.
- Where's our manners, Steve?
1126
01:07:05,696 --> 01:07:07,732
Here's Mutt Sanders' brother
and we don't even offer him a drink.
1127
01:07:07,816 --> 01:07:10,455
- Here you go. Have some whisky, pal.
- Yeah.
1128
01:07:10,536 --> 01:07:12,652
I, uh, I don't really drink whisky.
1129
01:07:12,736 --> 01:07:15,808
- To Mutt.
- To Mutt.
1130
01:07:15,896 --> 01:07:17,887
- To Mutt.
- [ Sighs ]
1131
01:07:20,056 --> 01:07:24,288
- How the hell is old Mutt anyway?
- Yeah, what's old Mutter been up to?
1132
01:07:24,376 --> 01:07:26,526
[ Coughing ]
I don't really know Mutt.
1133
01:07:26,616 --> 01:07:29,005
[ Sighs ]
To the Mighty Mutt.
1134
01:07:29,096 --> 01:07:32,213
- To Mighty Mutt.
- To Mighty Mutt.
1135
01:07:35,416 --> 01:07:39,694
[ Sighs, Shudders ]
Listen, I gotta go find Patsy.
1136
01:07:39,776 --> 01:07:43,564
- Say hello to Mutt for me, okay?
- Will do.
1137
01:07:43,656 --> 01:07:47,649
- Hell of a guy, your brother Mutt.
- [ Sighs ]
1138
01:07:47,736 --> 01:07:50,204
We gonna have a meeting,
or what?
1139
01:07:50,296 --> 01:07:52,127
Yeah, if you guys
don't have a meeting,
1140
01:07:52,216 --> 01:07:54,047
how do we know
if we want to join?
1141
01:07:54,136 --> 01:07:57,014
''Join''?
1142
01:07:57,096 --> 01:07:59,690
''Shall I compare thee
to a summer's day?
1143
01:07:59,776 --> 01:08:02,085
Thou art more lovely
and more temperate.''
1144
01:08:02,176 --> 01:08:03,768
That's so sweet.
1145
01:08:03,856 --> 01:08:08,452
- I made that up just for you.
- You did?
1146
01:08:08,536 --> 01:08:11,414
I'll write one
for you too, Gloria.
1147
01:08:11,496 --> 01:08:13,646
[ Sighs ]
1148
01:08:13,736 --> 01:08:16,853
''She walks in beauty
like the night.
1149
01:08:18,296 --> 01:08:21,174
''She walks in beauty
like the night...
1150
01:08:21,256 --> 01:08:26,205
''of cloudless climes
and starry skies.
1151
01:08:26,296 --> 01:08:28,127
''All that's best,
dark and bright,
1152
01:08:28,216 --> 01:08:32,289
- meet in her aspect and her eyes.''
- That's beautiful.
1153
01:08:33,656 --> 01:08:36,124
There's plenty more
where that came from.
1154
01:08:38,136 --> 01:08:42,687
[ Crowd Chattering ]
1155
01:08:42,776 --> 01:08:44,607
[ Belches ]
1156
01:08:46,936 --> 01:08:48,767
[ Growling ]
1157
01:08:51,096 --> 01:08:55,374
# She sure looks fine to me
What's her name ##
1158
01:08:55,456 --> 01:08:57,890
# Look out
Let me call her one time ##
1159
01:08:57,976 --> 01:09:00,774
1160
01:09:04,896 --> 01:09:06,727
[ Both Moaning ]
1161
01:09:08,936 --> 01:09:11,734
# Hey, little girl ##
1162
01:09:11,816 --> 01:09:15,525
# Gee, you sure look fine ##
1163
01:09:15,616 --> 01:09:17,686
1164
01:09:17,776 --> 01:09:19,607
God, help me.
1165
01:09:19,696 --> 01:09:23,609
# Ooh, baby
you're not mine ##
1166
01:09:26,496 --> 01:09:31,445
# Hey, little girl
How's about a date ##
1167
01:09:33,176 --> 01:09:36,293
- [ Whispers ] Carpe diem.
-## Hey, little girl ##
1168
01:09:36,376 --> 01:09:40,130
# How's about a date ##
1169
01:09:41,576 --> 01:09:44,568
# You know I'll come get you
early, baby ##
1170
01:09:44,656 --> 01:09:47,375
# Won't keep you out
too late ##
1171
01:09:50,496 --> 01:09:52,885
# Say, little girl ##
1172
01:09:52,976 --> 01:09:55,251
# Now how's about a kiss ##
1173
01:09:57,976 --> 01:10:00,888
# Yeah, say, little girl ##
1174
01:10:00,976 --> 01:10:04,491
# How's about a kiss ##
1175
01:10:04,576 --> 01:10:08,330
- You don't remember?
-## Well, if you don't kiss me, baby ####
1176
01:10:08,416 --> 01:10:12,967
- [ Bubba ] Chet. Chet. Look.
- [ Chet ] What?
1177
01:10:13,056 --> 01:10:15,968
- It's Mutt Sanders' brother.
- [ Chet ] Huh?
1178
01:10:16,056 --> 01:10:17,728
- Knox, what--
-And he's feeling up your girl!
1179
01:10:17,816 --> 01:10:19,966
[ Chris ]
What are you doing?
1180
01:10:20,056 --> 01:10:22,445
- [ Chet ] What the hell are you doing?
- [ Chris ] Chet. Chet, don't!
1181
01:10:22,536 --> 01:10:25,573
- Now, Chet, I know this looks bad--
- Leave him alone.
1182
01:10:25,656 --> 01:10:27,806
Chet, no!
You'll hurt him!
1183
01:10:27,896 --> 01:10:31,047
- Chet, stop it! Leave him alone!
- Damn!
1184
01:10:31,136 --> 01:10:33,127
- Chet, stop it!
- Bastard!
1185
01:10:33,216 --> 01:10:35,172
- [ Groaning ]
- Knox, are you all right?
1186
01:10:35,256 --> 01:10:37,053
[ Chet ]
Chris, get the hell away from him!
1187
01:10:37,136 --> 01:10:38,330
- Chet, you hurt him!
- Good!
1188
01:10:38,416 --> 01:10:41,647
- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
- It's okay. It's-It's okay.
1189
01:10:41,736 --> 01:10:43,567
Next time I see you,
you die.
1190
01:10:43,656 --> 01:10:45,851
[ Guests Chattering ]
1191
01:10:45,936 --> 01:10:49,406
Go ahead.
Pass it around.
1192
01:10:57,416 --> 01:11:00,806
Me and Pitts are working
on a hi-fi system.
1193
01:11:00,896 --> 01:11:04,525
It shouldn't be that hard to,
uh, to put together.
1194
01:11:04,616 --> 01:11:07,813
Yeah. Uh, I might
be going to Yale.
1195
01:11:07,896 --> 01:11:10,694
Uh, but I-I might not.
1196
01:11:10,776 --> 01:11:12,767
Don't you guys miss
having girls around here?
1197
01:11:12,856 --> 01:11:14,369
- [ Chuckles ] Yeah.
- [ Chuckles ] Yeah.
1198
01:11:14,456 --> 01:11:16,924
[ Charlie ]
That's part of what this club is about.
1199
01:11:17,016 --> 01:11:19,052
In fact,
I'd like to announce...
1200
01:11:19,136 --> 01:11:22,287
I published an article in the school
paper in the name of the Dead Poets,
1201
01:11:22,376 --> 01:11:25,652
- What?
- demanding girls
be admitted to Welton...
1202
01:11:25,736 --> 01:11:28,296
- You didn't.
- so we can all stop beating off.
1203
01:11:28,376 --> 01:11:29,968
- How did you do that?
- [ Charlie ] I'm one of the proofers.
1204
01:11:30,056 --> 01:11:32,934
- I slipped the article in.
- It's-It's over now.
1205
01:11:33,016 --> 01:11:34,529
Why?
Nobody knows who we are.
1206
01:11:34,616 --> 01:11:36,766
Well, don't you think
they're gonna figure out who wrote it?
1207
01:11:36,856 --> 01:11:40,326
They're gonna come to you and ask
to know what the Dead Poets Society is.
