1 00:00:34,409 --> 00:00:36,453 [PEOPLE MURMURING] 2 00:00:41,834 --> 00:00:44,545 WOMAN: Now, remember, keep your shoulders back. 3 00:00:54,221 --> 00:00:56,181 Okay, put your arm around your brother. That's it. 4 00:00:57,057 --> 00:00:59,268 Right, and freeze. 5 00:01:00,644 --> 00:01:01,937 Okay, one more. 6 00:01:06,692 --> 00:01:08,694 MAN 1: Now, just to review, 7 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:11,280 you're going to follow along the procession 8 00:01:11,488 --> 00:01:14,157 until you get to the headmaster. 9 00:01:14,366 --> 00:01:18,495 And at that point, he will indicate to you to light the candles of the boys. 10 00:01:18,704 --> 00:01:20,414 - All right. MAN 2: All right, boys, let's settle down. 11 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,883 Banners up. 12 00:01:31,341 --> 00:01:33,385 [BAGPIPES PLAYING "SCOTLAND THE BRAVE"] 13 00:02:22,351 --> 00:02:27,689 Ladies and gentlemen, boys, the light of knowledge. 14 00:02:27,940 --> 00:02:29,983 [ORGAN PLAYING] 15 00:02:37,366 --> 00:02:39,409 [APPLAUSE] 16 00:02:43,247 --> 00:02:47,668 NOLAN: One hundred years ago, in 1859, 17 00:02:48,877 --> 00:02:54,091 41 boys sat in this room and were asked the same question 18 00:02:54,341 --> 00:02:57,386 that now greets you at the start of each semester. 19 00:02:57,970 --> 00:03:01,306 Gentlemen, what are the four pillars? 20 00:03:03,976 --> 00:03:08,522 Tradition, honour, discipline, excellence. 21 00:03:10,774 --> 00:03:16,029 In her first year, Welton Academy graduated five students. 22 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,032 Last year, we graduated 51. 23 00:03:19,283 --> 00:03:25,038 And more than 75 percent of those went on to the Ivy League. 24 00:03:27,332 --> 00:03:30,252 This kind of accomplishment 25 00:03:30,586 --> 00:03:36,216 is the result of fervent dedication to the principles taught here. 26 00:03:36,425 --> 00:03:40,429 This is why you parents have been sending us your sons. 27 00:03:41,430 --> 00:03:46,685 This is why we are the best preparatory school in the United States. 28 00:03:55,986 --> 00:03:57,362 As you know, 29 00:03:58,071 --> 00:04:00,032 our beloved Mr. Portius of the English Department 30 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,326 retired last term. 31 00:04:03,035 --> 00:04:05,454 You will have the opportunity later to meet his replacement, 32 00:04:05,662 --> 00:04:07,915 Mr. John Keating, 33 00:04:08,123 --> 00:04:10,667 himself an honours graduate of this school. 34 00:04:10,876 --> 00:04:12,920 And who, for the past several years, 35 00:04:13,170 --> 00:04:16,464 has been teaching at the highly regarded Chester School in London. 36 00:04:16,714 --> 00:04:18,759 [APPLAUSE] 37 00:04:22,471 --> 00:04:26,642 BOY 1: Richard, you forgot your bag. BOY 2: Hi, Charlie. Hey, how you doing? 38 00:04:26,850 --> 00:04:28,018 [CAR HORN HONKS] 39 00:04:28,227 --> 00:04:30,354 BOY 3: Don't worry, I've got your club assignment. 40 00:04:30,562 --> 00:04:32,606 [CHATTERING] 41 00:04:43,951 --> 00:04:45,702 NOLAN: I'm glad you could come by. 42 00:04:46,328 --> 00:04:49,122 - Thrilling ceremony as usual, Dr. Nolan. NOLAN: You've been away too long. 43 00:04:49,331 --> 00:04:50,791 - Hello, Dr. Nolan. NOLAN: How've you been? 44 00:04:50,999 --> 00:04:53,085 - This is our youngest, Todd. NOLAN: Mr. Anderson. 45 00:04:53,335 --> 00:04:55,170 You have some big shoes to fill, young man. 46 00:04:55,379 --> 00:04:56,797 Your brother was one of our finest. 47 00:04:57,589 --> 00:04:59,091 Thank you. 48 00:05:00,175 --> 00:05:03,053 WOMAN: Lovely ceremony. NOLAN: Thank you. I'm so glad you liked it. 49 00:05:03,262 --> 00:05:04,346 PERRY: Gale. - John. 50 00:05:04,555 --> 00:05:05,556 Good to see you again. 51 00:05:05,764 --> 00:05:07,474 - Hello, Mr. Nolan. - Neil. 52 00:05:07,683 --> 00:05:09,476 We expect great things from you this year. 53 00:05:09,685 --> 00:05:11,770 - Thank you, sir. - Well, he won't disappoint us. 54 00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:14,606 - Right, Neil? - I'll do my best, sir. 55 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:15,983 [BELL TOLLING] 56 00:05:16,191 --> 00:05:19,486 MAN 1: Come on, son. No tears, now. WOMAN 1: Chin up. Chin up. 57 00:05:19,695 --> 00:05:21,405 - I don't wanna go here. WOMAN 2: I love you. 58 00:05:21,613 --> 00:05:23,407 MAN 2: I'll walk you over. 59 00:05:24,408 --> 00:05:25,534 WOMAN 2: Do your lessons. 60 00:05:30,831 --> 00:05:32,791 Hey. I hear we're gonna be roommates. 61 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,794 - I'm Neil Perry. - I'm Todd Anderson. 62 00:05:36,295 --> 00:05:39,590 - Why'd you leave Balincrest? TODD: My brother went here. 63 00:05:39,798 --> 00:05:41,717 Oh, so you're that Anderson. 64 00:05:41,967 --> 00:05:44,052 MAN: Well, this is in case of his sinuses. 65 00:05:44,261 --> 00:05:47,181 And, oh, if he can't swallow, you give him one of these. 66 00:05:47,389 --> 00:05:49,975 And if he has trouble breathing, you can give him some of those. 67 00:05:50,184 --> 00:05:51,185 - Fine, yes. - Ooh. 68 00:05:51,393 --> 00:05:53,812 - Did you remember your vaporiser? - Yeah, it's in my room. 69 00:05:54,062 --> 00:05:56,106 [CHATTERING] 70 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:02,154 BOY 1: Hey, how's it going, Neil? BOY 2: Hey, Knox. 71 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:05,616 CAMERON: Neil. Study group tonight? - Yeah, sure. 72 00:06:05,866 --> 00:06:07,159 Business as usual, huh? 73 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:11,038 Hey, I heard you got the new kid. Looks like a stiff. Ha, ha. 74 00:06:11,747 --> 00:06:12,748 Oops. 75 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:17,920 Listen, don't mind Cameron. 76 00:06:18,128 --> 00:06:21,715 He's born with his foot in his mouth. You know what I mean? 77 00:06:25,052 --> 00:06:27,930 Rumour has it you did summer school. 78 00:06:28,180 --> 00:06:31,850 Yep. Chemistry. My father thought I should get ahead. 79 00:06:32,059 --> 00:06:35,062 - How was your summer, Slick? - Keen. 80 00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:41,068 - Meeks, door, closed. - Yes, sir. 81 00:06:41,276 --> 00:06:43,487 Gentlemen, what are the four pillars? 82 00:06:43,695 --> 00:06:48,909 [IN UNISON] Travesty, horror, decadence, excrement. 83 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,203 Okay. Study group. 84 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:53,997 Meeks aced Latin, I didn't quite flunk English. 85 00:06:54,206 --> 00:06:56,375 So if you want, we got our study group. 86 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:59,837 Sure, Cameron asked me too. Anyone mind including him? 87 00:07:00,045 --> 00:07:01,964 What's his speciality, bootlicking? 88 00:07:02,172 --> 00:07:05,300 - He's your roommate. - That's not my fault. 89 00:07:06,844 --> 00:07:10,597 - Uh, I'm sorry. My name is Steven Meeks. - Oh, this is Todd Anderson. 90 00:07:10,806 --> 00:07:12,349 MEEKS: Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. 91 00:07:12,558 --> 00:07:13,600 CHARLIE: Charlie Dalton. 92 00:07:16,353 --> 00:07:19,314 - I'm Knox Overstreet. - Todd's brother was Jeffrey Anderson. 93 00:07:19,523 --> 00:07:21,859 - Oh, yeah, sure. MEEKS: Well. 94 00:07:22,067 --> 00:07:24,403 Valedictorian. National Merit scholar. 95 00:07:24,611 --> 00:07:28,615 Oh, well. Welcome to Hell-ton. 96 00:07:28,824 --> 00:07:32,119 It's every bit as tough as they say, unless you're a genius like Meeks. 97 00:07:32,703 --> 00:07:34,913 He flatters me. That's why I help him with Latin. 98 00:07:35,122 --> 00:07:36,790 And English, and trig. 99 00:07:36,999 --> 00:07:38,000 [COUGHING] 100 00:07:38,208 --> 00:07:39,626 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 101 00:07:40,335 --> 00:07:42,129 It's open. 102 00:07:44,214 --> 00:07:46,175 Father, I thought you'd gone. 103 00:07:46,383 --> 00:07:48,969 - Mr. Perry, sir. PERRY: Keep your seats, fellas. 104 00:07:50,429 --> 00:07:52,848 Neil, I've just spoken to Mr. Nolan. 105 00:07:53,056 --> 00:07:56,185 I think that you're taking too many extracurricular activities this semester, 106 00:07:56,393 --> 00:07:59,438 and I've decided that you should drop the school annual. 107 00:07:59,646 --> 00:08:02,941 - But I'm the assistant editor this year. - Well, I'm sorry, Neil. 108 00:08:03,192 --> 00:08:05,444 But, father, I can't. It wouldn't be fair. 109 00:08:05,652 --> 00:08:08,822 Fellas, could you excuse us for a moment? 110 00:08:21,293 --> 00:08:23,837 - Don't you ever dispute me in public. - Father, I wasn't-- 111 00:08:24,046 --> 00:08:26,465 After you've finished medical school and you're on your own, 112 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:30,052 then you can do as you damn well please, but until then, you do as I tell you. 113 00:08:30,260 --> 00:08:33,347 - That clear? - Yes, sir, I'm sorry. 114 00:08:34,972 --> 00:08:38,018 Ahem. You know how much this means to your mother, don't you? 115 00:08:38,227 --> 00:08:39,645 Yes, sir. 116 00:08:41,145 --> 00:08:43,857 You know me, always taking on too much. 117 00:08:45,067 --> 00:08:46,985 Well, that's my boy. 118 00:08:47,569 --> 00:08:49,696 Now, listen, you need anything, you let us know, huh? 119 00:08:49,905 --> 00:08:51,323 Yes, sir. 120 00:08:59,915 --> 00:09:02,376 CHARLIE: Why doesn't he let you do what you want? 121 00:09:03,669 --> 00:09:06,463 Yeah, Neil. Tell him off. It couldn't get any worse. 122 00:09:06,672 --> 00:09:08,841 Oh, that's rich. Like you guys tell your parents off? 123 00:09:09,049 --> 00:09:10,968 Mr. Future-Lawyer and Mr. Future-Banker. 124 00:09:11,176 --> 00:09:13,136 Okay, so I don't like it any more than you do. 125 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:16,431 Don't tell me how to talk to my father. You guys are the same. 126 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,433 All right, all right. Jesus. 127 00:09:18,642 --> 00:09:20,477 - What are you gonna do? NEIL: What I have to do. 128 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:22,312 Drop the annual. 129 00:09:22,521 --> 00:09:24,106 CHARLIE: I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it. 130 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:26,650 It's just a bunch of jerks trying to impress Nolan. 131 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:29,361 I don't care. I don't give a damn about any of it. 132 00:09:30,237 --> 00:09:32,781 Well, uh, Latin? Eight o'clock in my room? 133 00:09:32,990 --> 00:09:35,117 NEIL: Yes. - Sounds good. 134 00:09:35,325 --> 00:09:37,870 - Todd, you're welcome to join us. KNOX: Yeah, come along, pal. 135 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:39,538 Thanks. 136 00:09:40,038 --> 00:09:41,331 [BELL TOLLING] 137 00:10:03,228 --> 00:10:05,272 [CHIRPING] 138 00:10:07,983 --> 00:10:10,027 [CHATTERING] 139 00:10:17,534 --> 00:10:20,162 McALLISTER: Slow down, boys. 140 00:10:20,370 --> 00:10:23,832 Slow down, you horrible phalanx of pubescence. 141 00:10:24,041 --> 00:10:28,253 Pick three laboratory experiments from the project list 142 00:10:28,462 --> 00:10:32,132 and report on them every five weeks. 143 00:10:32,341 --> 00:10:37,179 The first 20 questions at the end of Chapter 1 are due tomorrow. 144 00:10:38,889 --> 00:10:40,933 [McALLISTER AND STUDENTS SPEAKING LATIN] 145 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:56,031 Again, please. 146 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,699 [CONTINUES SPEAKING LATIN] 147 00:10:57,908 --> 00:11:03,789 Your study of trigonometry requires absolute precision. 148 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:08,752 Anyone failing to turn in any homework assignment 149 00:11:08,961 --> 00:11:13,966 will be penalised one point off their final grade. 150 00:11:14,174 --> 00:11:17,469 Let me urge you now not to test me on this point. 151 00:11:18,470 --> 00:11:20,514 [CHATTERING] 152 00:11:29,606 --> 00:11:31,233 KNOX: Hey, Spaz. Spaz. 153 00:11:33,151 --> 00:11:34,653 BOY 1: Brain damage. BOY 2: Shh. 154 00:11:34,862 --> 00:11:36,905 [WHISTLING] 155 00:11:55,883 --> 00:11:57,634 Well, come on. 156 00:11:59,428 --> 00:12:01,471 [MURMURING] 157 00:12:02,389 --> 00:12:04,600 BOY 3: Is he kidding? BOY 4: He's gotta be. 158 00:12:05,434 --> 00:12:06,435 NEIL: Let's go. KNOX: Where? 159 00:12:06,643 --> 00:12:08,228 Let's go, guys. 160 00:12:09,438 --> 00:12:11,565 Okay, go. 161 00:12:33,545 --> 00:12:36,590 O Captain! my Captain! 162 00:12:37,508 --> 00:12:39,551 Who knows where that comes from? 163 00:12:40,219 --> 00:12:41,678 Anybody? 164 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:48,060 Not a clue? 165 00:12:48,602 --> 00:12:52,481 It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. 166 00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:55,484 Now, in this class, you can either call me Mr. Keating, 167 00:12:55,692 --> 00:12:59,446 or if you're slightly more daring, O Captain, My Captain. 