1208
01:11:40,416 --> 01:11:42,850
Charlie, you had no right
to do something like that.
1209
01:11:42,936 --> 01:11:45,086
It's Nuwanda, Cameron.
1210
01:11:45,176 --> 01:11:47,895
[ Gloria ]
That's right. It's Nuwanda.
1211
01:11:47,976 --> 01:11:50,934
Are we just playing around out here,
or do we mean what we say?
1212
01:11:51,016 --> 01:11:53,735
If all we do is come together
and read a bunch of poems to each other,
1213
01:11:53,816 --> 01:11:55,647
- what the hell are we doing?
- [ Neil ] All right.
1214
01:11:55,736 --> 01:11:57,692
But you still shouldn't
have done it, Charlie.
1215
01:11:57,776 --> 01:12:00,131
This could mean trouble.
You don't speak for the club.
1216
01:12:00,216 --> 01:12:02,684
Hey, would you not worry about
your precious little neck?
1217
01:12:02,776 --> 01:12:05,973
If they catch me,
I'll tell them I made it up.
1218
01:12:19,496 --> 01:12:21,805
- [ Whispering ]
- Fine.
1219
01:12:31,496 --> 01:12:33,327
Sit.
1220
01:12:38,336 --> 01:12:40,167
In this week's issue
of Welton Honor,
1221
01:12:40,256 --> 01:12:43,931
there appeared a profane
and unauthorized article.
1222
01:12:44,016 --> 01:12:49,374
Rather than spend my valuable time
ferreting out the guilty persons--
1223
01:12:49,456 --> 01:12:51,606
and let me assure you
I will find them--
1224
01:12:51,696 --> 01:12:55,006
I'm asking any and all students
who know anything about this article...
1225
01:12:55,096 --> 01:12:58,771
to make themselves known
here and now.
1226
01:13:00,536 --> 01:13:02,891
Whoever the guilty persons are,
1227
01:13:02,976 --> 01:13:06,969
this is your only chance to avoid
expulsion from this school.
1228
01:13:07,056 --> 01:13:11,811
[ Phone Ringing,
Teachers Murmuring ]
1229
01:13:11,896 --> 01:13:13,852
Welton Academy.
Hello.
1230
01:13:13,936 --> 01:13:16,370
Yes, he is.
just a moment.
1231
01:13:16,456 --> 01:13:19,368
Mr Nolan, it's for you.
1232
01:13:19,456 --> 01:13:21,333
It's God!
1233
01:13:21,416 --> 01:13:23,293
He says we should have girls
at Welton.
1234
01:13:23,376 --> 01:13:26,209
[ Boys Laughing ]
1235
01:13:38,456 --> 01:13:40,492
Wipe that smirk off your face.
1236
01:13:40,576 --> 01:13:43,454
If you think, Mr Dalton,
1237
01:13:43,536 --> 01:13:46,369
that you're the first to try to get
thrown out of this school, think again.
1238
01:13:46,456 --> 01:13:50,369
Others have had similar notions and have
failed just as surely as you will fail.
1239
01:13:50,456 --> 01:13:53,687
- Assume the position.
- [ Sighs ]
1240
01:14:04,536 --> 01:14:06,845
Count aloud, Mr Dalton.
1241
01:14:08,216 --> 01:14:10,047
[ Paddle Strikes ]
1242
01:14:10,136 --> 01:14:12,047
One.
1243
01:14:12,136 --> 01:14:14,047
[ Strikes Dalton ]
1244
01:14:14,136 --> 01:14:16,127
Two.
1245
01:14:17,176 --> 01:14:19,974
[ Strikes Dalton ]
1246
01:14:20,056 --> 01:14:22,570
Three.
1247
01:14:22,656 --> 01:14:26,092
- [ Strikes Dalton ]
- Four. [ Stifles Groan ]
1248
01:14:26,176 --> 01:14:28,451
- [ Paddle Strikes ]
- Five.
1249
01:14:28,536 --> 01:14:31,130
What is this Dead Poets Society?
I want names.
1250
01:14:31,216 --> 01:14:35,289
[ Low Murmuring ]
1251
01:14:59,176 --> 01:15:01,326
- [ Neil ] You kicked out?
- No.
1252
01:15:01,416 --> 01:15:04,055
- [ Neil ] So what happened?
- [ Sighs ]
1253
01:15:06,056 --> 01:15:09,492
I'm to turn everybody in,
apologise to the school,
1254
01:15:09,576 --> 01:15:11,567
and all will be forgiven.
1255
01:15:11,656 --> 01:15:13,772
So what are you gonna do?
1256
01:15:13,856 --> 01:15:17,007
- Charlie--
- Damn it, Neil,
1257
01:15:17,096 --> 01:15:19,929
the name is Nuwanda.
1258
01:15:20,016 --> 01:15:22,894
[ Door Closes ]
1259
01:15:22,976 --> 01:15:25,171
[ Both Chuckling ]
1260
01:15:25,256 --> 01:15:28,532
Excuse me.
May we have a word, Mr Keating?
1261
01:15:28,616 --> 01:15:30,527
Certainly.
1262
01:15:35,736 --> 01:15:39,649
This was my first classroom,John.
Did you know that?
1263
01:15:39,736 --> 01:15:41,886
My first desk.
1264
01:15:41,976 --> 01:15:44,285
I didn't know you taught,
Mr Nolan.
1265
01:15:44,376 --> 01:15:48,608
English.
Long before your time.
1266
01:15:48,696 --> 01:15:51,972
It was hard giving it up,
I can tell you.
1267
01:15:55,096 --> 01:15:59,965
I'm hearing rumours
about some unorthodox
teaching methods in your classroom.
1268
01:16:00,056 --> 01:16:04,129
I'm not saying they've had anything
to do with the Dalton boy's outburst,
1269
01:16:04,216 --> 01:16:08,767
but I don't think I have to warn you
boys his age are very impressionable.
1270
01:16:08,856 --> 01:16:11,973
Well, your reprimand made
quite an impression, I'm sure.
1271
01:16:14,616 --> 01:16:18,529
- What was going on
in the courtyard the other day?
- Courtyard?
1272
01:16:18,616 --> 01:16:21,574
- Boys marching, clapping in unison.
- Oh, that.
1273
01:16:21,656 --> 01:16:24,648
That was an exercise to prove a point:
dangers of conformity.
1274
01:16:24,736 --> 01:16:27,455
Well,John, the curriculum here is set.
It's proven. It works.
1275
01:16:27,536 --> 01:16:30,004
If you question it, what's to
prevent them from doing the same?
1276
01:16:30,096 --> 01:16:32,405
I always thought the idea of education
was to learn to think for yourself.
1277
01:16:32,496 --> 01:16:35,010
At these boys' age?
Not on your life!
1278
01:16:35,096 --> 01:16:38,975
Tradition,John. Discipline.
1279
01:16:39,056 --> 01:16:43,288
Prepare them for college,
and the rest will take care of itself.
1280
01:16:43,376 --> 01:16:47,051
[ Footsteps Departing ]
1281
01:16:47,136 --> 01:16:50,333
- Creak. [ Hits Bongo Drum ]
- [ Chuckling ]
1282
01:16:50,416 --> 01:16:53,214
He starts walking around
towards my left.
1283
01:16:53,296 --> 01:16:56,493
Creak. Creak.
[ Hitting Bongo Drum ]
1284
01:16:56,576 --> 01:17:00,046
'Assume the position, Mr Dalton, ''
which means--
1285
01:17:00,136 --> 01:17:02,172
[ Keating ]
All right, gentlemen.
1286
01:17:02,256 --> 01:17:05,214
- Mr Keating.
- Mr Dalton.
1287
01:17:05,296 --> 01:17:07,446
That was a pretty lame stunt
you pulled today.
1288
01:17:07,536 --> 01:17:09,367
You're siding with Mr Nolan?
1289
01:17:09,456 --> 01:17:11,287
What about carpe diem
and sucking all the marrow...
1290
01:17:11,376 --> 01:17:13,048
- out of life and all that?
- Sucking the marrow out of life...
1291
01:17:13,136 --> 01:17:16,014
doesn't mean
choking on the bone.
1292
01:17:16,096 --> 01:17:20,248
There is a time for daring,
and there is a time for caution.
1293
01:17:20,336 --> 01:17:22,645
And a wise man understands
which is called for.
1294
01:17:22,736 --> 01:17:24,852
But I thought you'd like that.
1295
01:17:24,936 --> 01:17:26,767
No.
1296
01:17:26,856 --> 01:17:29,689
You being expelled from school
is not daring to me. It's stupid.
1297
01:17:29,776 --> 01:17:32,131
'Cause you'll miss some
golden opportunities.
1298
01:17:32,216 --> 01:17:33,615
Yeah? Like what?
1299
01:17:33,696 --> 01:17:37,575
Like, if nothing else,
the opportunity to attend my classes.
1300
01:17:39,416 --> 01:17:41,691
Got it, ace?
1301
01:17:41,776 --> 01:17:44,415
Aye, aye, Captain.
1302
01:17:44,496 --> 01:17:46,851
Keep your head about you.
1303
01:17:46,936 --> 01:17:49,609
That goes
for the lot of you.
1304
01:17:49,696 --> 01:17:52,494
- Yes, Captain.
- Yes, Captain.
1305
01:17:52,576 --> 01:17:54,487
Phone call from God.
1306
01:17:56,376 --> 01:17:59,607
If it'd been collect,
it would have been daring.
1307
01:17:59,696 --> 01:18:01,607
[ Door Closes ]
1308
01:18:01,696 --> 01:18:04,927
- [ Neil ] All right. Go on, boy.
- No.
1309
01:18:05,016 --> 01:18:10,568
[ Bell Tolling ]
1310
01:18:14,416 --> 01:18:16,976
- [ Director ]
We're trying to rehearse, okay? Go.
-#### [ Flute ]
1311
01:18:17,056 --> 01:18:19,047
[ Actor ] A good persuasion,
therefore hear me, Hermia.
1312
01:18:19,136 --> 01:18:22,845
Wait, wait. The excitement. I don't
hear any excitement about this play.
1313
01:18:22,936 --> 01:18:27,168
Now take her hand,
bring her downstage...
1314
01:18:27,256 --> 01:18:29,167
and stop
and ''Fair, gentle Hermia.''
1315
01:18:29,256 --> 01:18:31,292
Okay? Try again.
1316
01:18:31,376 --> 01:18:33,207
- [ Pitts ] What's for dinner?
1317
01:18:33,296 --> 01:18:34,968
- Spaghetti and meatballs!
- Food!
1318
01:18:35,056 --> 01:18:37,411
[ Boys Chattering ]
1319
01:18:37,496 --> 01:18:39,487
Save some for me.
1320
01:18:41,176 --> 01:18:44,373
''But, room, fairy!
Here comes Oberon.''
1321
01:18:46,776 --> 01:18:50,371
- Father.
- Neil.
1322
01:18:50,456 --> 01:18:52,526
Wait a minute.
Before you say anything,
1323
01:18:52,616 --> 01:18:55,653
-please let me ex--
- Don't you dare talk back to me.
1324
01:18:57,256 --> 01:19:00,293
It's bad enough that
you've wasted your time...
1325
01:19:00,376 --> 01:19:03,686
with this, this
absurd acting business,
1326
01:19:03,776 --> 01:19:06,848
but you deliberately
deceived me.
1327
01:19:06,936 --> 01:19:10,326
How-How-How did you expect
to get away with this?
1328
01:19:12,376 --> 01:19:14,367
Answer me.
1329
01:19:14,456 --> 01:19:16,412
Who put you up to it?
1330
01:19:16,496 --> 01:19:19,613
- Was it this new man? Keating?
- No.
1331
01:19:19,696 --> 01:19:23,530
Nobody p-- I thought I'd surprise you.
I've gotten all A's in every class.
1332
01:19:23,616 --> 01:19:26,733
Did you really think
I wasn't going to find out?
1333
01:19:26,816 --> 01:19:30,604
''Oh, my niece is in a play
with your son,'' says Mrs Marks.
1334
01:19:30,696 --> 01:19:34,371
''No, no, no,'' I say. ''You must be
mistaken. My son's not in a play.''
1335
01:19:34,456 --> 01:19:36,287
You made a liar
out of me, Neil!
1336
01:19:40,216 --> 01:19:44,494
Now, tomorrow, you go to them
and you tell them that you're quitting.
1337
01:19:44,576 --> 01:19:46,407
No, I can't.
1338
01:19:46,496 --> 01:19:48,532
I have the main part.
The performance is tomorrow night!
1339
01:19:48,616 --> 01:19:50,527
I don't care if the world
comes to an end tomorrow night,
1340
01:19:50,616 --> 01:19:53,653
you are through with that play!
1341
01:19:53,736 --> 01:19:55,567
Is that clear?
1342
01:19:55,656 --> 01:19:58,090
[ Louder ]
Is that clear?
1343
01:19:58,936 --> 01:20:01,575
Yes, sir.
1344
01:20:08,496 --> 01:20:12,011
I made a great many sacrifices
to get you here, Neil,
1345
01:20:12,096 --> 01:20:16,135
and you will not let me down.
1346
01:20:16,216 --> 01:20:18,525
No, sir.
1347
01:20:37,816 --> 01:20:40,376
- It's open.
1348
01:20:46,416 --> 01:20:48,247
[ Closes Door ]
1349
01:20:50,936 --> 01:20:52,767
Neil, what's up?
1350
01:20:52,856 --> 01:20:55,416
- Can I speak to you a minute?
- Certainly. Sit down.
1351
01:20:56,216 --> 01:20:58,366
Oh.
1352
01:20:58,456 --> 01:21:00,845
- I'm sorry. Here.
- Excuse me.
1353
01:21:02,976 --> 01:21:07,333
- Get you some tea?
- Tea? Sure.
1354
01:21:07,416 --> 01:21:10,613
- Want some milk or sugar in that?
- No, thanks.
1355
01:21:10,696 --> 01:21:12,766
Gosh, they don't give you
much room around here.
1356
01:21:12,856 --> 01:21:14,608
It's part of the monastic oath.
1357
01:21:14,696 --> 01:21:18,052
They don't want worldly things
distracting me from my teaching.
1358
01:21:20,856 --> 01:21:22,687
- She's pretty.
- She's also in London.
1359
01:21:22,776 --> 01:21:25,734
- [ Laughs ]
- Makes it a little difficult.
1360
01:21:25,816 --> 01:21:28,694
- How do you stand it?
- Stand what?
1361
01:21:28,776 --> 01:21:31,006
You can go anywhere. You can do
anything. How can you stand being here?
1362
01:21:31,096 --> 01:21:34,850
Because I love teaching.
I don't want to be anywhere else.
1363
01:21:38,256 --> 01:21:42,090
- What's up?
- I just talked to my father.
1364
01:21:42,176 --> 01:21:44,690
He's making me quit the play
at Henley Hall.
1365
01:21:46,496 --> 01:21:49,533
But acting is everything to me.
1366
01:21:49,616 --> 01:21:52,608
I mean--
But he doesn't know. He--
1367
01:21:52,696 --> 01:21:57,486
I can see his point. We're not
a rich family like Charlie's. I mean--
1368
01:21:57,576 --> 01:22:00,534
But he's planning the rest
of my life for me.
1369
01:22:00,616 --> 01:22:02,925
And he-he's never asked me
what I want.
1370
01:22:03,016 --> 01:22:05,769
Have you ever told your father
what you just told me?
1371
01:22:05,856 --> 01:22:08,450
About your passion for acting?
Have you showed him that?
1372
01:22:08,536 --> 01:22:11,494
- I can't.
- Why not?
1373
01:22:11,576 --> 01:22:13,407
I can't talk to him this way.
1374
01:22:13,496 --> 01:22:16,056
Then you're acting for him too.
1375
01:22:16,136 --> 01:22:19,208
You're playing the part
of the dutiful son.
1376
01:22:19,296 --> 01:22:21,127
I know this sounds impossible,
but you have to talk to him.
1377
01:22:21,216 --> 01:22:23,810
You have to show him
who you are, what your heart is.
1378
01:22:23,896 --> 01:22:26,285
I know what he'll say.
1379
01:22:26,376 --> 01:22:28,765
He'll tell me that acting's a whim
and I should forget it.