168 00:13:03,742 --> 00:13:06,453 Now, let me dispel a few rumours so they don't fester into facts. 169 00:13:06,662 --> 00:13:10,207 Yes, I too attended Hell-ton and survived. 170 00:13:10,415 --> 00:13:14,586 And no, at that time, I was not the mental giant you see before you. 171 00:13:14,795 --> 00:13:18,215 I was the intellectual equivalent of a 98-pound weakling. 172 00:13:18,423 --> 00:13:19,424 I would go to the beach 173 00:13:19,633 --> 00:13:22,010 and people would kick copies of Byron in my face. 174 00:13:26,431 --> 00:13:27,474 Now, 175 00:13:28,350 --> 00:13:31,812 Mr. Pitts. 176 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:36,483 That's a rather unfortunate name. Mr. Pitts, where are you? 177 00:13:37,734 --> 00:13:41,238 Mr. Pitts, will you open your hymnal to page 542? 178 00:13:41,446 --> 00:13:44,199 Read the first stanza of the poem you find there. 179 00:13:47,828 --> 00:13:49,413 "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time"? 180 00:13:49,621 --> 00:13:51,081 KEATING: Yes, that's the one. 181 00:13:52,875 --> 00:13:54,751 Somewhat appropriate, isn't it? 182 00:13:56,253 --> 00:14:00,174 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may Old time is still a-flying: 183 00:14:00,382 --> 00:14:03,677 And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. 184 00:14:04,636 --> 00:14:06,471 Thank you, Mr. Pitts. 185 00:14:07,306 --> 00:14:10,475 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may 186 00:14:10,684 --> 00:14:14,146 The Latin term for that sentiment is carpe diem. 187 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:16,231 Now, who knows what that means? 188 00:14:18,150 --> 00:14:20,068 Carpe diem, that's "seize the day." 189 00:14:20,319 --> 00:14:21,945 - Very good, Mr...? MEEKS: Meeks. 190 00:14:22,154 --> 00:14:25,199 Meeks. Another unusual name. 191 00:14:25,616 --> 00:14:27,951 Seize the day. 192 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,121 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may 193 00:14:32,247 --> 00:14:35,042 - Why does the writer use these lines? - Because he's in a hurry. 194 00:14:35,292 --> 00:14:36,627 No. Ding. 195 00:14:36,877 --> 00:14:39,004 Thanks for playing anyway. 196 00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:44,468 Because we are food for worms, lads. 197 00:14:45,177 --> 00:14:48,096 Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room 198 00:14:48,305 --> 00:14:52,935 is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die. 199 00:14:55,229 --> 00:14:57,773 I would like you to step forward over here 200 00:14:57,981 --> 00:15:00,067 and peruse some of the faces from the past. 201 00:15:00,275 --> 00:15:01,902 You've walked past them many times, 202 00:15:02,110 --> 00:15:04,321 but I don't think you've really looked at them. 203 00:15:10,661 --> 00:15:12,829 They're not that different from you, are they? 204 00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:15,624 Same haircuts. 205 00:15:15,874 --> 00:15:18,794 Full of hormones, just like you. 206 00:15:19,294 --> 00:15:22,297 Invincible, just like you feel. 207 00:15:22,506 --> 00:15:24,424 The world is their oyster. 208 00:15:24,633 --> 00:15:27,511 They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you. 209 00:15:27,761 --> 00:15:31,098 Their eyes are full of hope, just like you. 210 00:15:31,306 --> 00:15:33,725 Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives 211 00:15:33,934 --> 00:15:36,144 even one iota of what they were capable? 212 00:15:36,353 --> 00:15:41,900 Because, you see, gentlemen, these boys are now fertilising daffodils. 213 00:15:44,319 --> 00:15:46,655 But if you listen real close, 214 00:15:46,864 --> 00:15:49,491 you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. 215 00:15:50,158 --> 00:15:52,202 Go on, lean in. 216 00:15:52,411 --> 00:15:55,330 Listen. You hear it? 217 00:16:03,255 --> 00:16:05,340 [WHISPERING] Carpe... 218 00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:09,678 Hear it? 219 00:16:11,388 --> 00:16:15,517 Carpe... 220 00:16:17,227 --> 00:16:20,606 Carpe diem. 221 00:16:22,232 --> 00:16:26,361 Seize the day, boys. 222 00:16:27,112 --> 00:16:31,325 Make your lives extraordinary. 223 00:16:41,376 --> 00:16:43,420 [CHATTERING] 224 00:16:45,506 --> 00:16:48,091 - That was weird. - But different. 225 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:50,969 Spooky, if you ask me. 226 00:16:51,178 --> 00:16:52,846 Think he'll test us on that stuff? 227 00:16:53,055 --> 00:16:56,225 Oh, come on, Cameron. Don't you get anything? 228 00:16:56,433 --> 00:16:59,102 What? What? 229 00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:04,525 Let's go, boys. Hustle up in here. That means you, Dalton. 230 00:17:04,733 --> 00:17:06,359 Who's up for a trig study group tonight? 231 00:17:06,568 --> 00:17:07,611 NEIL: Sure. CAMERON: Me. 232 00:17:07,819 --> 00:17:09,738 - What? - I can't make it, guys. 233 00:17:09,946 --> 00:17:12,657 I have to have dinner at the Danburrys' house tonight. 234 00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:14,326 PITTS: The Danburrys? Who are the Danburrys? 235 00:17:14,535 --> 00:17:16,328 CAMERON: Big alums. How'd you swing that? 236 00:17:16,537 --> 00:17:19,580 KNOX: Friends of my dad's. They're probably in their 90s or something. 237 00:17:19,790 --> 00:17:20,790 Sounds great, doesn't it? 238 00:17:20,999 --> 00:17:22,835 Anything's better than Hell-ton hash, Knox. 239 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:25,878 CHARLIE: I'll second that. KNOX: Yeah, we'll see. 240 00:17:26,088 --> 00:17:29,383 Hey. Coming to the study group tonight? 241 00:17:29,591 --> 00:17:33,512 Uh, no. No, I've got some history I wanna do. 242 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,430 Suit yourself. 243 00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:12,050 Ready, Overstreet? 244 00:18:13,635 --> 00:18:15,512 Ready to go, sir. 245 00:18:40,537 --> 00:18:41,747 [DOORBELL RINGS] 246 00:18:41,955 --> 00:18:43,248 MRS. DANBURRY: Chet, can you get that? 247 00:18:43,457 --> 00:18:45,459 CHET: Can't, Mom. CHRIS: I'll get it. 248 00:18:51,924 --> 00:18:52,966 Can I help you? 249 00:18:53,967 --> 00:18:57,471 Hi. Knox Overstreet. Uh... 250 00:18:57,679 --> 00:19:00,349 - Dr. Hager. CHRIS: Hi. 251 00:19:01,058 --> 00:19:04,269 - This is the Danburrys', right? - Are you here to see Chet? 252 00:19:04,937 --> 00:19:07,022 - Mrs. Danburry? - No. 253 00:19:07,231 --> 00:19:09,983 Sorry. Thank you, Chris. I'm Mrs. Danburry. 254 00:19:10,234 --> 00:19:11,985 - You must be Knox. - Yes. 255 00:19:12,194 --> 00:19:14,154 MRS. DANBURRY: Back by 9? Please, come on in. 256 00:19:14,363 --> 00:19:15,822 CHET: Chris, come on. What are you doing? 257 00:19:16,031 --> 00:19:17,866 CHRIS: Chet, I'm coming. - Knox. 258 00:19:18,075 --> 00:19:20,202 - How are you? Joe Danburry. - Nice to meet you, sir. 259 00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:22,579 Well, he's the spitting image of his father, isn't he? 260 00:19:22,788 --> 00:19:24,081 - How is he? Come on in. CHET: Chris. 261 00:19:24,289 --> 00:19:25,916 He's great. He just did a big case for GM. 262 00:19:26,124 --> 00:19:27,835 - I know where you're headed. CHRIS: I'm coming. 263 00:19:28,043 --> 00:19:29,253 Like father, like son, huh? 264 00:19:33,090 --> 00:19:34,216 - Yes. - Bishop to queen six. 265 00:19:34,424 --> 00:19:37,094 BOY 1: All right, I think that's good. BOY 2: Another game? 266 00:19:38,846 --> 00:19:41,265 Just replace these numbers here with X-- For X and Y. 267 00:19:41,473 --> 00:19:44,101 - Of course. - Of course, so, what's the problem? 268 00:19:44,351 --> 00:19:47,646 BOY 3: Do you think I can get in there? You've been hogging it all day. 269 00:19:48,313 --> 00:19:49,815 How was dinner? 270 00:19:50,023 --> 00:19:51,233 Huh? 271 00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:53,527 CHARLIE: How was dinner? 272 00:19:54,319 --> 00:19:56,238 Terrible. 273 00:19:57,114 --> 00:19:59,992 - Awful. CHARLIE: Why? What happened? 274 00:20:03,537 --> 00:20:10,002 Tonight I met the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my entire life. 275 00:20:10,252 --> 00:20:12,421 Are you crazy? What's wrong with that? 276 00:20:12,629 --> 00:20:14,548 KNOX: She's practically engaged. 277 00:20:14,756 --> 00:20:17,634 To Chet Danburry. 278 00:20:17,843 --> 00:20:20,095 - The guy could eat a football. - Too bad. 279 00:20:20,304 --> 00:20:23,724 Too bad? It's worse than too bad, Pitts, it's a tragedy. 280 00:20:23,932 --> 00:20:26,351 A girl this beautiful in love with such a jerk. 281 00:20:26,602 --> 00:20:28,937 All the good ones go for jerks, you know that. 282 00:20:29,188 --> 00:20:32,232 Yeah, forget her. Open your trig book and try and figure out Problem 5. 283 00:20:32,441 --> 00:20:36,028 I can't just forget her, Cameron. And I certainly can't think about trig. 284 00:20:36,653 --> 00:20:37,654 [RADIO SQUEALS] 285 00:20:37,863 --> 00:20:39,656 - We got it. BOY 4: Turn that up. 286 00:20:39,865 --> 00:20:42,075 All right, gentlemen. Five minutes. 287 00:20:42,326 --> 00:20:44,203 [SQUEALING AND BUZZING] 288 00:20:44,411 --> 00:20:46,914 - Let's go. - Did you see her naked? 289 00:20:47,122 --> 00:20:48,373 Very funny, Dalton. 290 00:20:48,624 --> 00:20:53,086 That wouldn't be a radio in your lap, would it, Mr. Pitts? 291 00:20:53,295 --> 00:20:55,923 No, sir. Science experiment. 292 00:20:57,424 --> 00:20:59,051 Radar. 293 00:21:03,514 --> 00:21:07,518 Gentlemen, open your texts to Page 21 of the introduction. 294 00:21:07,726 --> 00:21:10,979 Mr. Perry, will you read the opening paragraph of the preface, 295 00:21:11,188 --> 00:21:13,273 entitled "Understanding Poetry"? 296 00:21:14,691 --> 00:21:19,488 "Understanding Poetry, by Dr. J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D. 297 00:21:19,696 --> 00:21:20,989 To fully understand poetry, 298 00:21:21,198 --> 00:21:25,285 we must first be fluent with its metre, rhyme and figures of speech, 299 00:21:25,494 --> 00:21:26,870 then ask two questions. 300 00:21:27,079 --> 00:21:29,665 One: How artfully has the objective of the poem been rendered? 301 00:21:29,873 --> 00:21:32,334 And two: How important is that objective? 302 00:21:32,543 --> 00:21:34,962 Question one rates the poem's perfection. 303 00:21:35,170 --> 00:21:37,130 Question two rates its importance. 304 00:21:37,339 --> 00:21:39,508 And once these questions have been answered, 305 00:21:39,716 --> 00:21:43,303 determining the poem's greatness becomes a relatively simple matter. 306 00:21:43,512 --> 00:21:48,058 If the poem's score for perfection is plotted on the horizontal of a graph, 307 00:21:48,267 --> 00:21:51,895 and its importance is plotted on the vertical, 308 00:21:52,396 --> 00:21:55,607 then calculating the total area of the poem 309 00:21:55,816 --> 00:21:57,693 yields the measure of its greatness. 310 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:05,659 A sonnet by Byron might score high on the vertical, 311 00:22:05,868 --> 00:22:08,745 but only average on the horizontal. 312 00:22:08,954 --> 00:22:10,789 A Shakespearean sonnet, on the other hand, 313 00:22:10,998 --> 00:22:15,252 would score high both horizontally and vertically, 314 00:22:15,502 --> 00:22:17,254 yielding a massive total area, 315 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,632 thereby revealing the poem to be truly great. 316 00:22:22,134 --> 00:22:25,512 As you proceed through the poetry in this book, practise this rating method. 317 00:22:25,721 --> 00:22:29,266 As your ability to evaluate poems in this manner grows, 318 00:22:29,474 --> 00:22:34,438 so will your enjoyment and understanding of poetry." 319 00:22:39,318 --> 00:22:40,569 Excrement. 320 00:22:43,155 --> 00:22:45,324 That's what I think of Mr. J. Evans Pritchard. 321 00:22:46,074 --> 00:22:48,577 We're not laying pipe. We're talking about poetry. 322 00:22:49,494 --> 00:22:51,914 How can you describe poetry like American Bandstand? 323 00:22:52,122 --> 00:22:56,168 "I like Byron. I give him a 42, but I can't dance to it." 324 00:22:56,376 --> 00:22:59,087 Now, I want you to rip out that page. 325 00:23:00,631 --> 00:23:03,509 Go on. Rip out the entire page. 326 00:23:06,261 --> 00:23:08,013 You heard me. Rip it out. 327 00:23:08,222 --> 00:23:10,766 Rip it out. 328 00:23:11,475 --> 00:23:13,477 Go on. Rip it out. 329 00:23:15,479 --> 00:23:17,272 Thank you, Mr. Dalton. 330 00:23:17,523 --> 00:23:21,109 Tell you what, don't just tear out that page, tear out the entire introduction. 331 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:24,238 I want it gone, history. Leave nothing of it. 332 00:23:24,488 --> 00:23:25,948 Rip it out. Rip. 333 00:23:26,156 --> 00:23:28,659 Be gone, J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D. 334 00:23:29,284 --> 00:23:31,912 Rip, shred, tear. Rip it out. 335 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:34,998 I want to hear nothing but ripping of Mr. Pritchard. 336 00:23:35,207 --> 00:23:37,125 We'll perforate it, put it on a roll. 337 00:23:37,668 --> 00:23:40,671 It's not the Bible. You're not gonna go to hell for this. 338 00:23:41,213 --> 00:23:44,967 Go on. Make a clean tear. I want nothing left of it. 339 00:23:45,175 --> 00:23:46,760 [STUDENTS CHATTERING] 340 00:23:46,969 --> 00:23:50,597 - We shouldn't be doing this. - Rip, rip, rip. 341 00:23:50,848 --> 00:23:51,974 KEATING: Rip it out. Rip. 342 00:23:54,768 --> 00:23:56,186 BOY 1: Rip, rip. 343 00:23:58,272 --> 00:23:59,982 BOY 2: Yeah. 344 00:24:00,232 --> 00:24:02,025 BOY 3: Rip it out. 345 00:24:05,612 --> 00:24:07,531 What the hell is going on here? 346 00:24:09,074 --> 00:24:10,117 I don't hear enough rips. 347 00:24:11,201 --> 00:24:14,454 - Mr. Keating. - Mr. McAllister. 348 00:24:16,290 --> 00:24:19,543 I'm sorry. I didn't know you were here. 349 00:24:20,502 --> 00:24:21,545 I am. 350 00:24:22,337 --> 00:24:25,465 Ah. So you are. 351 00:24:26,425 --> 00:24:28,051 Excuse me. 352 00:24:29,595 --> 00:24:31,722 Keep ripping, gentlemen. 353 00:24:31,972 --> 00:24:34,516 This is a battle, a war. 354 00:24:34,766 --> 00:24:36,727 And the casualties could be your hearts and souls. 355 00:24:36,935 --> 00:24:38,312 Thank you, Mr. Dalton. 356 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,773 Armies of academics going forward measuring poetry. 357 00:24:41,982 --> 00:24:45,444 No. We'll not have that here. No more of Mr. J. Evans Pritchard. 358 00:24:45,652 --> 00:24:49,114 Now, in my class, you will learn to think for yourselves again. 359 00:24:49,323 --> 00:24:52,784 You will learn to savour words and language. 360 00:24:53,035 --> 00:24:59,333 No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. 361 00:24:59,541 --> 00:25:02,878 Now, I see that look in Mr. Pitts' eye, like 19th-century literature 362 00:25:03,086 --> 00:25:05,714 has nothing to do with going to business school or medical school. 363 00:25:05,923 --> 00:25:08,217 Right? Maybe. 364 00:25:08,425 --> 00:25:10,219 Mr. Hopkins, you may agree with him, thinking, 365 00:25:10,427 --> 00:25:13,430 "Yes, we should simply study our Mr. Pritchard 366 00:25:13,639 --> 00:25:14,765 and learn our rhyme and metre 367 00:25:14,973 --> 00:25:19,228 and go quietly about the business of achieving other ambitions." 368 00:25:20,020 --> 00:25:22,648 I have a little secret for you. Huddle up. 369 00:25:22,856 --> 00:25:24,608 Huddle up. 370 00:25:32,658 --> 00:25:36,119 We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. 371 00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:40,707 We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. 372 00:25:40,916 --> 00:25:45,337 And the human race is filled with passion. 373 00:25:46,004 --> 00:25:49,299 And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits, 374 00:25:49,508 --> 00:25:51,468 and necessary to sustain life. 375 00:25:52,678 --> 00:25:58,308 But poetry, beauty, romance, love, 376 00:25:58,517 --> 00:26:00,853 these are what we stay alive for. 377 00:26:01,478 --> 00:26:03,522 To quote from Whitman: 378 00:26:04,064 --> 00:26:08,735 O me! O life!... Of the questions of these recurring; 379 00:26:08,944 --> 00:26:11,071 Of the endless trains of the faithless-- 380 00:26:11,655 --> 00:26:13,448 Of cities fill'd with the foolish; 381 00:26:13,657 --> 00:26:17,786 What good amid these, O me, O life? 382 00:26:17,995 --> 00:26:19,371 Answer. 383 00:26:19,580 --> 00:26:21,582 That you are here-- 384 00:26:21,790 --> 00:26:25,919 That life exists, and identity; 385 00:26:26,461 --> 00:26:31,341 That the powerful play goes on And you may contribute a verse. 386 00:26:33,218 --> 00:26:39,516 That the powerful play goes on And you may contribute a verse. 387 00:26:43,770 --> 00:26:45,230 What will your verse be? 388 00:26:49,401 --> 00:26:55,157 For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly grateful. 389 00:26:55,365 --> 00:26:57,618 Amen. 390 00:27:01,955 --> 00:27:03,999 [PEOPLE CHATTERING] 391 00:27:09,254 --> 00:27:11,882 Quite an interesting class you gave today, Mr. Keating. 392 00:27:12,090 --> 00:27:13,675 Sorry if I shocked you, Mr. McAllister. 393 00:27:13,884 --> 00:27:16,053 There's no need to apologise. It was very fascinating. 394 00:27:16,261 --> 00:27:19,765 - Misguided though it was. - You think so? 395 00:27:19,973 --> 00:27:23,185 You take a big risk by encouraging them to become artists, John. 396 00:27:23,393 --> 00:27:27,105 When they realise that they're not Rembrandts, Shakespeares or Mozarts, 397 00:27:27,314 --> 00:27:28,565 they'll hate you for it. 398 00:27:28,774 --> 00:27:32,069 We're not talking artists, George, we're talking free thinkers. 399 00:27:32,277 --> 00:27:34,738 Free thinkers at 17? 400 00:27:35,113 --> 00:27:36,698 Funny, I never pegged you as a cynic. 401 00:27:39,409 --> 00:27:41,411 Not a cynic. 402 00:27:42,037 --> 00:27:43,830 A realist. 403 00:27:44,873 --> 00:27:48,252 Show me the heart Unfettered by foolish dreams 404 00:27:48,460 --> 00:27:50,295 And I'll show you a happy man. 405 00:27:51,421 --> 00:27:54,091 But only in their dreams Can men be truly free 406 00:27:54,299 --> 00:27:57,094 'Twas always thus And always thus will be. 407 00:27:58,637 --> 00:28:02,140 - Tennyson? - No, Keating. 408 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,227 [CHUCKLING] 409 00:28:06,937 --> 00:28:08,856 Hey, I found his senior annual in the library. 410 00:28:10,274 --> 00:28:11,984 Listen to this: Captain of the soccer team, 411 00:28:12,234 --> 00:28:14,987 editor of the school annual, Cambridge bound, 412 00:28:15,237 --> 00:28:18,282 thigh man, and the Dead Poets Society. 413 00:28:18,532 --> 00:28:21,076 "Man most likely to do anything." 414 00:28:21,618 --> 00:28:24,538 Thigh man. Mr. K was a hell-raiser. 415 00:28:26,331 --> 00:28:28,458 - What's the Dead Poets Society? KNOX: Is there a picture? 416 00:28:28,667 --> 00:28:33,714 - Nothing, no other mention of it. NOLAN: That boy there, see me after lunch. 417 00:28:35,048 --> 00:28:36,842 [KEATING WHISTLING] 418 00:28:37,050 --> 00:28:38,719 NEIL: Mr. Keating. 419 00:28:39,553 --> 00:28:41,096 Mr. Keating. 420 00:28:43,182 --> 00:28:44,266 Sir? 421 00:28:44,474 --> 00:28:45,642 Say something. 422 00:28:45,851 --> 00:28:47,060 O Captain, My Captain? 423 00:28:47,978 --> 00:28:48,979 Gentlemen. 424 00:28:49,188 --> 00:28:50,189 [BOYS LAUGHING] 425 00:28:50,397 --> 00:28:53,358 NEIL: We were just looking in your old annual. 426 00:28:53,692 --> 00:28:55,694 Oh, my God. 427 00:28:56,445 --> 00:28:58,363 No, that's not me. 428 00:29:00,115 --> 00:29:02,201 Stanley "The Tool" Wilson. 429 00:29:04,203 --> 00:29:05,996 [CHUCKLING] 430 00:29:06,205 --> 00:29:08,415 - God. - What was the Dead Poets Society? 431 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,256 I doubt the present administration would look too favourably upon that. 432 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,051 Why? What was it? 433 00:29:22,179 --> 00:29:24,765 Gentlemen, can you keep a secret? 434 00:29:25,307 --> 00:29:26,934 Sure. 435 00:29:28,810 --> 00:29:33,815 The Dead Poets were dedicated to sucking the marrow out of life. 436 00:29:34,024 --> 00:29:37,528 That's a phrase from Thoreau we would invoke at the beginning of every meeting. 437 00:29:37,736 --> 00:29:40,113 See, we would gather at the old Indian cave 438 00:29:40,322 --> 00:29:44,576 and take turns reading from Thoreau, Whitman, Shelley, the biggies. 439 00:29:45,327 --> 00:29:46,453 Even some of our own verse. 440 00:29:46,703 --> 00:29:50,207 And in the enchantment of the moment, we'd let poetry work its magic. 441 00:29:50,457 --> 00:29:53,460 You mean it was a bunch of guys sitting around reading poetry? 442 00:29:53,710 --> 00:29:56,880 No, Mr. Overstreet, it wasn't just guys. 443 00:29:57,089 --> 00:29:59,967 We weren't a Greek organisation, we were romantics. 444 00:30:00,175 --> 00:30:04,930 And we didn't just read poetry, we let it drip from our tongues like honey. 445 00:30:05,639 --> 00:30:08,100 Spirits soared, women swooned, 446 00:30:08,308 --> 00:30:10,435 and gods were created, gentlemen. 447 00:30:10,644 --> 00:30:12,229 Not a bad way to spend an evening, eh? 448 00:30:14,231 --> 00:30:16,859 Thank you, Mr. Perry, for this stroll down amnesia lane. 449 00:30:17,067 --> 00:30:20,445 Burn that. Especially my picture. 450 00:30:25,450 --> 00:30:29,079 - Dead Poets Society. CAMERON: What? 451 00:30:29,288 --> 00:30:31,331 [BELL RINGING] 452 00:30:33,542 --> 00:30:34,793 I say we go tonight. 453 00:30:35,002 --> 00:30:36,044 CHARLIE: Tonight? - Wait a minute. 454 00:30:36,253 --> 00:30:38,630 - Everybody in? - Where's this cave he's talking about? 455 00:30:38,839 --> 00:30:40,549 It's beyond the stream. I know where it is. 456 00:30:40,757 --> 00:30:42,342 That's miles. 457 00:30:42,551 --> 00:30:44,344 - Sounds boring to me. - Don't go. 458 00:30:44,553 --> 00:30:46,180 You know how many demerits we're talking? 459 00:30:46,388 --> 00:30:47,848 So don't come, please. 460 00:30:48,056 --> 00:30:50,559 Look, all I'm saying is that we have to be careful. 461 00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:53,604 - We can't get caught. - No shit, Sherlock. 462 00:30:53,854 --> 00:30:56,523 You boys there, hurry up. 463 00:30:56,732 --> 00:30:58,525 All right. Who's in? 464 00:30:58,775 --> 00:31:01,320 - Come on, Neil, Hager's there-- - Forget Hager. No. 465 00:31:01,528 --> 00:31:03,155 Who's in? 466 00:31:04,072 --> 00:31:05,115 I'm in. 467 00:31:05,741 --> 00:31:09,119 HAGER: I'm warning you. Move. 468 00:31:09,328 --> 00:31:11,163 - Me too. - I don't know, Neil. 469 00:31:11,371 --> 00:31:12,581 What? Pitts. 470 00:31:12,831 --> 00:31:14,625 CHARLIE: Pittsie, come on. MEEKS: His grades are hurting. 471 00:31:14,833 --> 00:31:17,628 - You can help him, Meeks. - What is this, a midnight study group? 472 00:31:17,836 --> 00:31:20,130 Forget it, you're coming. Meeks, your grades hurting too? 473 00:31:20,339 --> 00:31:22,633 - I'll try anything once. - Except sex. 474 00:31:22,841 --> 00:31:25,135 CAMERON: I'm in as long as we're careful. 475 00:31:25,344 --> 00:31:27,596 - What about you, Knox? KNOX: I don't know, Charlie. 476 00:31:27,804 --> 00:31:29,848 Come on, Knox. It'll help you get Chris. 477 00:31:30,057 --> 00:31:32,100 Yeah? How? 478 00:31:32,309 --> 00:31:35,646 - Women swoon. Ha, ha, ha. KNOX: But why do they swoon? 479 00:31:35,854 --> 00:31:39,274 Charlie, tell me why they swoon. Charlie. 480 00:31:40,108 --> 00:31:41,693 NEIL [WHISPERING]: You're not listening. 481 00:31:41,902 --> 00:31:44,279 Look, you follow the stream to the waterfall. 482 00:31:44,530 --> 00:31:46,073 It's right there. It's gotta be like-- 483 00:31:46,281 --> 00:31:48,408 CAMERON: I don't know, guys, it's starting to sound dangerous. 484 00:31:48,617 --> 00:31:51,745 - Well, why don't you stay home? - You're crazy. 485 00:31:52,371 --> 00:31:56,250 For God's sake, stop chattering and sit down. 486 00:31:56,917 --> 00:31:58,961 [WHISPERING] 487 00:32:02,965 --> 00:32:05,425 NEIL: Todd, are you coming tonight? - No. 488 00:32:06,051 --> 00:32:07,761 Why not? You were there. You heard Keating. 489 00:32:07,970 --> 00:32:09,429 Don't you wanna do something about--? 490 00:32:09,638 --> 00:32:11,723 Yes, but, uh... 491 00:32:12,891 --> 00:32:14,476 But what? 492 00:32:16,770 --> 00:32:20,399 Keating said that everybody took turns reading, 493 00:32:21,066 --> 00:32:23,026 and I don't wanna do that. 494 00:32:23,235 --> 00:32:26,280 Gosh, you really have a problem with that, don't you? 495 00:32:28,115 --> 00:32:31,618 No, I don't have a problem. Neil, I just... 496 00:32:31,827 --> 00:32:34,830 - I don't wanna do it, okay? - All right. 497 00:32:36,164 --> 00:32:39,418 What if you didn't have to read? What if you just came and listened? 498 00:32:39,626 --> 00:32:42,504 - That's not how it works. - Forget how it works. 499 00:32:42,713 --> 00:32:45,716 What if they said it was okay? 500 00:32:47,134 --> 00:32:49,469 What? What, are you gonna go up and ask them if...? 501 00:32:50,846 --> 00:32:52,723 - No, no. NEIL: I'll be right back. 502 00:32:52,931 --> 00:32:54,641 Neil. Neil. 503 00:32:58,896 --> 00:33:01,315 Oh, shut up, will you? 504 00:33:03,525 --> 00:33:06,153 SPAZ: That's for my asthma, okay? Could you give that back, please? 505 00:33:06,361 --> 00:33:07,404 Could you give that back? 506 00:33:07,613 --> 00:33:09,781 BOY 1: What's the matter? Don't you like snakes? 507 00:33:09,990 --> 00:33:11,617 - You're in. SPAZ: Get away from me, okay? 508 00:33:11,825 --> 00:33:14,328 BOY 2: Spaz, why don't you check your pockets? 509 00:33:15,621 --> 00:33:17,206 Come on, Spaz. I have to brush my teeth. 510 00:33:17,414 --> 00:33:19,082 SPAZ: Hurry up, get off. 511 00:33:19,291 --> 00:33:22,211 Cut out that racket in there. 