1380
01:22:28,856 --> 01:22:31,245
[ Sniffling ]
They're counting on me.
1381
01:22:31,336 --> 01:22:34,533
He'll just tell me to put it
out of my mind for my own good.
1382
01:22:34,616 --> 01:22:36,368
You are not
an indentured servant.
1383
01:22:36,456 --> 01:22:40,972
It's not a whim for you. You prove it to
him by your conviction and your passion.
1384
01:22:41,056 --> 01:22:43,365
You show him that,
and if he still doesn't believe you--
1385
01:22:43,456 --> 01:22:46,368
Well, by then, you'll be out of school,
and you can do anything you want.
1386
01:22:48,496 --> 01:22:52,409
No.
[ Sniffling ]
1387
01:22:52,496 --> 01:22:54,566
What about the play?
The show's tomorrow night.
1388
01:22:54,656 --> 01:22:57,648
Then you have to talk
to him before tomorrow night.
1389
01:23:00,056 --> 01:23:01,933
I--
[ Sighs ]
1390
01:23:02,016 --> 01:23:04,132
- Isn't there an easier way?
- No.
1391
01:23:08,096 --> 01:23:11,771
[ Chuckles ]
I'm trapped.
1392
01:23:11,856 --> 01:23:14,245
No, you're not.
1393
01:23:28,016 --> 01:23:30,814
[ All Chattering ]
1394
01:23:30,896 --> 01:23:33,694
1395
01:23:36,376 --> 01:23:38,207
Chris!
1396
01:23:39,896 --> 01:23:42,456
Chris! Chris Noel.
Do you know where she is?
1397
01:23:42,536 --> 01:23:44,970
- Um, I think she's in Room 1 1 1 .
- Thanks.
1398
01:23:48,176 --> 01:23:50,007
I know.
1399
01:23:55,736 --> 01:23:57,613
Excuse me. Chris--
1400
01:23:57,696 --> 01:23:59,493
Knox, what are you doing here?
1401
01:23:59,576 --> 01:24:01,407
I came to apologize for the other night.
1402
01:24:01,496 --> 01:24:03,452
I brought you these
and a poem I wrote for you.
1403
01:24:06,936 --> 01:24:09,450
Knox, don't you know that
if Chet finds you here, he'll kill you?
1404
01:24:09,536 --> 01:24:13,245
- I don't care. I love you, Chris.
- Knox, you're crazy.
1405
01:24:13,336 --> 01:24:15,850
Look, I acted like a jerk,
and I know it.
1406
01:24:15,936 --> 01:24:19,485
- Please accept these. Please.
- No. No, I-I can't.
1407
01:24:19,576 --> 01:24:21,612
Just forget it.
1408
01:24:21,696 --> 01:24:24,290
[ Bell Rings ]
1409
01:24:24,376 --> 01:24:26,207
[ Door Opens, Closes ]
1410
01:24:33,816 --> 01:24:36,330
[ All Chattering ]
1411
01:24:36,416 --> 01:24:39,374
- Knox, I don't believe this.
- All I'm asking you to do is listen.
1412
01:24:40,976 --> 01:24:45,174
[ Knox Reading ]
''The heavens made a girl named Chris...
1413
01:24:45,256 --> 01:24:47,087
''with hair and skin of gold.
1414
01:24:47,176 --> 01:24:49,053
- [ Chattering Stops ]
- [ Knox ] ''To touch her...
1415
01:24:49,136 --> 01:24:52,253
- [ Boy Snickers ]
- [ Sighs ]
- would be paradise. ''
1416
01:25:03,896 --> 01:25:06,968
1417
01:25:07,056 --> 01:25:08,409
[ Belch ]
1418
01:25:08,496 --> 01:25:10,851
[ Charlie ]
Get out of here. Cameron, you fool.
1419
01:25:10,936 --> 01:25:13,894
Hey, how'd it go?
Did you read it to her?
1420
01:25:13,976 --> 01:25:18,049
- Yeah.
- [ Laughing ] Wow. What'd she say?
1421
01:25:18,136 --> 01:25:21,094
- Nothing.
- What do you mean, nothing?
1422
01:25:21,176 --> 01:25:24,407
Nothing.
But I did it.
1423
01:25:24,496 --> 01:25:28,011
[ Charlie ] Well, what did she say?
She had to say something!
1424
01:25:28,096 --> 01:25:31,054
- [ Pitts ] Hey, Knox!
- [ Knox Whooping ] Seize the day!
1425
01:25:39,936 --> 01:25:42,848
- Did you talk to your father?
- Uh, yeah.
1426
01:25:42,936 --> 01:25:46,406
He didn't like it one bit, but at least
he's letting me stay in the play.
1427
01:25:46,496 --> 01:25:50,569
He won't be able to m-make it.
He's in Chicago.
1428
01:25:50,656 --> 01:25:53,534
But, uh, I think he's gonna
let me stay with acting.
1429
01:25:53,616 --> 01:25:57,689
Really? You told him
what you told me?
1430
01:25:57,776 --> 01:26:00,415
Yeah.
[ Chuckles ]
1431
01:26:00,496 --> 01:26:02,373
He wasn't happy.
1432
01:26:02,456 --> 01:26:06,495
But he'll be gone
at least four days.
1433
01:26:06,576 --> 01:26:10,854
I don't think he'll make
the show, but...
1434
01:26:10,936 --> 01:26:13,006
I think he'll let me
stay with it.
1435
01:26:13,096 --> 01:26:14,927
''Keep up the schoolwork.''
[ Chuckles ]
1436
01:26:18,096 --> 01:26:23,011
Thanks.
[ Gathers Books, Exits ]
1437
01:26:24,136 --> 01:26:27,014
- Oh, baby.
- Beautiful baby.
1438
01:26:27,096 --> 01:26:28,927
- I am--
- Excuse me.
1439
01:26:29,016 --> 01:26:32,452
-Just a moment. Yes. You're so good.
- [ Laughing ]
1440
01:26:32,536 --> 01:26:34,367
Come on, Todd.
I'm trying to fix this.
1441
01:26:34,456 --> 01:26:36,651
Come on, Nuwanda,
we're going to miss Neil's entrance.
1442
01:26:36,736 --> 01:26:39,330
He said something about
getting red before we left.
1443
01:26:39,416 --> 01:26:42,488
- ''Getting red''? What does that mean?
- I-- You know Charlie.
1444
01:26:45,816 --> 01:26:48,774
[ Meeks ] So, Charlie,
what's this 'getting red''bit?
1445
01:26:50,456 --> 01:26:52,845
- Ooh. [ Laughs ]
- Ooh. [ Laughs ]
1446
01:26:52,936 --> 01:26:55,006
[ Laughing ]
W-What is that?
1447
01:26:55,096 --> 01:26:58,566
It's an Indian warrior
symbol for virility.
1448
01:26:58,656 --> 01:27:02,126
Makes me feel potent,
like I can drive girls crazy.
1449
01:27:02,216 --> 01:27:04,525
[ Knox ] Oh, come on, Charlie.
The girls are waiting.
1450
01:27:04,616 --> 01:27:06,846
[ Boys Chattering, Whistling ]
1451
01:27:06,936 --> 01:27:08,847
Whoa.
1452
01:27:08,936 --> 01:27:10,767
## [ Whistling ]
1453
01:27:10,856 --> 01:27:12,767
### [ Wolf Whistle ]
1454
01:27:12,856 --> 01:27:15,893
Chris.
1455
01:27:17,416 --> 01:27:18,769
What are you doing here?
1456
01:27:18,856 --> 01:27:22,053
- [ Keating ] Gentlemen, let's go!
- Go ahead, guys. I'll catch up.
1457
01:27:22,136 --> 01:27:24,491
Yeah. Come on, guys.
1458
01:27:24,576 --> 01:27:26,407
[ Knox ]
Chris, you can't be in here.
1459
01:27:26,496 --> 01:27:28,407
- If they catch you, we're both
gonna be in big trouble.
- Come on.
1460
01:27:28,496 --> 01:27:30,885
- Oh, but it's fine if--
- Shh, shh. Chris.