512 00:34:05,379 --> 00:34:06,505 BOY 1 [WHISPERING]: Let's go. 513 00:34:06,713 --> 00:34:08,130 [DOG BARKING] 514 00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:13,136 BOY 2: Let's go, let's go, come on. 515 00:34:27,192 --> 00:34:30,779 BOY 3: Let's get out of here. BOY 4: Go. Shh. 516 00:35:05,981 --> 00:35:07,399 [WINGS RUSTLING] 517 00:35:56,198 --> 00:35:58,242 [OWL HOOTING] 518 00:36:03,288 --> 00:36:05,457 - Yarr! I'm a dead poet. MEEKS: Jesus, Charlie. 519 00:36:05,666 --> 00:36:09,336 CHARLIE: Guys, over here. Ha, ha, ha. MEEKS: You're funny. You're real funny. 520 00:36:10,128 --> 00:36:11,839 It's too wet. 521 00:36:12,047 --> 00:36:13,799 CHARLIE: God, you trying to smoke us out of here? 522 00:36:14,007 --> 00:36:15,884 MEEKS: No, the smoke's going right up this opening. 523 00:36:16,093 --> 00:36:17,970 [PITTS YELLS AND BOYS LAUGHING] 524 00:36:19,263 --> 00:36:21,306 NEIL: You okay? PITTS: Arghh. 525 00:36:21,515 --> 00:36:23,767 KNOX: Oh, God. MEEKS: Clod. 526 00:36:23,976 --> 00:36:26,687 NEIL: All right, all right, forget the fire. MEEKS: Forget it, forget it. 527 00:36:26,895 --> 00:36:29,940 NEIL: Let's go, gentlemen. MEEKS: It's like trying to light a swamp. 528 00:36:30,399 --> 00:36:33,277 I hereby reconvene the Dead Poets Society. 529 00:36:33,485 --> 00:36:35,195 BOYS: Yay. 530 00:36:35,404 --> 00:36:36,446 Welton Chapter. 531 00:36:36,655 --> 00:36:38,323 The meetings will be conducted by myself 532 00:36:38,532 --> 00:36:40,659 and the other new initiates now present. 533 00:36:40,868 --> 00:36:42,661 Todd Anderson, because he prefers not to read, 534 00:36:42,911 --> 00:36:45,205 will keep minutes of the meetings. 535 00:36:45,455 --> 00:36:47,249 I'll now read the traditional opening message 536 00:36:47,457 --> 00:36:50,335 by society member Henry David Thoreau. 537 00:36:51,044 --> 00:36:53,505 "I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. 538 00:36:53,714 --> 00:36:56,133 I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life." 539 00:36:56,383 --> 00:36:57,801 I'll second that. 540 00:36:58,468 --> 00:37:00,387 "To put to rout all that was not life, 541 00:37:00,596 --> 00:37:04,766 and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived." 542 00:37:05,559 --> 00:37:06,977 [WHISTLES] 543 00:37:07,394 --> 00:37:09,980 And Keating's marked a bunch of other pages. 544 00:37:10,189 --> 00:37:11,398 CHARLIE: All right, intermission. 545 00:37:11,648 --> 00:37:13,692 Dig deep, right here. Right here, lay it down. 546 00:37:13,901 --> 00:37:15,819 KNOX: On the mud? We're gonna put our food on the mud? 547 00:37:16,069 --> 00:37:18,113 Meeks, put your coat down. Picnic blanket. 548 00:37:18,363 --> 00:37:21,033 PITTS: Use Meeks' coat. MEEKS: "Use Meeks' coat." 549 00:37:21,241 --> 00:37:22,993 CHARLIE: Don't keep anything back, either. 550 00:37:23,202 --> 00:37:25,120 You guys are always bumming my smokes. 551 00:37:25,329 --> 00:37:26,872 MEEKS: Raisins? PITTS: Yeah. 552 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:28,081 CHARLIE: Wait a minute. 553 00:37:28,290 --> 00:37:31,043 - Who gave us half a roll? PITTS: I'm eating the other half. 554 00:37:31,251 --> 00:37:34,046 CHARLIE: Come on. PITTS: What, you want me to put it back? 555 00:37:34,296 --> 00:37:35,964 It was a dark and rainy night. 556 00:37:36,173 --> 00:37:39,510 And this old lady who had a passion for jigsaw puzzles 557 00:37:39,718 --> 00:37:44,097 sat by herself in her house at her table to complete a new jigsaw puzzle. 558 00:37:44,848 --> 00:37:48,977 As she pieced the puzzle together, she realised to her astonishment 559 00:37:49,186 --> 00:37:52,606 that the image that was formed was her very own room, 560 00:37:52,814 --> 00:37:56,318 and the figure in the centre of the puzzle, as she completed it, 561 00:37:56,527 --> 00:37:57,569 was herself. 562 00:37:57,819 --> 00:38:01,907 And with trembling hands, she placed the last four pieces 563 00:38:02,115 --> 00:38:03,867 and stared in horror 564 00:38:04,076 --> 00:38:08,205 at the face of a demented madman at the window. 565 00:38:08,413 --> 00:38:10,624 The last thing that this old lady ever heard 566 00:38:10,832 --> 00:38:13,043 was the sound of breaking glass. 567 00:38:13,252 --> 00:38:14,670 - No shit. - Yes. 568 00:38:14,878 --> 00:38:16,964 This is true. This is true. 569 00:38:17,172 --> 00:38:19,591 I've got one that's even better than that. 570 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,635 I do. There's a young married couple, 571 00:38:21,844 --> 00:38:24,471 and they're driving through the forest at night from a long trip. 572 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,390 They run out of gas, and there's a madman-- 573 00:38:26,598 --> 00:38:29,226 - That thing with the hands? - And he cuts her husband's head off? 574 00:38:29,434 --> 00:38:31,311 - I love that story. CHARLIE: I told you that one. 575 00:38:31,562 --> 00:38:34,022 You did not. I got that in, uh, camp in sixth grade. 576 00:38:34,231 --> 00:38:38,652 In a mean abode in the Shankill road Lived a man named William Bloat; 577 00:38:38,861 --> 00:38:40,988 Now, he had a wife The plague of his life 578 00:38:41,196 --> 00:38:43,115 Who continually got his goat. 579 00:38:43,323 --> 00:38:45,617 And one day at dawn With her night shift on 580 00:38:45,826 --> 00:38:47,828 He slit her bloody throat. 581 00:38:49,079 --> 00:38:51,999 - Oh, and it gets worse. - You wanna hear a real poem? 582 00:38:52,249 --> 00:38:54,543 PITTS: Want this? - No, I don't need it. Get this out of here. 583 00:38:54,751 --> 00:38:56,461 CAMERON: Did you bring one? NEIL: You memorise a poem? 584 00:38:56,670 --> 00:38:58,922 CHARLIE: I didn't memorise a poem. Move up. 585 00:38:59,131 --> 00:39:01,633 - An original piece by Charlie Dalton. CHARLIE: An original piece. 586 00:39:01,842 --> 00:39:04,052 - Take centre stage. - You know this is history, right? 587 00:39:04,261 --> 00:39:05,429 This is history. 588 00:39:05,637 --> 00:39:07,055 [CLEARING THROAT] 589 00:39:13,729 --> 00:39:15,439 Where did you get that? 590 00:39:15,647 --> 00:39:17,691 [SNICKERING] 591 00:39:19,109 --> 00:39:24,156 Teach me to love? Go teach thy self more wit; 592 00:39:24,364 --> 00:39:26,408 I chief Professor am of it. 593 00:39:26,617 --> 00:39:30,287 The God of Love If such a thing there be 594 00:39:30,495 --> 00:39:32,915 May learn to love from me. 595 00:39:33,123 --> 00:39:35,834 NEIL: Wow. Did you write that? 596 00:39:40,088 --> 00:39:41,924 CHARLIE: Abraham Cowley. 597 00:39:42,174 --> 00:39:43,926 Okay, who's next? 598 00:39:44,176 --> 00:39:46,470 Alfred Lord Tennyson. 599 00:39:46,678 --> 00:39:48,847 Come, my friends 600 00:39:49,056 --> 00:39:51,892 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. 601 00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:55,395 For my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset. 602 00:39:55,604 --> 00:39:56,897 And though we are not now 603 00:39:57,105 --> 00:40:01,527 That strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; 604 00:40:01,735 --> 00:40:03,779 That which we are, we are 605 00:40:03,987 --> 00:40:08,158 One equal temper of heroic hearts 606 00:40:08,367 --> 00:40:11,995 Made weak by time and fate But strong in will 607 00:40:12,204 --> 00:40:16,416 To strive, to seek, to find 608 00:40:17,459 --> 00:40:19,670 And not to yield. 609 00:40:20,879 --> 00:40:23,298 Then I had religion And then I had a vision. 610 00:40:23,507 --> 00:40:25,843 I could not turn From their revel in derision. 611 00:40:26,051 --> 00:40:28,595 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black 612 00:40:28,804 --> 00:40:31,431 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 613 00:40:31,682 --> 00:40:34,059 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black 614 00:40:34,268 --> 00:40:36,645 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 615 00:40:36,854 --> 00:40:39,273 [CHANTING] Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black 616 00:40:39,481 --> 00:40:41,942 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 617 00:40:42,192 --> 00:40:44,528 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black 618 00:40:44,736 --> 00:40:46,989 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 619 00:40:47,197 --> 00:40:49,575 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black 620 00:40:49,783 --> 00:40:52,327 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 621 00:40:52,578 --> 00:40:54,538 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black 622 00:40:54,746 --> 00:40:56,999 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 623 00:40:57,207 --> 00:40:59,376 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black 624 00:40:59,585 --> 00:41:01,879 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 625 00:41:02,087 --> 00:41:04,381 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black 626 00:41:04,590 --> 00:41:06,884 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 627 00:41:07,092 --> 00:41:09,344 NEIL: Take it, Meeks. Take it away. 628 00:41:09,553 --> 00:41:11,805 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 629 00:41:12,014 --> 00:41:14,641 Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black 630 00:41:15,142 --> 00:41:17,186 [BELL TOLLING] 631 00:41:23,442 --> 00:41:26,069 A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. 632 00:41:26,278 --> 00:41:30,407 And don't use "very sad," use-- Come on, Mr. Overstreet, you twerp. 633 00:41:30,616 --> 00:41:34,077 KNOX: Morose? - Exactly, morose. 634 00:41:34,286 --> 00:41:37,289 Now, language was developed for one endeavour, and that is? 635 00:41:37,497 --> 00:41:41,043 Mr. Anderson? Come on, are you a man or an amoeba? 636 00:41:45,005 --> 00:41:46,798 Mr. Perry? 637 00:41:49,301 --> 00:41:53,347 - To communicate. - No. To woo women. 638 00:41:54,806 --> 00:41:57,017 Today we're gonna be talking about William Shakespeare. 639 00:41:57,226 --> 00:41:59,603 CHARLIE: Oh, God. - I know. 640 00:41:59,811 --> 00:42:01,104 A lot of you look forward to this 641 00:42:01,313 --> 00:42:03,732 about as much as you look forward to root canal work. 642 00:42:03,941 --> 00:42:05,317 We're gonna talk about Shakespeare 643 00:42:05,526 --> 00:42:07,986 as someone who writes something very interesting. 644 00:42:08,237 --> 00:42:11,740 Now, many of you have seen Shakespeare done very much like this: 645 00:42:11,949 --> 00:42:15,244 [IN NASAL VOICE] O, Titus, bring your friend hither. 646 00:42:15,452 --> 00:42:18,038 [IN NORMAL VOICE] But if any of you have seen Mr. Marlon Brando, 647 00:42:18,247 --> 00:42:20,582 [IMITATING MARLON BRANDO] you know Shakespeare can be different. 648 00:42:20,791 --> 00:42:26,004 Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. 649 00:42:27,464 --> 00:42:30,175 [IN NORMAL VOICE] You can also imagine John Wayne as Macbeth going: 650 00:42:30,384 --> 00:42:33,804 [IMITATING JOHN WAYNE] "Well, is this a dagger I see before me?" 651 00:42:34,054 --> 00:42:35,931 [LAUGHING] 652 00:42:36,515 --> 00:42:38,392 [IN ENGLISH ACCENT] "Dogs, sir?" 653 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:39,810 "Oh, not just now." 654 00:42:40,143 --> 00:42:41,186 [LAUGHING] 655 00:42:41,395 --> 00:42:44,398 "I do enjoy a good dog once in a while, sir. 656 00:42:44,606 --> 00:42:48,193 You can have yourself a three-course meal from one dog. 657 00:42:48,402 --> 00:42:51,113 Start with your canine crudités, 658 00:42:51,321 --> 00:42:56,910 go to your Fido flambé for main course, and for dessert, a Pekingese parfait. 659 00:42:57,119 --> 00:42:58,996 And you can pick your teeth with a little paw." 660 00:43:02,833 --> 00:43:04,668 [IN NORMAL VOICE] Why do I stand up here? Anybody? 661 00:43:04,877 --> 00:43:06,170 - To feel taller. KEATING: No. 662 00:43:07,296 --> 00:43:09,298 Thank you for playing, Mr. Dalton. 663 00:43:09,506 --> 00:43:11,758 I stand upon my desk to remind myself 664 00:43:11,967 --> 00:43:15,971 that we must constantly look at things in a different way. 665 00:43:21,351 --> 00:43:24,229 You see, the world looks very different from up here. 666 00:43:24,438 --> 00:43:25,480 You don't believe me? 667 00:43:26,106 --> 00:43:28,400 Come see for yourselves. Come on. 668 00:43:29,276 --> 00:43:30,569 Come on. 669 00:43:30,777 --> 00:43:32,654 Just when you think you know something, 670 00:43:32,863 --> 00:43:34,406 you have to look at it in another way. 671 00:43:34,615 --> 00:43:39,119 Even though it may seem silly or wrong, you must try. 672 00:43:39,328 --> 00:43:41,872 Now, when you read, don't just consider what the author thinks. 673 00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,208 Consider what you think. 674 00:43:46,084 --> 00:43:49,463 Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. 675 00:43:49,671 --> 00:43:53,800 Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. 676 00:43:54,051 --> 00:43:57,221 Thoreau said, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." 677 00:43:57,429 --> 00:44:00,807 Don't be resigned to that. Break out. 678 00:44:01,475 --> 00:44:04,228 Don't just walk off the edge like lemmings, look around you. 679 00:44:04,478 --> 00:44:05,479 [BELL RINGING] 680 00:44:05,687 --> 00:44:08,815 There. There you go, Mr. Priske. Thank you, yes. 681 00:44:10,108 --> 00:44:13,654 Dare to strike out and find new ground. 682 00:44:14,696 --> 00:44:16,114 Now, in addition to your essays, 683 00:44:16,323 --> 00:44:20,494 I would like you to compose a poem of your own. An original work. 684 00:44:20,702 --> 00:44:22,621 [GROANING] 685 00:44:22,871 --> 00:44:24,414 [HUMMING] 686 00:44:25,290 --> 00:44:26,542 That's right. 687 00:44:26,750 --> 00:44:31,129 You have to deliver it aloud in front of the class on Monday. 688 00:44:31,338 --> 00:44:33,465 Bonne chance, gentlemen. 689 00:44:34,675 --> 00:44:36,510 Mr. Anderson? 690 00:44:37,261 --> 00:44:38,387 Don't think that I don't know 691 00:44:38,595 --> 00:44:41,682 that this assignment scares the hell out of you, you mole. 692 00:44:42,224 --> 00:44:44,268 [BOYS SNICKERING] 693 00:44:55,863 --> 00:44:57,698 Take a power train in two. 694 00:44:59,533 --> 00:45:00,742 Three. 695 00:45:00,951 --> 00:45:03,745 - Keep your eyes in the boat. BOY: Stroke. 696 00:45:03,954 --> 00:45:05,080 NOLAN: Quick, captain. BOY: Let's go. 697 00:45:05,831 --> 00:45:07,291 MEEKS: We got it, Pittsie, we got it. 698 00:45:07,499 --> 00:45:09,710 [WANDA JACKSON'S "LET'S HAVE A PARTY" PLAYING ON RADIO] 699 00:45:10,169 --> 00:45:12,796 Radio Free America. 700 00:45:13,046 --> 00:45:15,090 [GRUNTING] 701 00:45:26,727 --> 00:45:28,854 NOLAN: Let's do it again. 702 00:45:35,569 --> 00:45:36,987 [DOOR CLICKS] 703 00:45:40,949 --> 00:45:42,451 - I found it. - You found what? 704 00:45:42,659 --> 00:45:45,871 What I wanna do right now. What's really, really inside of me. 705 00:45:46,121 --> 00:45:48,207 TODD: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? NEIL: This is it. 706 00:45:48,415 --> 00:45:50,375 TODD: What is that? NEIL: It's a play, dummy. 707 00:45:50,584 --> 00:45:53,754 I know that. What does it have to do with you? 708 00:45:54,004 --> 00:45:55,923 All right, they're putting it on at Henley Hall. 709 00:45:56,131 --> 00:45:58,300 Open tryouts. Open tryouts. 710 00:45:58,550 --> 00:46:00,302 - Yes, so? - So... 711 00:46:01,887 --> 00:46:02,930 I'm gonna act. 712 00:46:03,472 --> 00:46:04,890 Aha! 713 00:46:05,265 --> 00:46:07,392 Yes, yes, I'm gonna be an actor. 714 00:46:07,601 --> 00:46:09,645 Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to try this. 715 00:46:09,853 --> 00:46:12,064 I even tried to go to summer stock auditions last year, 716 00:46:12,272 --> 00:46:14,191 but, of course, my father wouldn't let me. 717 00:46:14,399 --> 00:46:17,402 For the first time in my whole life, I know what I wanna do. 718 00:46:17,611 --> 00:46:19,988 And for the first time, I'm gonna do it! 719 00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:23,825 Whether my father wants me to or not. Carpe diem! 720 00:46:24,076 --> 00:46:25,369 Neil, Neil, hold on. 721 00:46:25,577 --> 00:46:28,872 How are you gonna be in a play if your father won't let you? 722 00:46:29,122 --> 00:46:31,667 First I gotta get the part, then I can worry about that. 723 00:46:31,875 --> 00:46:35,003 Won't he kill you if he finds out you went to an audition and didn't tell him? 724 00:46:35,212 --> 00:46:38,006 No. As far as I'm concerned, he won't have to know about any of this. 725 00:46:38,215 --> 00:46:40,801 - That's impossible. - Bullshit, nothing's impossible. 726 00:46:41,009 --> 00:46:43,512 Why don't you just call him and ask him? Maybe he'll say yes. 727 00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:45,097 That's a laugh. 728 00:46:47,724 --> 00:46:49,935 If I don't ask him, at least I won't be disobeying him. 729 00:46:50,143 --> 00:46:53,647 -Yeah, but if he said no-- -Jesus, Todd, whose side are you on? 730 00:47:03,866 --> 00:47:06,577 I mean, I haven't even gotten the part yet. 731 00:47:07,744 --> 00:47:10,956 Can't I even enjoy the idea for a little while? 732 00:47:20,757 --> 00:47:22,509 You're coming to the meeting this afternoon? 733 00:47:22,718 --> 00:47:24,845 I don't know. Maybe. 734 00:47:25,304 --> 00:47:29,099 Nothing Mr. Keating has to say means shit to you, does it, Todd? 735 00:47:29,975 --> 00:47:31,727 - What does that mean? - You're in the club. 736 00:47:31,935 --> 00:47:34,605 Being in the club means being stirred up by things. 737 00:47:34,813 --> 00:47:36,607 You look about as stirred up as a cesspool. 738 00:47:36,815 --> 00:47:39,276 - So you want me out? - No, I want you in. 739 00:47:39,484 --> 00:47:41,236 But being in means you gotta do something, 740 00:47:41,445 --> 00:47:42,487 not just say you're in. 741 00:47:43,071 --> 00:47:44,239 Well, listen, Neil. 742 00:47:44,448 --> 00:47:49,578 I appreciate this concern, but I'm not like you, all right? 743 00:47:49,828 --> 00:47:52,372 You say things and people listen. 744 00:47:52,581 --> 00:47:55,125 - I'm not like that. - Don't you think you could be? 745 00:47:55,334 --> 00:47:56,919 No. I-- 746 00:47:57,419 --> 00:47:59,046 I don't know, but that's not the point. 747 00:47:59,254 --> 00:48:01,632 The point is that there's nothing you can do about it. 748 00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:05,594 So you can just butt out. I can take care of myself just fine. 749 00:48:05,844 --> 00:48:07,638 All right? 750 00:48:10,641 --> 00:48:11,808 No. 751 00:48:15,270 --> 00:48:16,688 What do you mean, no? 752 00:48:19,358 --> 00:48:20,859 No. 753 00:48:21,443 --> 00:48:24,404 - Give me-- Neil, give that back. - What is this? "We are dreaming of a--" 754 00:48:24,613 --> 00:48:27,407 What it this? Poetry. I'm being chased by Walt Whitman. 755 00:48:27,616 --> 00:48:28,784 [LAUGHING] 756 00:48:28,992 --> 00:48:31,078 Okay, okay. 757 00:48:31,286 --> 00:48:34,081 What are you guys doing? I'm trying-- You see this chemistry--? 758 00:48:34,289 --> 00:48:37,376 Hey, give me-- Neil, give me-- Don't be immature. 759 00:48:37,584 --> 00:48:39,461 Come on, I need my-- 760 00:48:39,670 --> 00:48:41,129 Give it to me. Give it to me. 761 00:48:41,338 --> 00:48:43,549 NEIL: Charlie, help me. 762 00:48:43,757 --> 00:48:45,843 MEEKS: Grab that book. I need-- 763 00:48:46,051 --> 00:48:48,053 [YELLING AND WHOOPING] 764 00:48:49,137 --> 00:48:50,138 Whoo. 765 00:48:50,347 --> 00:48:51,765 [FLUTE PLAYING] 766 00:49:15,163 --> 00:49:16,999 Whoo! 767 00:49:19,209 --> 00:49:21,253 [WHOOPING] 768 00:49:32,181 --> 00:49:34,224 [TRUMPETS PLAYING] 769 00:49:34,433 --> 00:49:36,476 [CHEERING] 770 00:49:47,571 --> 00:49:49,615 [MARCHING BAND PLAYING AND PEOPLE WHOOPING] 771 00:50:17,226 --> 00:50:19,353 COACH: Okay, everybody on the bus. 772 00:50:19,603 --> 00:50:21,522 Let's go, boys. 773 00:50:22,523 --> 00:50:26,860 Come on, let's go. On the bus, boys, now. 774 00:50:29,446 --> 00:50:32,407 Now, devotees may argue that one sport or game 775 00:50:32,616 --> 00:50:35,244 is inherently better than another. 776 00:50:35,452 --> 00:50:37,913 For me, sport is actually a chance for us 777 00:50:38,121 --> 00:50:41,166 to have other human beings push us to excel. 778 00:50:41,875 --> 00:50:44,837 I want you all to come over here and take a slip of paper 779 00:50:45,087 --> 00:50:47,381 and line up single file. 780 00:50:48,006 --> 00:50:50,342 Mr. Meeks, time to inherit the earth. 781 00:50:50,551 --> 00:50:53,804 Mr. Pitts, rise above your name. 782 00:50:54,012 --> 00:50:57,432 I want you to hand these out to the boys, one apiece. 783 00:50:59,059 --> 00:51:00,102 [WHISTLE BLOWS] 784 00:51:00,310 --> 00:51:01,937 You know what to do, Pitts. 785 00:51:02,145 --> 00:51:05,440 O to struggle against great odds To meet enemies undaunted. 786 00:51:05,649 --> 00:51:08,443 KEATING: Sounds to me like you're daunted. Say it like you're undaunted. 787 00:51:08,652 --> 00:51:11,655 O to struggle against great odds To meet enemies undaunted. 788 00:51:11,864 --> 00:51:13,657 KEATING: Now, go on. 789 00:51:14,199 --> 00:51:16,368 Yes. Next. 790 00:51:17,202 --> 00:51:21,206 To be a sailor of the world Bound for all ports. 791 00:51:21,999 --> 00:51:23,959 KEATING: Next. Louder. 792 00:51:24,168 --> 00:51:27,838 O while I live to be the ruler of life Not a slave. 793 00:51:29,131 --> 00:51:30,215 To mount the scaffolds 794 00:51:30,424 --> 00:51:33,468 To advance to the muzzles of guns With perfect nonchalance! 795 00:51:33,844 --> 00:51:35,888 [CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING OVER PHONOGRAPH] 796 00:51:39,141 --> 00:51:40,934 Come on, Meeks. Listen to the music. 797 00:51:41,727 --> 00:51:47,024 To dance, clap hands, exult Shout, skip, roll on, float on! 798 00:51:47,232 --> 00:51:48,817 KEATING: Yes. 799 00:51:50,319 --> 00:51:54,990 O to have life henceforth A poem of new joys 800 00:51:55,699 --> 00:51:57,826 Aw, pbbt. Boo. 801 00:51:58,035 --> 00:52:00,204 Come on, Charlie, let it fill your soul. 802 00:52:00,871 --> 00:52:03,749 To indeed be a god. 803 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:08,295 Charlie, I got the part. Rah! 804 00:52:08,504 --> 00:52:10,464 I'm gonna play Puck. I'm gonna play Puck. 805 00:52:10,672 --> 00:52:12,049 PITTS: What did he say? KNOX: Puck? 806 00:52:12,257 --> 00:52:13,509 - The main part. KNOX: Great, Neil. 807 00:52:13,717 --> 00:52:14,718 NEIL: Charlie, I got it. 808 00:52:14,927 --> 00:52:18,138 CAMERON: Congratulations. CHARLIE: Good for you, Neil. Good for you. 809 00:52:18,764 --> 00:52:21,225 Okay, okay, okay. 810 00:52:21,975 --> 00:52:24,186 Neil, how are you gonna do this? 811 00:52:24,394 --> 00:52:28,065 They need a letter of permission from my father and Mr. Nolan. 812 00:52:28,273 --> 00:52:31,026 - You're not gonna write it. - Oh, yes, I am. 813 00:52:31,235 --> 00:52:33,070 Oh, Neil, you're crazy. 814 00:52:33,278 --> 00:52:34,696 [SQUAWKS] 815 00:52:35,322 --> 00:52:36,323 Okay. 816 00:52:36,532 --> 00:52:40,202 "I am writing to you 817 00:52:40,410 --> 00:52:46,250 on behalf of my son, 818 00:52:46,458 --> 00:52:49,837 Neil Perry." 819 00:52:50,045 --> 00:52:51,505 [LAUGHING] 820 00:52:51,713 --> 00:52:53,090 This is great. 821 00:52:53,757 --> 00:52:55,801 [BAGPIPES PLAYING] 822 00:53:21,660 --> 00:53:23,704 [MOUTHING] 823 00:53:43,432 --> 00:53:46,059 - "To Chris." BOY: Who's Chris? 824 00:53:46,268 --> 00:53:48,937 CHARLIE: Mmm. Chris. 825 00:53:49,563 --> 00:53:52,316 I see a sweetness in her smile. 826 00:53:52,774 --> 00:53:55,611 Bright light shines from her eyes. 827 00:53:57,070 --> 00:54:00,741 But life is complete Contentment is mine 828 00:54:00,949 --> 00:54:02,201 Just knowing that... 829 00:54:02,409 --> 00:54:04,453 [BOYS SNORTING AND SNICKERING] 830 00:54:04,912 --> 00:54:06,705 Just knowing that 831 00:54:06,914 --> 00:54:08,040 [HOPKINS LAUGHING] 832 00:54:08,248 --> 00:54:10,042 She's alive. 833 00:54:10,250 --> 00:54:12,753 - Sorry, captain, it's stupid. - No, no, it's not stupid. 834 00:54:12,961 --> 00:54:14,296 It's a good effort. 835 00:54:14,505 --> 00:54:16,965 It touched on one of the major themes: love. 836 00:54:17,633 --> 00:54:20,093 A major theme not only in poetry, but life. 837 00:54:20,844 --> 00:54:24,556 Mr. Hopkins, you were laughing. You're up. 838 00:54:34,191 --> 00:54:37,903 The cat sat on the mat. 839 00:54:38,403 --> 00:54:40,447 [BOYS LAUGHING] 840 00:54:44,117 --> 00:54:45,327 KEATING: Congratulations, Mr. Hopkins. 841 00:54:45,536 --> 00:54:48,747 You have the first poem to ever have a negative score on the Pritchard scale. 842 00:54:48,956 --> 00:54:50,123 [BOYS LAUGHING] 843 00:54:50,332 --> 00:54:52,376 We're not laughing at you, we're laughing near you. 844 00:54:52,668 --> 00:54:54,545 I don't mind that your poem had a simple theme. 845 00:54:54,753 --> 00:54:56,839 The most beautiful poetry can be about simple things 846 00:54:57,047 --> 00:54:59,675 like a cat, or a flower, or rain. 847 00:54:59,883 --> 00:55:03,011 You see, poetry can come from anything with the stuff of revelation in it. 848 00:55:03,220 --> 00:55:05,347 Just don't let your poems be ordinary. 849 00:55:08,058 --> 00:55:10,477 Now, who's next? 850 00:55:11,478 --> 00:55:15,107 Mr. Anderson, I see you sitting there in agony. 851 00:55:15,858 --> 00:55:18,277 Come on, Todd, step up. Let's put you out of your misery. 852 00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:23,198 I didn't do it. I didn't write a poem. 853 00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:29,121 Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him 854 00:55:29,329 --> 00:55:31,915 is worthless and embarrassing. 855 00:55:32,124 --> 00:55:35,252 Isn't that right, Todd? Isn't that your worst fear? 856 00:55:36,879 --> 00:55:38,088 Well, I think you're wrong. 857 00:55:38,297 --> 00:55:42,176 I think you have something inside of you that is worth a great deal. 858 00:55:42,634 --> 00:55:45,179 "I sound 859 00:55:46,180 --> 00:55:51,476 my barbaric 860 00:55:52,561 --> 00:55:54,188 yawp 861 00:55:57,357 --> 00:56:01,987 over the rooftops of the world." 862 00:56:04,323 --> 00:56:07,910 W.W., Uncle Walt again. 