1461
01:27:33,016 --> 01:27:36,645
It's fine for you to come barging into
my school and make a fool out of me?
1462
01:27:36,736 --> 01:27:38,567
I didn't mean
to make a fool out of you.
1463
01:27:38,656 --> 01:27:40,931
Well, you did.
Chet found out.
1464
01:27:41,016 --> 01:27:45,009
It took everything I could do to keep
him from coming here and killing you.
1465
01:27:45,096 --> 01:27:49,487
- Knox, you have got to stop this stuff.
- I can't, Chris. I love you.
1466
01:27:49,576 --> 01:27:52,613
Knox, you say that over and over.
1467
01:27:52,696 --> 01:27:54,527
You don't--
You don't even know me.
1468
01:27:54,616 --> 01:27:56,732
[ Keating ]
Will you bejoining us, Mr Overstreet?
1469
01:27:56,816 --> 01:27:58,568
- [ Knox ] Go ahead, Captain. I'll walk.
- [ Starts Engine ]
1470
01:27:58,656 --> 01:28:01,773
Knox. Knox,
i-it just so happens...
1471
01:28:01,856 --> 01:28:05,246
that I could care less
about you.
1472
01:28:08,096 --> 01:28:10,769
Then you wouldn't be here
warning me about Chet.
1473
01:28:15,096 --> 01:28:17,735
I have to go.
I'm gonna be late for the play.
1474
01:28:17,816 --> 01:28:20,728
- Are you going with him?
- [ Laughs ] Chet? To a play?
1475
01:28:20,816 --> 01:28:22,647
- Are you kidding?
- Then come with me.
1476
01:28:22,736 --> 01:28:24,613
Knox, you are so infuriating!
1477
01:28:24,696 --> 01:28:27,005
Come on, Chris,
just give me one chance.
1478
01:28:27,096 --> 01:28:29,735
If you don't like me after tonight,
I'll stay away forever.
1479
01:28:29,816 --> 01:28:32,808
- Uh-huh.
- I promise. Dead Poets honour.
1480
01:28:32,896 --> 01:28:34,375
You come with me tonight,
1481
01:28:34,456 --> 01:28:36,811
and then if you don't want to see me
again, I swear I'll bow out.
1482
01:28:36,896 --> 01:28:41,174
- What would happen if Chet found out?
- He won't know anything.
1483
01:28:41,256 --> 01:28:44,248
We'll sit in the back
and sneak away as soon as it's over.
1484
01:28:44,336 --> 01:28:47,806
And I suppose you would promise
that this would be the end of it?
1485
01:28:47,896 --> 01:28:50,854
- Dead Poets honour.
- What is that?
1486
01:28:53,136 --> 01:28:56,253
- My word.
- Hmm.
1487
01:29:06,296 --> 01:29:09,174
You are so infuriating.
1488
01:29:19,096 --> 01:29:20,927
[ Laughing ]
1489
01:29:29,856 --> 01:29:31,972
[ Whispering ] Hey, there he is!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
1490
01:29:32,056 --> 01:29:34,934
[ Keating ]
Shh, boys.
1491
01:29:41,256 --> 01:29:45,408
Either I mistake your shape
and making quite...
1492
01:29:45,496 --> 01:29:50,616
or else you are that shrewd and
knavish sprite called Robin Goodfellow!
1493
01:29:50,696 --> 01:29:52,527
Thou speak'st aright.
1494
01:29:52,616 --> 01:29:54,686
I am that merry wanderer
of the night.
1495
01:29:54,776 --> 01:29:57,495
I jest to Oberon
and make him smile...
1496
01:29:57,576 --> 01:30:01,125
when I a fat and bean-fed
horse beguile. [ Snorts ]
1497
01:30:01,216 --> 01:30:04,174
[ Whinnies ] Neighing in the likeness
of a filly foal.
1498
01:30:04,256 --> 01:30:06,816
Sometime lurk I
in a gossip's bowl...
1499
01:30:06,896 --> 01:30:09,410
in very likeness
of a roasted crab.
1500
01:30:09,496 --> 01:30:12,374
And when she drink,
against her lips I bob...
1501
01:30:12,456 --> 01:30:14,924
and on her withered dewlap
pour the ale.
1502
01:30:15,016 --> 01:30:17,007
- The wisest aunt
telling the saddest tale.
- He's good. He's really good.
1503
01:30:17,096 --> 01:30:20,611
Sometime for three-foot stool
mistaketh me.
1504
01:30:20,696 --> 01:30:24,211
Then slip I from her bum,
down topples she and ''Tailor'' cries...
1505
01:30:24,296 --> 01:30:26,127
and falls into a cough.
1506
01:30:26,216 --> 01:30:28,935
And then the whole quire
hold their hips and laugh...
1507
01:30:29,016 --> 01:30:31,166
and waxen in their mirth
nee-e-e-eze...
1508
01:30:31,256 --> 01:30:33,212
- [ All Laughing ]
- and swear.
1509
01:30:33,296 --> 01:30:36,288
A merrier hour
was never wasted there.
1510
01:30:36,376 --> 01:30:38,526
But, room, fairy.
1511
01:30:38,616 --> 01:30:42,689
- Here comes Oberon.
- And here, my mistress.
Would that he were gone.
1512
01:30:47,176 --> 01:30:49,406
[ Lysander ] Then by your side,
no bed-room me deny.
1513
01:30:49,496 --> 01:30:52,374
For lying so, Hermia,
I do not lie.
1514
01:30:52,456 --> 01:30:56,335
[ Hermia ] Lysander riddles very
prettily. Much beshrew my manners...
1515
01:30:56,416 --> 01:30:59,408
and my pride if Hermia
meant to say Lysander lied.
1516
01:30:59,496 --> 01:31:02,408
But, gentle friend,
for love and courtesy...
1517
01:31:02,496 --> 01:31:05,488
lie further off,
in human modesty,
1518
01:31:05,576 --> 01:31:08,807
such separation as may well be said
becomes a virtuous bachelor and maid.
1519
01:31:08,896 --> 01:31:12,809
Good night, sweet friend. Thy love
ne'er alter 'til thy sweet life end.
1520
01:31:12,896 --> 01:31:16,525
[ Lysander ] Amen.
Amen to that fair prayer, say I.
1521
01:31:16,616 --> 01:31:19,005
-And then end life when I end loyalty.
- [ Girl ] Neil. That's your cue, Neil.
1522
01:31:19,096 --> 01:31:22,133
Come on, Neil.
Here's your crown. Let's go.
1523
01:32:25,376 --> 01:32:27,765
If we shadows have offended...
1524
01:32:29,376 --> 01:32:31,810
think but this
and all is mended.
1525
01:32:31,896 --> 01:32:35,445
That you have but slumber'd here
while these visions did appear.
1526
01:32:35,536 --> 01:32:39,654
And this weak and idle theme,
no more yielding but a dream.
1527
01:32:40,816 --> 01:32:43,410
Gentles, do not reprehend.
1528
01:32:43,496 --> 01:32:46,533
If you pardon, we will mend.
1529
01:32:46,616 --> 01:32:50,086
And as I am an honest Puck,
if we have unearned luck,
1530
01:32:50,176 --> 01:32:52,451
now to 'scape
the serpent's tongue,
1531
01:32:52,536 --> 01:32:56,848
we will make amends ere long;
else the Puck a liar call.
1532
01:33:00,163 --> 01:33:01,562
So, good night
unto you all.
1533
01:33:01,643 --> 01:33:04,680
Give me your hands
if we be friends,
1534
01:33:04,763 --> 01:33:08,517
and Robin shall
restore amends.
1535
01:33:13,443 --> 01:33:15,832
- [ Audience Applauding ]
- [ Chattering ]
1536
01:33:15,923 --> 01:33:18,915
[ Applause Continues ]
1537
01:33:20,603 --> 01:33:25,757
[ Audience Whistling, Cheering ]
1538
01:33:29,803 --> 01:33:34,319
[ Audience Continues Cheering ]
1539
01:33:36,323 --> 01:33:40,077
[ Audience Cheering,
Whistling, Louder ]
1540
01:33:40,163 --> 01:33:42,597
[ Welton Boys ]
Yawp! Carpe diem!