863 00:56:08,118 --> 00:56:12,623 Now, for those of you who don't know, a yawp is a loud cry or yell. 864 00:56:12,831 --> 00:56:17,044 Now, Todd, I would like you to give us a demonstration of a barbaric yawp. 865 00:56:18,879 --> 00:56:22,883 Come on, you can't yawp sitting down. Let's go. Come on, up. 866 00:56:23,091 --> 00:56:25,177 Gotta get in yawping stance. 867 00:56:25,385 --> 00:56:27,179 [BOYS LAUGHING] 868 00:56:27,387 --> 00:56:30,599 - A yawp. - No, not just a yawp. A barbaric yawp. 869 00:56:30,807 --> 00:56:31,892 Yeah, yeah, right. 870 00:56:32,100 --> 00:56:35,062 - Yawp. - Come on, louder. 871 00:56:35,270 --> 00:56:36,396 - Yawp. - Oh, that's a mouse. 872 00:56:36,605 --> 00:56:38,440 - Come on, louder. - Yawp. 873 00:56:38,649 --> 00:56:40,067 - God, boy, yell like a man. - Yawp! 874 00:56:40,275 --> 00:56:43,320 There it is. You see, you have a barbarian in you after all. 875 00:56:43,529 --> 00:56:46,823 Now, you don't get away that easy. There's a picture of Uncle Walt up there. 876 00:56:47,032 --> 00:56:50,410 What does he remind you of? Don't think, answer. Go on. 877 00:56:50,619 --> 00:56:52,120 - A madman. KEATING: What kind of madman? 878 00:56:52,329 --> 00:56:54,540 - Don't think about it, answer again. - A crazy madman. 879 00:56:54,748 --> 00:56:57,125 You can do better. Free up your mind, use your imagination. 880 00:56:57,334 --> 00:57:00,128 Say the first thing that pops into your head, even if it's gibberish. 881 00:57:00,337 --> 00:57:01,880 A sweaty-toothed madman. 882 00:57:02,089 --> 00:57:04,633 Good God, boy, there's a poet in you after all. 883 00:57:04,842 --> 00:57:07,386 There, close your eyes. Close your eyes, close them. 884 00:57:07,594 --> 00:57:10,347 Now describe what you see. 885 00:57:10,556 --> 00:57:13,475 - I close my eyes. KEATING: Yes? 886 00:57:13,684 --> 00:57:16,395 - And this image floats beside me. - A sweaty-toothed madman. 887 00:57:16,603 --> 00:57:19,523 A sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brain. 888 00:57:19,731 --> 00:57:22,359 Oh, that's excellent. Now give him action. Make him do something. 889 00:57:22,568 --> 00:57:25,445 - His hands reach out and choke me. KEATING: That's it, wonderful, wonderful. 890 00:57:25,654 --> 00:57:27,865 - And all the time he's mumbling. - What's he mumbling? 891 00:57:28,073 --> 00:57:31,285 Mumbling truth. Truth, like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold. 892 00:57:31,493 --> 00:57:32,619 [BOYS LAUGHING] 893 00:57:32,828 --> 00:57:34,746 Forget them, forget them. Stay with the blanket. 894 00:57:34,955 --> 00:57:36,248 Tell me about that blanket. 895 00:57:36,456 --> 00:57:39,042 You can push it, stretch it, it'll never be enough. 896 00:57:39,251 --> 00:57:41,753 You kick at it, beat it, it'll never cover any of us. 897 00:57:41,962 --> 00:57:44,756 From the moment we enter crying to the moment we leave dying, 898 00:57:44,965 --> 00:57:49,720 it'll just cover your face as you wail and cry and scream. 899 00:57:55,475 --> 00:57:56,476 [BOYS CLAPPING] 900 00:57:56,685 --> 00:57:58,187 BOY 1: Yeah. BOY 2: Yeah. 901 00:57:58,854 --> 00:58:01,106 KEATING: Don't you forget this. 902 00:59:01,250 --> 00:59:03,293 [COUGHING AND LAUGHING] 903 00:59:03,836 --> 00:59:07,005 - Attaboy, Pittsie, inhale deeply. MEEKS: My dad collects a lot of pipes. 904 00:59:07,256 --> 00:59:10,133 CHARLIE: Really? Mine's got 30. PITTS: Your parents collect pipes? 905 00:59:10,342 --> 00:59:12,135 Oh, that's really interesting. 906 00:59:12,678 --> 00:59:15,305 Come on, Knox. Join in. 907 00:59:15,514 --> 00:59:17,307 We're from the government. We're here to help. 908 00:59:17,516 --> 00:59:19,726 - What's wrong? - It's Chris. 909 00:59:19,935 --> 00:59:23,605 - Here's a picture of Chris for you. - Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 910 00:59:23,814 --> 00:59:25,566 - That's not funny. CHARLIE: Knock it off. 911 00:59:25,774 --> 00:59:27,317 - Smoke your pipes. - Okay. 912 00:59:27,526 --> 00:59:28,861 MEEKS: Neil. 913 00:59:29,069 --> 00:59:32,197 Friends, scholars, Welton men. 914 00:59:33,115 --> 00:59:35,659 MEEKS: What is that, Neil? - Duh. It's a lamp, Meeks. 915 00:59:35,868 --> 00:59:38,912 No, this is the god of the cave. 916 00:59:39,121 --> 00:59:40,163 MEEKS: The god of the cave? 917 00:59:40,372 --> 00:59:41,832 [SAXOPHONE PLAYING LOW NOTE] 918 00:59:43,667 --> 00:59:44,793 Charlie, what are you doing? 919 00:59:45,002 --> 00:59:46,587 What do you say we start this meeting? 920 00:59:46,795 --> 00:59:48,172 Yeah, just-- I need a light. 921 00:59:48,380 --> 00:59:50,757 - Who's got a light? - Did you bring the earplugs? 922 00:59:51,925 --> 00:59:55,762 Gentlemen, "Poetrusic," by Charles Dalton. 923 00:59:55,971 --> 00:59:57,723 - Oh, boy. - He's gonna play. 924 00:59:58,015 --> 00:59:59,766 [SAXOPHONE PLAYING] 925 00:59:59,975 --> 01:00:01,476 Oh, no. 926 01:00:01,685 --> 01:00:04,271 CHARLIE: Laughing, crying, tumbling, mumbling. 927 01:00:04,479 --> 01:00:07,274 Gotta do more. Gotta be more. 928 01:00:08,734 --> 01:00:10,152 [GRUNTS] 929 01:00:11,820 --> 01:00:15,324 Chaos screaming, chaos dreaming Gotta do more, gotta be more. 930 01:00:16,408 --> 01:00:18,452 [PLAYING] 931 01:00:48,315 --> 01:00:49,316 Wow. 932 01:00:49,525 --> 01:00:50,859 - That was nice. - That was great. 933 01:00:51,068 --> 01:00:52,653 Where did you learn to play like that? 934 01:00:52,861 --> 01:00:55,739 My parents made me take the clarinet for years. 935 01:00:55,948 --> 01:00:57,991 - I love the clarinet. - I hated it. 936 01:00:58,325 --> 01:00:59,701 [LAUGHING] 937 01:00:59,910 --> 01:01:01,245 The saxophone. 938 01:01:01,453 --> 01:01:05,165 The saxophone is more sonorous. 939 01:01:05,415 --> 01:01:06,625 Ooh. 940 01:01:06,834 --> 01:01:08,585 - Vocabulary. - Look at him. 941 01:01:08,794 --> 01:01:12,881 I can't take it anymore. If I don't have Chris, I'm gonna kill myself. 942 01:01:13,090 --> 01:01:14,842 CHARLIE: Knoxious, you've gotta calm down. 943 01:01:15,050 --> 01:01:16,927 No, Charlie. 944 01:01:17,302 --> 01:01:21,265 That's just my problem. I've been calm all my life. 945 01:01:21,473 --> 01:01:23,725 - I'm gonna do something about that. - Where you going? 946 01:01:24,393 --> 01:01:27,563 - What are you gonna do? - I'm gonna call her. Yeah. 947 01:01:27,813 --> 01:01:29,857 [SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 948 01:01:32,150 --> 01:01:33,569 [LINE RINGING] 949 01:01:33,777 --> 01:01:35,445 CHRIS [ON PHONE]: Hello? 950 01:01:37,531 --> 01:01:38,574 She's gonna hate me. 951 01:01:40,784 --> 01:01:42,619 The Danburrys will hate me. 952 01:01:42,870 --> 01:01:45,539 My parents will kill me. 953 01:01:50,169 --> 01:01:52,379 All right, goddamn it. 954 01:01:52,588 --> 01:01:56,133 You're right. Carpe diem. 955 01:01:56,383 --> 01:01:58,594 Even if it kills me. 956 01:02:04,641 --> 01:02:06,685 [LINE RINGING] 957 01:02:07,144 --> 01:02:08,812 CHRIS [ON PHONE]: Hello? - Hello, Chris? 958 01:02:09,021 --> 01:02:12,608 - Yes? - Hi, this is Knox Overstreet. 959 01:02:13,609 --> 01:02:16,945 Oh, yes, Knox. Glad you called. 960 01:02:17,154 --> 01:02:18,238 [WHISPERING] She's glad I called. 961 01:02:18,488 --> 01:02:20,908 Listen, Chet's parents are going out of town this weekend 962 01:02:21,116 --> 01:02:22,242 and he's having a party. 963 01:02:22,451 --> 01:02:24,870 - Would you like to come? - Would I like to come to a party? 964 01:02:25,078 --> 01:02:26,747 - Yes. Say yes. CHRIS: Friday? 965 01:02:26,955 --> 01:02:28,081 - Well, sure. - About 7? 966 01:02:28,290 --> 01:02:30,083 - Okay, great. I'll be there, Chris. - Okay. 967 01:02:30,292 --> 01:02:31,793 Friday night at the Danburrys. 968 01:02:32,002 --> 01:02:33,420 - Okay, thank you. - Okay, bye. 969 01:02:33,629 --> 01:02:35,714 Thank you. I'll see you. Bye. 970 01:02:36,465 --> 01:02:39,259 Yawp! 971 01:02:39,927 --> 01:02:41,386 Can you believe it? 972 01:02:41,595 --> 01:02:44,223 She was gonna call me. 973 01:02:44,431 --> 01:02:46,725 She invited me to a party with her. 974 01:02:46,934 --> 01:02:49,603 - At Chet Danburry's house? - Yeah. 975 01:02:49,811 --> 01:02:52,189 - Well? - So? 976 01:02:52,397 --> 01:02:55,901 So you don't really think she means you're going with her? 977 01:02:57,152 --> 01:03:00,405 Well, of course not, Charlie, but that's not the point. 978 01:03:00,614 --> 01:03:04,284 - That's not the point at all. - What is the point? 979 01:03:05,536 --> 01:03:09,206 The point, Charlie, 980 01:03:10,499 --> 01:03:12,376 is, uh... 981 01:03:13,502 --> 01:03:16,797 - Yeah? - ...that she was thinking about me. 982 01:03:17,714 --> 01:03:22,427 I've only met her once, and already, she's thinking about me. 983 01:03:22,636 --> 01:03:25,264 Damn it. It's gonna happen, guys. 984 01:03:25,472 --> 01:03:27,391 I feel it. 985 01:03:28,100 --> 01:03:32,229 She is going to be mine. 986 01:03:32,563 --> 01:03:33,981 [KNOX HUMMING] 987 01:03:34,189 --> 01:03:37,025 Carpe. Carpe. 988 01:03:39,194 --> 01:03:42,990 No grades at stake, gentlemen. Just take a stroll. 989 01:03:49,538 --> 01:03:51,373 There it is. 990 01:03:51,582 --> 01:03:53,625 [BOYS CLAPPING] 991 01:04:00,674 --> 01:04:02,301 KEATING [SINGING]: I don't know, but I've been told 992 01:04:02,509 --> 01:04:04,219 BOYS: I don't know, but I've been told 993 01:04:04,428 --> 01:04:06,138 KEATING: Doing poetry is old 994 01:04:06,346 --> 01:04:07,598 BOYS: Doing poetry is old 995 01:04:07,806 --> 01:04:11,101 Left, left, left, right, left. 996 01:04:11,310 --> 01:04:14,730 Left, left, left, right, left. 997 01:04:14,938 --> 01:04:16,398 Left, halt. 998 01:04:17,232 --> 01:04:19,109 Thank you, gentlemen. 999 01:04:20,277 --> 01:04:24,031 If you noticed, everyone started off with their own stride, their own pace. 1000 01:04:24,239 --> 01:04:26,491 Mr. Pitts, taking his time. 1001 01:04:26,700 --> 01:04:28,452 He knew he'll get there one day. 1002 01:04:28,660 --> 01:04:30,245 Mr. Cameron, you could see him thinking, 1003 01:04:30,454 --> 01:04:33,999 "Is this right? It might be right. I know that-- Maybe not. I don't know." 1004 01:04:34,208 --> 01:04:37,586 Mr. Overstreet's, driven by deeper force. 1005 01:04:37,794 --> 01:04:39,880 Yes, we know that. 1006 01:04:40,088 --> 01:04:42,591 All right, now, I didn't bring them up here to ridicule them. 1007 01:04:42,799 --> 01:04:45,260 I brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity. 1008 01:04:45,469 --> 01:04:48,889 The difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others. 1009 01:04:49,097 --> 01:04:51,183 Now, those of you, I see the look in your eyes like, 1010 01:04:51,391 --> 01:04:53,435 "I would have walked differently." 1011 01:04:53,644 --> 01:04:56,271 Well, ask yourselves why you were clapping. 1012 01:04:57,397 --> 01:04:59,566 Now, we all have a great need for acceptance. 1013 01:04:59,775 --> 01:05:02,528 But you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own. 1014 01:05:02,736 --> 01:05:05,113 Even though others may think them odd or unpopular. 1015 01:05:05,322 --> 01:05:08,700 Even though the herd may go, "That's baa-d." 1016 01:05:09,910 --> 01:05:13,705 Robert Frost said, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, 1017 01:05:13,914 --> 01:05:17,751 I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference." 1018 01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:20,379 Now, I want you to find your own walk right now. 1019 01:05:20,587 --> 01:05:24,216 Your own way of striding, pacing. Any direction, anything you want. 1020 01:05:24,424 --> 01:05:26,969 Whether it's proud, whether it's silly, anything. 1021 01:05:27,219 --> 01:05:30,722 Gentlemen, the courtyard is yours. 1022 01:05:33,016 --> 01:05:36,895 You don't have to perform, just make it for yourself. 1023 01:05:37,855 --> 01:05:40,774 Mr. Dalton, you be joining us? 1024 01:05:40,983 --> 01:05:43,110 Exercising the right not to walk. 1025 01:05:44,236 --> 01:05:47,531 Thank you, Mr. Dalton. You just illustrated the point. 1026 01:05:47,739 --> 01:05:50,075 Swim against the stream. 1027 01:06:01,086 --> 01:06:02,796 Todd? 1028 01:06:05,007 --> 01:06:06,717 - Hey. TODD: Hey. 1029 01:06:06,925 --> 01:06:09,803 - What's going on? - Nothing. 1030 01:06:12,139 --> 01:06:15,058 - Today's my birthday. - Is today your birthday? 1031 01:06:15,309 --> 01:06:17,144 - Happy birthday. - Thanks. 1032 01:06:17,352 --> 01:06:20,022 - What'd you get? - My parents gave me this. 1033 01:06:21,148 --> 01:06:22,316 Isn't this the same desk--? 1034 01:06:22,524 --> 01:06:25,527 Yeah, they gave me the same thing as last year. 1035 01:06:27,946 --> 01:06:30,199 - Oh. - Oh. 1036 01:06:31,617 --> 01:06:33,410 Maybe they thought you needed another one. 1037 01:06:35,037 --> 01:06:36,997 Maybe they weren't thinking about anything at all. 1038 01:06:40,834 --> 01:06:44,505 The funny thing is about this is, I didn't even like it the first time. 1039 01:06:47,090 --> 01:06:50,636 Todd, I think you're underestimating the value of this desk set. 1040 01:06:52,429 --> 01:06:57,935 I mean, who would want a football, or a baseball, or--? 1041 01:06:58,185 --> 01:06:59,269 Or a car? 1042 01:06:59,478 --> 01:07:02,648 Or a car, if they could have a desk set as wonderful as this one? 1043 01:07:02,856 --> 01:07:06,777 I mean, if I were ever going to buy a desk set twice, 1044 01:07:06,985 --> 01:07:10,656 I would probably buy this one both times. 1045 01:07:10,864 --> 01:07:12,241 [LAUGHING] 1046 01:07:12,449 --> 01:07:16,203 In fact, its shape is... 1047 01:07:17,871 --> 01:07:20,040 It's rather aerodynamic, isn't it? 1048 01:07:22,042 --> 01:07:23,460 I can feel it. 1049 01:07:23,836 --> 01:07:25,254 Phew. 1050 01:07:25,546 --> 01:07:28,590 This desk set wants to fly. 1051 01:07:31,301 --> 01:07:32,845 Todd? 1052 01:07:33,637 --> 01:07:37,516 The world's first unmanned flying desk set. 1053 01:07:37,724 --> 01:07:39,142 [GRUNTS] 1054 01:07:40,435 --> 01:07:41,854 Whew. Ha, ha. 1055 01:07:42,479 --> 01:07:44,481 Oh, my. 1056 01:07:44,690 --> 01:07:47,150 Well, I wouldn't worry. 1057 01:07:47,359 --> 01:07:48,652 You'll get another one next year. 1058 01:07:48,861 --> 01:07:50,612 [LAUGHING] 1059 01:07:50,821 --> 01:07:53,991 To live deep And suck out all the marrow of life. 1060 01:07:54,199 --> 01:07:55,868 To put to rout all that was not life. 1061 01:07:56,076 --> 01:07:57,494 [WOMEN LAUGHING] 1062 01:07:58,704 --> 01:08:00,163 Oh, my God. 1063 01:08:01,373 --> 01:08:04,168 GLORIA: Is this it? CHARLIE: Yeah, this is it. 1064 01:08:04,376 --> 01:08:06,628 Go ahead, go on in. It's my cave. 1065 01:08:06,837 --> 01:08:08,630 - Watch your step. TINA: We're not gonna slip, are we? 1066 01:08:08,839 --> 01:08:10,174 GLORIA: Uh-oh. 1067 01:08:11,091 --> 01:08:12,092 Hi. 1068 01:08:12,593 --> 01:08:13,677 - Unh. MEEKS: Hello. 1069 01:08:13,927 --> 01:08:15,888 - Hello. - Hi, guys. 1070 01:08:16,095 --> 01:08:18,974 Meet, uh, Gloria and... 1071 01:08:19,183 --> 01:08:20,725 - Tina. - Tina. 1072 01:08:20,975 --> 01:08:23,812 This is the pledge class of the Dead Poets Society. 1073 01:08:24,020 --> 01:08:25,354 - Hello. - Hey, how do you do? 1074 01:08:25,564 --> 01:08:26,773 - Hello. - Hi. 1075 01:08:27,024 --> 01:08:28,692 CHARLIE: Guys, move, move. 1076 01:08:28,901 --> 01:08:31,653 Come on, folks, it's Friday night. Let's get on with the meeting. 1077 01:08:31,862 --> 01:08:32,863 MEEKS: Excuse me. 1078 01:08:33,071 --> 01:08:34,865 CHARLIE: Guys, I have an announcement to make. 1079 01:08:35,073 --> 01:08:38,827 In keeping with the spirit of passionate experimentation of the Dead Poets, 1080 01:08:39,036 --> 01:08:41,121 I'm giving up the name Charles Dalton. 1081 01:08:41,330 --> 01:08:43,832 From now on, call me Nuwanda. 1082 01:08:44,082 --> 01:08:46,417 - Nuwanda? - Nuwanda? 1083 01:08:46,627 --> 01:08:48,420 [BOYS SNICKERING] 1084 01:08:48,629 --> 01:08:50,464 PITTS: Okay. 1085 01:08:50,671 --> 01:08:52,716 [BOYS WHOOPING AND CHATTERING] 1086 01:08:58,889 --> 01:09:02,059 Hello? Hello, Chris? 1087 01:09:02,309 --> 01:09:04,353 [PEOPLE CHATTERING AND LAUGHING] 1088 01:09:08,064 --> 01:09:09,149 CHRIS: Knox. KNOX: Hi. 1089 01:09:09,358 --> 01:09:11,234 You made it, great. 1090 01:09:11,443 --> 01:09:12,736 - Bring anybody? - No. 1091 01:09:12,944 --> 01:09:15,656 No? Ginny Danburry's here. 1092 01:09:15,863 --> 01:09:16,990 Look, I have to go find Chet. 1093 01:09:17,198 --> 01:09:19,408 Why don't you go downstairs? That's where everybody is. 1094 01:09:19,618 --> 01:09:21,161 - But, Chris-- CHRIS: Make yourself at home. 1095 01:09:21,370 --> 01:09:22,746 But I-- 1096 01:09:23,205 --> 01:09:25,249 [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] 1097 01:09:37,761 --> 01:09:39,304 KNOX: Hey, guys. 1098 01:09:43,975 --> 01:09:47,145 STEVE: Hey, you Mutt Sanders' brother? 1099 01:09:47,770 --> 01:09:50,314 Bubba, this guy look like Mutt Sanders to you, or what? 1100 01:09:50,524 --> 01:09:52,484 You're his brother? 1101 01:09:53,484 --> 01:09:55,821 No relation. Never heard of him. Sorry, guys. 1102 01:09:56,029 --> 01:09:57,030 Where's your manners? 1103 01:09:57,239 --> 01:09:59,783 There's Mutt Sanders' brother, we don't even offer him a drink. 1104 01:09:59,992 --> 01:10:02,411 - Have some whisky, pal. - Yeah. 1105 01:10:02,619 --> 01:10:04,121 I don't really drink-- 1106 01:10:04,329 --> 01:10:07,082 - To Mutt. - To Mutt. 1107 01:10:07,791 --> 01:10:09,334 To Mutt. 1108 01:10:11,211 --> 01:10:12,212 [GROANS] 1109 01:10:12,421 --> 01:10:13,881 Now, how the hell is old Mutt anyway? 1110 01:10:14,089 --> 01:10:15,966 STEVE: Yeah, what's old Mutter been up to, huh? 1111 01:10:16,175 --> 01:10:17,176 [COUGHING] 1112 01:10:17,384 --> 01:10:19,344 I don't really know Mutt. 1113 01:10:19,887 --> 01:10:23,307 - To the Mighty Mutt. - To Mighty Mutt. 1114 01:10:23,515 --> 01:10:25,517 To Mighty Mutt. 1115 01:10:27,978 --> 01:10:28,979 [GASPS] 1116 01:10:29,980 --> 01:10:32,482 Well, listen, I gotta go find Patsy. 1117 01:10:32,691 --> 01:10:35,736 Say hello to Mutt for me, okay? 1118 01:10:35,944 --> 01:10:39,323 - Will do. STEVE: Hell of a guy, your old brother, Mutt. 1119 01:10:40,991 --> 01:10:43,911 Are we gonna have a meeting, or what? 1120 01:10:44,119 --> 01:10:47,414 Yeah, if you guys don't have a meeting, how do we know if we wanna join? 1121 01:10:48,373 --> 01:10:50,042 Join? 1122 01:10:50,751 --> 01:10:53,295 Shall I compare thee To a summer's day? 1123 01:10:53,504 --> 01:10:55,964 Thou art more lovely And more temperate. 1124 01:10:56,173 --> 01:10:59,801 - That's so sweet. - I made that up just for you. 1125 01:11:00,010 --> 01:11:01,762 You did? 1126 01:11:02,679 --> 01:11:04,973 I'll write one for you too, Gloria. 1127 01:11:08,060 --> 01:11:11,063 She walks in beauty like the night 1128 01:11:13,273 --> 01:11:15,692 She walks in beauty like the night 1129 01:11:15,943 --> 01:11:19,571 Of cloudless climes and starry skies 1130 01:11:19,780 --> 01:11:22,866 All that's best of dark and bright 1131 01:11:23,075 --> 01:11:25,744 Meet in her aspect and her eyes; 1132 01:11:25,953 --> 01:11:27,287 GLORIA: That's beautiful. 1133 01:11:28,664 --> 01:11:31,416 There's plenty more where that came from. 1134 01:11:33,544 --> 01:11:35,587 [PROFESSOR LONGHAIR'S "HEY, LITTLE GIRL" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] 1135 01:11:38,882 --> 01:11:40,300 [BELCHES] 1136 01:11:42,678 --> 01:11:44,513 [GROWLING] 1137 01:11:45,264 --> 01:11:47,307 [MOANING] 1138 01:12:14,710 --> 01:12:16,795 God help me. 1139 01:12:30,809 --> 01:12:33,187 Carpe diem. 1140 01:13:03,675 --> 01:13:06,011 STEVE: What, you don't remember? 1141 01:13:06,220 --> 01:13:07,429 What, are you kidding? 1142 01:13:07,679 --> 01:13:11,642 BUBBA: Chet, Chet, look. CHET: What? 1143 01:13:12,518 --> 01:13:14,186 It's Mutt Sanders' brother. 1144 01:13:14,436 --> 01:13:15,562 CHET: Huh? 1145 01:13:15,771 --> 01:13:17,231 - Knox--? BUBBA: He's feeling up your girl. 1146 01:13:17,439 --> 01:13:19,525 CHRIS: What are you doing? 1147 01:13:20,108 --> 01:13:21,610 CHET: What the hell are you doing? CHRIS: Chet. 1148 01:13:21,818 --> 01:13:24,571 - Chet, don't. KNOX: Chet, I know this looks bad, but-- 1149 01:13:24,780 --> 01:13:26,281 GIRL: Ahh! CHRIS: Chet, no, you'll hurt him. 1150 01:13:26,532 --> 01:13:28,325 No, Chet, stop it. 1151 01:13:28,534 --> 01:13:30,285 CHET: Jesus. CHRIS: Leave him alone. 1152 01:13:30,494 --> 01:13:32,412 CHET: Goddamn. - Chet, stop it. 1153 01:13:32,621 --> 01:13:34,289 Bastard. 1154 01:13:34,540 --> 01:13:37,459 - Knox, are you all right? CHET: Chris, get the hell away from him. 1155 01:13:37,668 --> 01:13:38,836 - Chet, you hurt him. CHET: Good. 1156 01:13:39,044 --> 01:13:42,130 - I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. - It's okay. It's okay. 1157 01:13:42,339 --> 01:13:44,174 Next time I see you, you die. 1158 01:13:47,344 --> 01:13:49,721 Go ahead, pass it around. 1159 01:13:58,647 --> 01:14:02,150 Me and Pitts are working on a hi-fi system. 1160 01:14:02,985 --> 01:14:05,529 It shouldn't be that hard to put together. 1161 01:14:05,737 --> 01:14:09,449 Yeah, I might be going to Yale. 1162 01:14:09,992 --> 01:14:12,119 But I might not. 1163 01:14:12,619 --> 01:14:14,621 Don't you guys miss having girls around here? 1164 01:14:15,205 --> 01:14:16,290 - Yeah. - Yeah. 1165 01:14:16,540 --> 01:14:18,792 CHARLIE: That's part of what this club is about. 1166 01:14:19,001 --> 01:14:21,128 In fact, I'd like to announce 1167 01:14:21,336 --> 01:14:24,548 I published an article in the school paper in the name of the Dead Poets. 1168 01:14:25,090 --> 01:14:26,175 What? 1169 01:14:26,383 --> 01:14:28,719 - Demanding girls be admitted to Welton. SPAZ: You didn't. 1170 01:14:28,927 --> 01:14:31,805 - So we can all stop beating off. - How did you do that? 1171 01:14:32,014 --> 01:14:33,974 I'm one of the proofers. I slipped the article in. 1172 01:14:34,183 --> 01:14:37,269 SPAZ: Look, it's over now. - Why? Nobody knows who we are. 1173 01:14:37,519 --> 01:14:39,646 Don't you think they're gonna figure out who wrote it? 1174 01:14:39,855 --> 01:14:43,317 They're gonna come to you and ask to know what the Dead Poets Society is. 1175 01:14:43,525 --> 01:14:45,861 Charlie, you had no right to do something like that. 1176 01:14:46,069 --> 01:14:48,322 It's Nuwanda, Cameron. 1177 01:14:48,572 --> 01:14:51,241 GLORIA: That's right, it's Nuwanda. 1178 01:14:51,491 --> 01:14:54,411 And are we just playing around out here, or do we mean what we say? 1179 01:14:54,620 --> 01:14:57,539 If all we do is come together and read a bunch of poems to each other, 1180 01:14:57,748 --> 01:14:58,832 what the hell are we doing? 1181 01:14:59,041 --> 01:15:01,460 All right, but you still shouldn't have done it, Charlie. 1182 01:15:01,668 --> 01:15:04,004 This could mean trouble. You don't speak for the club. 1183 01:15:04,213 --> 01:15:06,673 Hey, would you not worry about your precious little neck? 1184 01:15:06,882 --> 01:15:10,093 If they catch me, I'll tell them I made it up. 1185 01:15:23,607 --> 01:15:24,691 [WHISPERING] 1186 01:15:24,900 --> 01:15:26,610 Fine. 1187 01:15:37,162 --> 01:15:38,747 Sit. 1188 01:15:44,545 --> 01:15:45,963 This week's issue of Welton Honour, 1189 01:15:46,171 --> 01:15:49,633 there appeared a profane and unauthorised article. 1190 01:15:50,175 --> 01:15:54,930 Rather than spend my valuable time ferreting out the guilty persons-- 1191 01:15:55,764 --> 01:15:57,683 And let me assure you, I will find them. 1192 01:15:58,517 --> 01:16:01,812 --I'm asking any and all students who know anything about this article 1193 01:16:02,020 --> 01:16:05,148 to make themselves known here and now. 1194 01:16:07,150 --> 01:16:09,403 Whoever the guilty persons are, 1195 01:16:09,611 --> 01:16:13,031 this is your only chance to avoid expulsion from this school. 1196 01:16:13,240 --> 01:16:15,284 [PHONE RINGING] 1197 01:16:15,993 --> 01:16:17,411 [MURMURING] 1198 01:16:19,496 --> 01:16:20,873 Welton Academy, hello? 1199 01:16:22,124 --> 01:16:23,500 Yes, he is. Just a moment. 1200 01:16:24,543 --> 01:16:26,628 Mr. Nolan, it's for you. 1201 01:16:27,504 --> 01:16:30,716 It's God. He says we should have girls at Welton. 1202 01:16:30,966 --> 01:16:32,384 [BOYS LAUGHING] 1203 01:16:47,024 --> 01:16:48,650 Wipe that smirk off your face. 1204 01:16:50,527 --> 01:16:52,529 If you think, Mr. Dalton, that you're the first 1205 01:16:52,738 --> 01:16:54,990 to try to get thrown out of this school, think again. 1206 01:16:55,199 --> 01:16:56,742 Others have had similar notions 1207 01:16:56,992 --> 01:16:59,369 and have failed just as surely as you will fail. 1208 01:16:59,578 --> 01:17:00,746 Assume the position. 1209 01:17:14,551 --> 01:17:16,136 Count aloud, Mr. Dalton. 1210 01:17:18,764 --> 01:17:20,182 [THUD] 1211 01:17:20,682 --> 01:17:22,309 One. 1212 01:17:24,353 --> 01:17:25,854 Two. 1213 01:17:31,944 --> 01:17:33,612 Three. 1214 01:17:34,863 --> 01:17:36,198 Four. 1215 01:17:37,950 --> 01:17:38,951 Five. 1216 01:17:39,159 --> 01:17:41,453 What is this Dead Poets Society? I want names. 1217 01:17:42,704 --> 01:17:44,748 [WHISPERING] 1218 01:18:11,358 --> 01:18:12,943 NEIL: You kicked out? CHARLIE: No. 1219 01:18:13,151 --> 01:18:15,112 NEIL: So, what happened? 1220 01:18:18,532 --> 01:18:21,493 I'm to turn everybody in, apologise to the school, 1221 01:18:21,702 --> 01:18:23,704 and all will be forgiven. 1222 01:18:23,912 --> 01:18:25,914 NEIL: So, what are you gonna do? 1223 01:18:26,164 --> 01:18:29,376 - Charlie. - Damn it, Neil. 1224 01:18:29,585 --> 01:18:32,045 The name is Nuwanda. 1225 01:18:35,674 --> 01:18:37,718 [CHUCKLING] 1226 01:18:38,093 --> 01:18:39,636 NOLAN: Excuse me. 1227 01:18:39,845 --> 01:18:43,015 - May we have a word, Mr. Keating? - Certainly. 1228 01:18:49,605 --> 01:18:53,025 This was my first classroom, John. Did you know that? 1229 01:18:54,151 --> 01:18:57,946 - My first desk. - I didn't know you taught, Mr. Nolan. 1230 01:18:58,155 --> 01:18:59,948 English. 1231 01:19:00,157 --> 01:19:02,618 Long before your time. 1232 01:19:02,826 --> 01:19:05,412 It was hard giving it up, I can tell you. 1233 01:19:09,458 --> 01:19:11,126 I'm hearing rumours, John, 1234 01:19:11,335 --> 01:19:14,129 about some unorthodox teaching methods in your classroom. 