1541
01:33:49,403 --> 01:33:54,557
[ Sighs, Laughs ]
1542
01:33:54,643 --> 01:33:56,474
[ Yelling ]
1543
01:33:56,563 --> 01:34:00,636
[ Actors Chattering ]
1544
01:34:00,723 --> 01:34:02,759
[ Whooping ]
1545
01:34:02,843 --> 01:34:05,073
- [ Crowd Chattering ]
- [ Girl ] That was great!
1546
01:34:05,163 --> 01:34:08,599
Excuse me. I'm Neil's father.
I'd like to see him, please.
1547
01:34:08,683 --> 01:34:12,392
[ All Chattering ]
1548
01:34:12,483 --> 01:34:16,556
- Neil, your father.
- [ Chattering Continues ]
1549
01:34:16,643 --> 01:34:22,275
- [ Boy ] What did you think?
- You were all just wonderful!
1550
01:34:22,363 --> 01:34:25,480
[ Crowd Chattering, Laughing ]
1551
01:34:25,563 --> 01:34:29,476
[ Chattering, Laughing Continues ]
1552
01:34:34,683 --> 01:34:36,514
- [ Crowd Chattering ]
- [ Mr Perry ] Excuse me, please.
1553
01:34:36,603 --> 01:34:40,278
- Excuse me. Excuse me.
- [ Boys ] Neil! Back here! Neil!
1554
01:34:40,363 --> 01:34:43,275
Neil, Neil, you were great!
Come back, Neil.
1555
01:34:43,363 --> 01:34:45,194
- I can't, guys.
- Neil.
1556
01:34:45,283 --> 01:34:47,114
[ Mr Perry ]
Excuse me.
1557
01:34:48,243 --> 01:34:51,360
Neil. Neil.
You have the gift.
1558
01:34:51,443 --> 01:34:53,718
What a performance.
You left even me speechless.
1559
01:34:53,803 --> 01:34:55,998
- You have to stay with--
- Get in the car.
1560
01:34:56,083 --> 01:34:59,553
Keating,
you stay away from my son.
1561
01:34:59,643 --> 01:35:03,477
Neil! Neil!
Mr Perry, come on!
1562
01:35:03,563 --> 01:35:06,202
[ Keating ] Don't make it
any worse than it is.
1563
01:35:06,283 --> 01:35:09,912
[ Woman Chattering ]
Do you want to take the other car?
1564
01:35:10,003 --> 01:35:12,358
[ Chattering Continues ]
1565
01:35:12,443 --> 01:35:15,241
[ Car Departs ]
1566
01:35:15,323 --> 01:35:18,121
1567
01:35:18,203 --> 01:35:20,433
Is it okay
if we walk back?
1568
01:35:20,523 --> 01:35:23,321
Captain?
1569
01:35:25,963 --> 01:35:28,272
- [ Charlie ] Knox?
- What?
1570
01:35:28,363 --> 01:35:30,831
We'll be home about 1 1.:30.
1571
01:35:48,363 --> 01:35:50,672
1572
01:36:07,003 --> 01:36:09,597
[ Clears Throat ]
We're trying very hard...
1573
01:36:09,683 --> 01:36:13,995
to understand why it is
that you insist on defying us.
1574
01:36:14,083 --> 01:36:19,316
But whatever the reason,
we're not gonna let you ruin your life.
1575
01:36:19,403 --> 01:36:22,952
I'm withdrawing you from Welton and
enrolling you in Braden Military School.
1576
01:36:23,043 --> 01:36:26,035
You're going to Harvard,
and you're gonna be a doctor.
1577
01:36:29,003 --> 01:36:30,834
But that's ten more years.
1578
01:36:30,923 --> 01:36:32,879
- Father, that's a lifetime!
- Oh, stop it!
1579
01:36:32,963 --> 01:36:36,956
Don't be so dramatic.
You make it sound like a prison term.
1580
01:36:38,123 --> 01:36:39,954
You don't understand, Neil.
1581
01:36:40,043 --> 01:36:42,841
You have opportunities
that I never even dreamt of!
1582
01:36:42,923 --> 01:36:45,801
- I am not going to let you waste them!
- I've got to tell you what I feel.
1583
01:36:45,883 --> 01:36:48,841
- We've been so worried about--
- What? What? Tell me what you feel!
1584
01:36:51,003 --> 01:36:52,834
What is it?
1585
01:37:01,283 --> 01:37:05,071
Is it more of this-this
acting business?
1586
01:37:05,163 --> 01:37:08,519
Because you can forget that.
1587
01:37:08,603 --> 01:37:10,992
What?
1588
01:37:15,523 --> 01:37:18,037
Nothing.
1589
01:37:28,923 --> 01:37:32,598
[ Sighs ]
Nothing?
1590
01:37:34,883 --> 01:37:37,238
Well, then,
let's go to bed.
1591
01:37:50,163 --> 01:37:55,521
[ Softly ] I was good.
I was really good.
1592
01:37:59,723 --> 01:38:02,032
Go on, get some sleep.
1593
01:38:32,283 --> 01:38:36,720
- [ Mrs Perry Sobbing ]
- It's going to be all right.
1594
01:41:41,083 --> 01:41:44,155
[ Gasping ]
What was that?
1595
01:41:44,243 --> 01:41:46,996
[ Mrs Perry ]
What?
1596
01:41:47,083 --> 01:41:50,871
- That sound.
- What sound?
1597
01:41:57,123 --> 01:41:58,954
Tom?
1598
01:42:02,443 --> 01:42:04,274
What is it?
1599
01:42:05,723 --> 01:42:07,554
What's wrong?
1600
01:42:17,043 --> 01:42:19,273
Neil?
1601
01:42:24,643 --> 01:42:27,794
Tom, what is it?
1602
01:42:27,883 --> 01:42:30,192
What's wrong?
1603
01:42:32,283 --> 01:42:34,274
Neil?
1604
01:42:39,163 --> 01:42:42,997
- Neil?
- [ Mrs Perry ] I'll look outside.
1605
01:42:43,083 --> 01:42:44,914
Neil?
1606
01:42:49,563 --> 01:42:51,394
[ Sniffs ]
1607
01:43:01,963 --> 01:43:06,275
No!
1608
01:43:06,363 --> 01:43:10,515
- Oh, Neil! Oh, my God!
- Oh, my God. Oh, no, no.
1609
01:43:10,603 --> 01:43:13,242
- Oh, my son! My son! My poor son!
- He's all right.
1610
01:43:13,323 --> 01:43:17,680
- [ Repeating, Hysterically ]
He's all right!
- Stop it. Stop it. Stop it.
1611
01:43:17,763 --> 01:43:23,281
- Stop it! Stop it.
- [ Sobbing ]
1612
01:43:27,563 --> 01:43:31,192
Todd. Todd.
1613
01:43:31,283 --> 01:43:34,036
Oh, Charlie.
1614
01:43:39,803 --> 01:43:43,159
What is it?
1615
01:43:50,083 --> 01:43:52,551
[ Softly ]
Neil's dead.
1616
01:44:28,824 --> 01:44:30,735
It's so beautiful.
1617
01:44:41,384 --> 01:44:43,852
- [ Todd Vomiting ]
- Todd!
1618
01:44:43,944 --> 01:44:45,423
- It's okay, Todd.
- [ Pitts ] Calm down.
1619
01:44:45,504 --> 01:44:47,335
- It's all right, Todd.
- [ Sobbing ]
1620
01:44:47,424 --> 01:44:49,255
- Todd, it's okay.
- It's okay, Todd.
1621
01:44:49,344 --> 01:44:52,893
- [ Continues Sobbing ]
- It's all right. It's all right.
1622
01:44:52,984 --> 01:44:54,702
- [ Crying ] He wouldn't have done it.
- You can't explain it, Todd.
1623
01:44:54,784 --> 01:44:55,899
- [ Todd ] It was his father!
- No!
1624
01:44:55,984 --> 01:44:58,657
He wouldn't have left us.
It's because he--
1625
01:44:58,744 --> 01:45:00,223
He wouldn't have.
[ Sobbing ]
1626
01:45:00,304 --> 01:45:01,578
- His dad was--
- Todd.
1627
01:45:01,664 --> 01:45:03,655
His-His father did it.
His father killed him.
1628
01:45:03,744 --> 01:45:05,575
[ Blubbering ]
He made him do it.
1629
01:45:06,664 --> 01:45:08,575
- [ Continues Sobbing ]
- Todd!
1630
01:45:08,664 --> 01:45:10,939
Leave him be.
1631
01:45:13,024 --> 01:45:15,174
[ Screams ]
1632
01:46:54,504 --> 01:46:58,895
[ Crying ]
1633
01:47:01,064 --> 01:47:05,103
[ Inhales, Sighs ]
1634
01:47:05,184 --> 01:47:07,379
[ Boys Singing ]
#...All my life ##
1635
01:47:07,464 --> 01:47:09,932
# Shall surely #
1636
01:47:10,024 --> 01:47:15,052
# Follow me #
1637
01:47:15,144 --> 01:47:19,376
# And in God's house #
1638
01:47:19,464 --> 01:47:23,377
# Forevermore #
1639
01:47:23,464 --> 01:47:27,696
# My dwelling place #
1640
01:47:27,784 --> 01:47:31,857
# Shall be #
1641
01:47:31,944 --> 01:47:37,462
# Amen ##
1642
01:47:43,424 --> 01:47:46,063
[ Nolan ]
The death of Neil Perry is a tragedy.
1643
01:47:49,504 --> 01:47:52,940
He was a fine student,
1644
01:47:53,024 --> 01:47:56,778
one of Welton's best.
1645
01:47:56,864 --> 01:47:59,503
And he will be missed.
1646
01:48:03,104 --> 01:48:07,655
We've contacted each of your parents
to explain the situation.
1647
01:48:07,744 --> 01:48:11,020
Naturally, they're all
quite concerned.
1648
01:48:15,904 --> 01:48:19,021
At the request
of Neil's family,
1649
01:48:19,104 --> 01:48:24,462
I intend to conduct a thorough
inquiry into this matter.
1650
01:48:25,824 --> 01:48:29,817
Your complete cooperation
is expected.
1651
01:48:33,984 --> 01:48:38,535
[ Opens, Flicks,
Closes Lighter ]
1652
01:48:38,624 --> 01:48:41,661
- You told him about this meeting?
- Twice.
1653
01:48:41,744 --> 01:48:43,894
That's it, guys.
We're all fried.
1654
01:48:43,984 --> 01:48:46,782
- [ Pitts ] How do you mean?
- Cameron's a fink.
1655
01:48:46,864 --> 01:48:50,015
- He's in Nolan's office now, finking.
- About what?
1656
01:48:50,104 --> 01:48:53,016
The club, Pittsie.
Think about it.
1657
01:48:53,104 --> 01:48:56,699
The board of directors,
the trustees and Mr Nolan.
1658
01:48:56,784 --> 01:49:00,220
Do you think for one moment they're
gonna let this thing just blow over?
1659
01:49:00,304 --> 01:49:04,775
Schools go down because of things
like this. They need a scapegoat.
1660
01:49:07,504 --> 01:49:10,302
[ Door Opening ]
1661
01:49:12,144 --> 01:49:16,296
[ Door Creaks Closed,
Footsteps Approaching ]
1662
01:49:16,384 --> 01:49:19,421
[ Footsteps Continue ]
1663
01:49:19,504 --> 01:49:21,574
What's going on, guys?
1664
01:49:22,864 --> 01:49:25,059
You finked,
didn't you, Cameron?
1665
01:49:25,144 --> 01:49:27,180
''Finked''? I don't know
what the hell you're talking about.
1666
01:49:27,264 --> 01:49:30,381
You told Nolan everything about
the club is what I'm talking about.
1667
01:49:30,464 --> 01:49:32,295
Look, in case you hadn't heard,
Dalton, there's something...
1668
01:49:32,384 --> 01:49:34,773
called an honour code
at this school, all right?
1669
01:49:34,864 --> 01:49:38,379
If a teacher asks you a question,
you tell the truth or you're expelled.
1670
01:49:38,464 --> 01:49:40,056
- You--
- Charlie!
1671
01:49:40,144 --> 01:49:44,296
He's a rat! He's in it up to his eyes,
so he ratted to save himself!
1672
01:49:44,384 --> 01:49:46,693
- [ Knox ] Don't touch him, Charlie.
You do and you're out.
- I'm out anyway!
1673
01:49:46,784 --> 01:49:49,582
- You don't know that. Not yet!
- He's right there, Charlie.
1674
01:49:49,664 --> 01:49:53,703
And if you guys are smart, you will do
exactly what I did and cooperate.
1675
01:49:53,784 --> 01:49:58,414
They're not after us.
We're the victims.
1676
01:49:58,504 --> 01:50:01,064
Us and Neil.
1677
01:50:01,144 --> 01:50:03,374
What's that mean?
Who are they after?
1678
01:50:03,464 --> 01:50:06,695
Why, Mr Keating, of course.
The ''Captain'' himself!
1679
01:50:06,784 --> 01:50:10,379
You guys didn't really think he could
avoid responsibility, did you?
1680
01:50:10,464 --> 01:50:14,059
Mr Keating responsible for Neil?
Is that what they're saying?
1681
01:50:14,144 --> 01:50:18,695
Well, who else do you think, dumb ass?
The administration? Mr Perry?
1682
01:50:18,784 --> 01:50:21,378
Mr Keating put us up
to all this crap, didn't he?
1683
01:50:21,464 --> 01:50:23,898
If it wasn't for Mr Keating,
Neil would be...
1684
01:50:23,984 --> 01:50:26,259
cozied up in his room right now,
studying his chemistry...
1685
01:50:26,344 --> 01:50:28,335
- and dreaming of being called ''Doctor''!
- That is not true, Cameron!
1686
01:50:28,424 --> 01:50:30,858
You know that!
He didn't put us up to anything.
1687
01:50:30,944 --> 01:50:33,333
- [ Panting ] Neil loved acting.
- Believe what you want,
1688
01:50:33,424 --> 01:50:35,984
but I say let Keating fry.
1689
01:50:36,064 --> 01:50:39,534
I mean,
why ruin our lives?
1690
01:50:39,624 --> 01:50:43,299
- [ Cameron Grunts ]
- [ Knox Muttering ]
1691
01:50:44,744 --> 01:50:48,419
[ Panting ]
1692
01:50:48,504 --> 01:50:51,621
You just signed
your expulsion papers, Nuwanda.
1693
01:50:54,264 --> 01:50:58,382
And if the rest of you are smart,
you'll do exactly what I did!
1694
01:50:59,704 --> 01:51:02,582
They know everything anyway.
1695
01:51:02,664 --> 01:51:06,213
[ Panting ]
You can't save Keating,
1696
01:51:07,744 --> 01:51:09,814
but you can save yourselves.
1697
01:51:13,064 --> 01:51:15,498
[ Footsteps Departing ]
1698
01:51:15,584 --> 01:51:19,463
1699
01:51:41,544 --> 01:51:44,012
[ Hager ]
Knox Overstreet.
1700
01:52:09,384 --> 01:52:12,421
- Meeks.
- Go away. I have to study.
1701
01:52:14,024 --> 01:52:16,174
What happened to Nuwanda?
1702
01:52:16,264 --> 01:52:18,095
Expelled.
1703
01:52:20,744 --> 01:52:22,735
What'd you tell 'em?
1704
01:52:22,824 --> 01:52:25,622
Nothing they didn't
already know.
1705
01:52:27,144 --> 01:52:29,499
[ Hager ]
Todd Anderson.
1706
01:52:49,824 --> 01:52:52,702
- Hello, son.
- Hello, darling.
1707
01:52:54,304 --> 01:52:56,135
[ Softly ]
Mom.
1708
01:53:01,504 --> 01:53:03,813
Have a seat, Mr Anderson.
1709
01:53:09,664 --> 01:53:13,100
Mr Anderson, I think we've pretty well
put together what's happened here.
1710
01:53:13,184 --> 01:53:17,894
You do admit to being a part
of this Dead Poets Society?
1711
01:53:20,864 --> 01:53:23,617
Answer him, Todd.
1712
01:53:25,024 --> 01:53:26,855
[ Softly ]
Yes, sir.
1713
01:53:28,384 --> 01:53:31,342
I have here
a detailed description...
1714
01:53:31,424 --> 01:53:33,733
of what occurred at your meetings.
1715
01:53:33,824 --> 01:53:35,655
It describes how your teacher,
Mr Keating,
1716
01:53:35,744 --> 01:53:37,575
encouraged you boys
to organize this club...
1717
01:53:37,664 --> 01:53:40,781
and to use it as a source
of inspiration...
1718
01:53:40,864 --> 01:53:43,332
for reckless
and self-indulgent behaviour.
1719
01:53:43,424 --> 01:53:48,214
It describes how Mr Keating,
both in and out of the classroom,
1720
01:53:48,304 --> 01:53:52,138
encouraged Neil Perry to follow
his obsession with acting...
1721
01:53:52,224 --> 01:53:54,977
when he knew all along it was
against the explicit orders...
1722
01:53:55,064 --> 01:53:57,453
of Neil's parents.
1723
01:53:57,544 --> 01:54:01,298
It was Mr Keating's blatant abuse
of his position as teacher...
1724
01:54:01,384 --> 01:54:04,456
that led directly
to Neil Perry's death.
1725
01:54:14,464 --> 01:54:16,614
Read that document carefully,
Todd.
1726
01:54:18,464 --> 01:54:20,853
Very carefully.
1727
01:54:26,224 --> 01:54:29,261
If you've nothing
to add or amend, sign it.
1728
01:54:29,344 --> 01:54:31,904
What's gonna happen
to Mr Keating?
1729
01:54:31,984 --> 01:54:36,375
[ Mr Anderson Sighs ]
I've had enough. Sign the paper, Todd!
1730
01:54:40,464 --> 01:54:44,537
[ McAllister ]
Grass is gramen or herba.
1731
01:54:44,624 --> 01:54:46,740
Lapis is stone.
1732
01:54:46,824 --> 01:54:50,783
The entire building
is aedificium.
1733
01:55:02,464 --> 01:55:04,375
[ Chuckles Softly ]
1734
01:55:17,904 --> 01:55:22,455
1735
01:55:25,664 --> 01:55:27,814
Sit.
1736
01:55:29,024 --> 01:55:31,015
I'll be teaching this
class through exams.
1737
01:55:31,104 --> 01:55:34,699
We'll find a permanent English teacher
during the break.
1738
01:55:36,384 --> 01:55:40,457
Who will tell me where you are
in the Pritchard textbook?
1739
01:55:45,184 --> 01:55:47,095
Mr Anderson?
1740
01:55:49,344 --> 01:55:52,302
- Uh, in the, in the Prit--
- I can't hear you, Mr Anderson.
1741
01:55:52,384 --> 01:55:55,854
[ Stammering ]
In the, in the, in the Pritchard--
1742
01:55:55,944 --> 01:55:58,538
Kindly inform me,
Mr Cameron.
1743
01:55:58,624 --> 01:56:00,455
We skipped around a lot, sir.
1744
01:56:00,544 --> 01:56:04,378
We covered the romantics and some of the
chapters on post-Civil War literature.
1745
01:56:04,464 --> 01:56:09,618
- What about the realists?
- We skipped most of that, sir.
1746
01:56:09,704 --> 01:56:12,377
All right, then,
we'll start over.
1747
01:56:14,504 --> 01:56:17,576
What is poetry?
1748
01:56:19,424 --> 01:56:22,814
- Come!
1749
01:56:25,464 --> 01:56:29,173
Excuse me.
[ Closes Door ]
1750
01:56:29,264 --> 01:56:31,778
I came for my personals.
1751
01:56:31,864 --> 01:56:34,014
Should I come back
after class?
1752
01:56:34,104 --> 01:56:36,095
Get them now,
Mr Keating.
1753
01:56:38,384 --> 01:56:42,172
Gentlemen, turn to page 2 1
of the introduction.
1754
01:56:42,264 --> 01:56:44,778
Mr Cameron,
1755
01:56:44,864 --> 01:56:49,984
read aloud the excellent essay
by Dr Pritchard...
1756
01:56:50,064 --> 01:56:52,453
on ''Understanding Poetry. ''
1757
01:56:54,104 --> 01:56:56,174
That page has been
ripped out, sir.
1758
01:56:56,264 --> 01:56:58,459
Well, borrow
somebody else's book.
1759
01:56:58,544 --> 01:57:00,455
They're all ripped out, sir.
1760
01:57:00,544 --> 01:57:03,775
[ Nolan Chuckling ] What do you mean,
''They're all ripped out''?
1761
01:57:03,864 --> 01:57:07,140
- Sir, we-- Ac--
- [ Nolan ] Never mind.
1762
01:57:10,584 --> 01:57:12,461
[ Slaps Book ]
Read.
1763
01:57:15,584 --> 01:57:19,702
[ Cameron ] '''Understanding Poetry'
by DrJ. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D.
1764
01:57:19,784 --> 01:57:21,775
''To fully understand poetry,
we must first be fluent...
1765
01:57:21,864 --> 01:57:24,332
''with its metre, rhyme
and figures of speech.
1766
01:57:24,424 --> 01:57:26,255
''Then ask two questions.
One:
1767
01:57:26,344 --> 01:57:29,734
''How artfully has the objective
of the poem been rendered?
1768
01:57:29,824 --> 01:57:31,940
''And, two:
1769
01:57:32,024 --> 01:57:35,539
''How important
is that objective?
1770
01:57:35,624 --> 01:57:37,137
''Question one
rates the poem's perfection.
1771
01:57:37,224 --> 01:57:39,055
''Question two rates its importance.
1772
01:57:39,144 --> 01:57:40,975
'And once these questions
have been answered,
1773
01:57:41,064 --> 01:57:44,500
''determining a poem's greatness
becomes a relatively simple matter.
1774
01:57:44,584 --> 01:57:47,542
If the poem's score for perfection is
plotted on the horizontal of a graph--''
1775
01:57:47,624 --> 01:57:49,819
- Mr Keating!
They made everybody sign it.
- Quiet, Mr Anderson!
1776
01:57:49,904 --> 01:57:52,259
- You've got to believe me. It's true.
- I do believe you, Todd.
1777
01:57:52,344 --> 01:57:54,255
- Leave, Mr Keating.
- But it wasn't his fault!
1778
01:57:54,344 --> 01:57:57,939
Sit down, Mr Anderson! One more
outburst from you or anyone else,
1779
01:57:58,024 --> 01:57:59,855
and you're out
of this school!
1780
01:57:59,944 --> 01:58:01,775
Leave, Mr Keating.
1781
01:58:03,224 --> 01:58:06,375
I said, ''Leave, Mr Keating.''
1782
01:58:20,944 --> 01:58:25,256
- O Captain, my Captain.
- [ Nolan ] Sit down, Mr Anderson.
1783
01:58:27,144 --> 01:58:29,533
Do you hear me?
Sit down!
1784
01:58:29,624 --> 01:58:32,218
Sit down!
1785
01:58:33,704 --> 01:58:37,094
This is your final warning,
Anderson.
1786
01:58:37,184 --> 01:58:41,257
How dare you.
Do you hear me?
1787
01:58:41,344 --> 01:58:43,699
O Captain, my Captain.
1788
01:58:45,064 --> 01:58:46,463
Mr Overstreet, I warn you!
1789
01:58:46,544 --> 01:58:48,455
Sit down!
1790
01:58:50,624 --> 01:58:52,933
Sit down!
1791
01:58:53,024 --> 01:58:56,460
Sit down! All of you!
I want you seated!
1792
01:58:56,544 --> 01:58:59,502
Sit down!
Leave, Mr Keating.
1793
01:59:07,584 --> 01:59:10,098
All of you, down!
I want you seated!
1794
01:59:10,184 --> 01:59:13,859
Do you hear me?
1795
01:59:17,424 --> 01:59:20,416
Sit down!
1796
01:59:58,864 --> 02:00:01,856
Thank you, boys.
1797
02:00:01,944 --> 02:00:04,333
Thank you.
1798
02:00:19,704 --> 02:00:24,494
1799
02:00:24,584 --> 02:00:29,294

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