1235 01:19:14,338 --> 01:19:18,759 I'm not saying they've had anything to do with the Dalton boy's outburst, 1236 01:19:18,967 --> 01:19:23,555 but I don't think I have to warn you, boys his age are very impressionable. 1237 01:19:23,764 --> 01:19:27,059 Well, your reprimand made quite an impression, I'm sure. 1238 01:19:30,020 --> 01:19:32,648 What was going on in the courtyard the other day? 1239 01:19:32,856 --> 01:19:33,857 Courtyard? 1240 01:19:34,066 --> 01:19:35,817 Yeah, boys marching, clapping in unison. 1241 01:19:36,026 --> 01:19:38,445 Oh, that. That was an exercise to prove a point. 1242 01:19:38,654 --> 01:19:39,863 Dangers of conformity. 1243 01:19:40,072 --> 01:19:42,741 Well, John, the curriculum here is set. It's proven, it works. 1244 01:19:42,950 --> 01:19:45,494 If you question it, what's to prevent them from doing the same? 1245 01:19:45,702 --> 01:19:48,413 I thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself. 1246 01:19:48,622 --> 01:19:50,624 At these boys' age? Not on your life. 1247 01:19:51,375 --> 01:19:55,087 Tradition, John. Discipline. 1248 01:19:55,504 --> 01:19:59,091 Prepare them for college and the rest will take care of itself. 1249 01:20:04,054 --> 01:20:05,472 Creak. 1250 01:20:05,681 --> 01:20:06,890 [CHUCKLING] 1251 01:20:07,099 --> 01:20:10,727 He starts walking around towards my left. Creak. 1252 01:20:11,895 --> 01:20:13,063 Creak. 1253 01:20:13,272 --> 01:20:16,733 "Assume the position, Mr. Dalton." 1254 01:20:17,651 --> 01:20:19,278 KEATING: It's all right, gentlemen. 1255 01:20:19,486 --> 01:20:22,239 - Mr. Keating. KEATING: Mr. Dalton. 1256 01:20:22,447 --> 01:20:24,700 That was a pretty lame stunt you pulled today. 1257 01:20:24,908 --> 01:20:26,577 You're siding with Mr. Nolan? 1258 01:20:26,785 --> 01:20:29,204 What about carpe diem, sucking all the marrow out of life--? 1259 01:20:29,413 --> 01:20:33,125 Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone. 1260 01:20:34,543 --> 01:20:38,213 Sure, there's a time for daring, and there's a time for caution. 1261 01:20:38,422 --> 01:20:40,299 And a wise man understands which is called for. 1262 01:20:41,466 --> 01:20:44,678 - But I thought you'd like that. - No. 1263 01:20:44,887 --> 01:20:47,639 You being expelled from school is not daring to me, it's stupid. 1264 01:20:48,891 --> 01:20:50,684 Because you'll miss some golden opportunities. 1265 01:20:50,893 --> 01:20:52,644 Yeah, like what? 1266 01:20:52,853 --> 01:20:55,898 Like if nothing else, the opportunity to attend my classes. 1267 01:20:59,526 --> 01:21:01,278 Got it, Ace? 1268 01:21:01,904 --> 01:21:02,988 Aye, aye, captain. 1269 01:21:03,947 --> 01:21:05,532 Keep your head about you. 1270 01:21:07,201 --> 01:21:08,577 That goes for the lot of you. 1271 01:21:08,785 --> 01:21:11,622 - Yes, captain. - Yes, captain. 1272 01:21:12,289 --> 01:21:13,498 Phone call from God. 1273 01:21:15,626 --> 01:21:18,128 If it had been collect, it would have been daring. 1274 01:21:18,337 --> 01:21:19,880 [BOYS LAUGHING] 1275 01:21:20,130 --> 01:21:21,173 [DOOR CLICKS] 1276 01:21:21,381 --> 01:21:24,009 All right. Go on, play. 1277 01:21:34,436 --> 01:21:36,855 WOMAN: We're trying to rehearse, okay? 1278 01:21:37,231 --> 01:21:39,191 MAN: A good persuasion. Therefore, hear me, Hermia. 1279 01:21:39,399 --> 01:21:43,111 WOMAN: Wait, please. Excitement. I don't hear any excitement about this play. 1280 01:21:43,320 --> 01:21:45,739 And take her hand. 1281 01:21:45,948 --> 01:21:51,870 Bring her down the stage and stop, and, "There, gentle Hermia." Try again. 1282 01:21:52,079 --> 01:21:53,080 [BELL RINGING] 1283 01:21:53,288 --> 01:21:55,707 PITTS: What's for dinner? - Spaghetti and meatballs. 1284 01:21:58,627 --> 01:22:00,921 Save some for me. 1285 01:22:02,589 --> 01:22:05,509 But, room, fairy! Here comes Oberon. 1286 01:22:08,554 --> 01:22:11,640 - Father. - Neil. 1287 01:22:13,684 --> 01:22:17,646 - Before you say anything, please let me-- - Don't you dare talk back to me. 1288 01:22:19,690 --> 01:22:22,192 It's bad enough that you've wasted your time 1289 01:22:22,401 --> 01:22:25,654 with this absurd acting business. 1290 01:22:26,613 --> 01:22:28,949 But you deliberately deceived me. 1291 01:22:30,284 --> 01:22:32,578 How did you expect to get away with this? 1292 01:22:35,372 --> 01:22:37,040 Answer me. 1293 01:22:38,041 --> 01:22:41,545 Who put you up to it? Was it this new man, this, uh, Mr. Keating? 1294 01:22:41,753 --> 01:22:44,464 No, nobody-- 1295 01:22:44,673 --> 01:22:46,341 I thought I'd surprise you. 1296 01:22:46,592 --> 01:22:49,887 - I've gotten all A's in every class. - So did you think I wasn't gonna find out? 1297 01:22:50,637 --> 01:22:53,724 "Oh, my niece is in a play with your son," says Mrs. Marks. 1298 01:22:53,932 --> 01:22:55,058 "No, no, no," I say. 1299 01:22:55,267 --> 01:22:58,187 "You must be mistaken. My son's not in a play." 1300 01:22:58,395 --> 01:22:59,688 You made a liar out of me, Neil. 1301 01:23:03,734 --> 01:23:08,614 Now, tomorrow, you go to them and you tell them that you're quitting. 1302 01:23:09,156 --> 01:23:12,409 No, I can't. I have the main part. The performance is tomorrow night. 1303 01:23:12,659 --> 01:23:16,872 I don't care if the world comes to an end tomorrow. You are through with that play. 1304 01:23:17,956 --> 01:23:19,750 Is that clear? 1305 01:23:20,334 --> 01:23:22,419 Is that clear? 1306 01:23:23,295 --> 01:23:25,005 Yes, sir. 1307 01:23:33,347 --> 01:23:36,850 I made a great many sacrifices to get you here, Neil. 1308 01:23:37,559 --> 01:23:39,895 And you will not let me down. 1309 01:23:41,355 --> 01:23:43,065 No, sir. 1310 01:24:04,378 --> 01:24:05,420 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 1311 01:24:05,629 --> 01:24:07,381 It's open. 1312 01:24:17,558 --> 01:24:19,226 Neil, what's up? 1313 01:24:19,434 --> 01:24:22,563 - Can I speak to you a minute? - Certainly. Sit down. 1314 01:24:25,315 --> 01:24:28,318 - I'm sorry, here. - Excuse me. 1315 01:24:30,279 --> 01:24:33,824 - Get you some tea? - Tea, sure. 1316 01:24:34,741 --> 01:24:37,953 - Like some milk or sugar in that? - No, thanks. 1317 01:24:38,370 --> 01:24:40,289 Gosh, they don't give you much room around here. 1318 01:24:40,497 --> 01:24:42,207 No, it's part of the monastic oath. 1319 01:24:42,416 --> 01:24:45,878 They don't want worldly things distracting me from my teaching. 1320 01:24:49,006 --> 01:24:51,508 - She's pretty. - She's also in London. 1321 01:24:51,717 --> 01:24:53,677 Makes it a little difficult. 1322 01:24:53,886 --> 01:24:56,096 - How can you stand it? - Stand what? 1323 01:24:56,305 --> 01:24:57,931 You can go anywhere. You can do anything. 1324 01:24:58,140 --> 01:25:00,934 - How can you stand being here? - Because I love teaching. 1325 01:25:01,143 --> 01:25:03,312 I don't wanna be anywhere else. 1326 01:25:06,815 --> 01:25:08,442 What's up? 1327 01:25:08,942 --> 01:25:10,819 I just talked to my father. 1328 01:25:11,028 --> 01:25:13,530 He's making me quit the play at Henley Hall. 1329 01:25:16,158 --> 01:25:20,078 Acting's everything to me. I-- 1330 01:25:20,913 --> 01:25:22,539 But he doesn't know, he-- 1331 01:25:22,748 --> 01:25:25,626 I can see his point. We're not a rich family like Charlie's. 1332 01:25:25,834 --> 01:25:26,877 And we-- 1333 01:25:28,003 --> 01:25:30,088 But he's planning the rest of my life for me, 1334 01:25:30,297 --> 01:25:32,549 and he's never asked me what I want. 1335 01:25:33,300 --> 01:25:35,511 Have you ever told your father what you just told me? 1336 01:25:35,761 --> 01:25:38,222 About your passion for acting. You ever show him that? 1337 01:25:38,430 --> 01:25:40,807 - I can't. - Why not? 1338 01:25:41,767 --> 01:25:46,355 - I can't talk to him this way. - Then you're acting for him too. 1339 01:25:46,563 --> 01:25:48,440 You're playing the part of the dutiful son. 1340 01:25:49,816 --> 01:25:52,194 I know this sounds impossible, but you have to talk to him. 1341 01:25:52,402 --> 01:25:54,321 Show him who you are, what your heart is. 1342 01:25:54,571 --> 01:25:56,823 I know what he'll say. 1343 01:25:57,199 --> 01:26:00,202 He'll tell me that acting's a whim and I should forget it. 1344 01:26:00,869 --> 01:26:02,663 That they're counting on me. 1345 01:26:02,871 --> 01:26:05,582 He'll just tell me to put it out of my mind for my own good. 1346 01:26:05,791 --> 01:26:09,419 You are not an indentured servant. If it's not a whim for you, 1347 01:26:09,628 --> 01:26:12,172 you prove it to him by your conviction and your passion. 1348 01:26:12,381 --> 01:26:14,758 You show him that, and if he still doesn't believe you, 1349 01:26:14,967 --> 01:26:17,886 well, by then, you'll be out of school and you can do anything you want. 1350 01:26:20,097 --> 01:26:21,515 No. 1351 01:26:22,683 --> 01:26:24,101 [SNIFFLES] 1352 01:26:24,560 --> 01:26:26,436 What about the play? The show's tomorrow night. 1353 01:26:26,645 --> 01:26:29,606 Then you have to talk to him before tomorrow night. 1354 01:26:32,150 --> 01:26:33,735 I... 1355 01:26:34,278 --> 01:26:36,363 - Isn't there an easier way? - No. 1356 01:26:41,910 --> 01:26:43,787 I'm trapped. 1357 01:26:44,413 --> 01:26:46,373 No, you're not. 1358 01:27:01,430 --> 01:27:02,431 [CHATTERING] 1359 01:27:02,639 --> 01:27:04,766 BOY 1: I need my notebook. 1360 01:27:05,434 --> 01:27:07,519 BOY 2: I'll see you later, Brian. 1361 01:27:10,022 --> 01:27:11,648 Chris. 1362 01:27:13,567 --> 01:27:14,943 Hey, Chris. 1363 01:27:15,152 --> 01:27:18,030 - Chris Noel, do you know where she is? - I think she's in Room 111. 1364 01:27:18,238 --> 01:27:19,823 Thanks. 1365 01:27:22,451 --> 01:27:24,203 I know. 1366 01:27:27,456 --> 01:27:28,498 Oh, no. 1367 01:27:30,667 --> 01:27:34,087 KNOX: Excuse me. Chris. - Knox, what are you doing here? 1368 01:27:34,296 --> 01:27:36,089 I came to apologise for the other night. 1369 01:27:36,340 --> 01:27:38,217 I brought you these and a poem I wrote for you. 1370 01:27:41,887 --> 01:27:44,515 Knox, don't you know that if Chet finds you here, he'll kill you? 1371 01:27:44,723 --> 01:27:46,350 I don't care. 1372 01:27:46,558 --> 01:27:48,477 - I love you, Chris. - Knox, you're crazy. 1373 01:27:48,685 --> 01:27:51,104 - Look, I acted like a jerk, and I know it. BOY 3: Hey. 1374 01:27:51,313 --> 01:27:54,942 - Please accept these. Please? - No, I-- I can't. 1375 01:27:55,150 --> 01:27:57,027 Just forget it. 1376 01:27:57,236 --> 01:27:59,279 [BELL RINGING] 1377 01:28:09,706 --> 01:28:11,542 [CHATTERING] 1378 01:28:12,793 --> 01:28:15,671 - Knox, I don't believe this. KNOX: All I'm asking you to do is listen. 1379 01:28:18,423 --> 01:28:20,133 The heavens made a girl named Chris 1380 01:28:21,844 --> 01:28:23,720 With hair and skin of gold 1381 01:28:24,972 --> 01:28:29,101 To touch her would be paradise 1382 01:28:41,405 --> 01:28:43,448 [BELL RINGING] 1383 01:28:44,449 --> 01:28:46,952 - Uhh. CHARLIE: Get out of here. 1384 01:28:47,160 --> 01:28:49,538 Cameron, you fool. 1385 01:28:49,746 --> 01:28:52,416 - Hey, how'd it go? Did you read it to her? - Yeah. 1386 01:28:52,624 --> 01:28:54,126 [LAUGHING] 1387 01:28:54,334 --> 01:28:57,337 - What'd she say? - Nothing. 1388 01:28:57,546 --> 01:28:59,506 Nothing? What do you mean, nothing? 1389 01:28:59,715 --> 01:29:02,843 Nothing. But I did it. 1390 01:29:03,051 --> 01:29:06,513 CHARLIE: What did she say? She had to say something. 1391 01:29:06,722 --> 01:29:09,600 PITTS: Come here, Knox. KNOX: Seize the day. Whoo-hoo-hoo. 1392 01:29:19,359 --> 01:29:21,695 - Did you talk to your father? - Uh, yeah. 1393 01:29:21,904 --> 01:29:23,697 He didn't like it one bit, 1394 01:29:23,906 --> 01:29:26,408 but at least he's letting me stay in the play. 1395 01:29:26,617 --> 01:29:29,661 He won't be able make it. He's in Chicago. 1396 01:29:30,162 --> 01:29:32,998 But I think he's gonna let me stay with acting. 1397 01:29:33,999 --> 01:29:37,336 Really? You told him what you told me? 1398 01:29:37,586 --> 01:29:39,505 Yeah. 1399 01:29:40,339 --> 01:29:42,174 He wasn't happy. 1400 01:29:42,382 --> 01:29:46,428 But he'll be gone at least four days. 1401 01:29:46,637 --> 01:29:48,722 I don't think he'll make the show, 1402 01:29:51,266 --> 01:29:53,810 but I think he'll let me stay with it. 1403 01:29:54,019 --> 01:29:55,312 Keep up the school work. 1404 01:29:59,191 --> 01:30:00,275 Thanks. 1405 01:30:05,072 --> 01:30:06,573 - Baby. - Beautiful baby. 1406 01:30:06,782 --> 01:30:11,203 - Henley Hall, here I come. - Excuse me, just a moment. 1407 01:30:11,411 --> 01:30:13,956 Yes, you. 1408 01:30:14,164 --> 01:30:15,707 Come on, Todd, I'm trying to fix this. 1409 01:30:15,916 --> 01:30:18,126 Come on, Nuwanda, we're gonna miss Neil's entrance. 1410 01:30:18,335 --> 01:30:20,671 He said something about getting red before we left. 1411 01:30:20,879 --> 01:30:22,881 Getting red? What does that mean? 1412 01:30:23,090 --> 01:30:25,926 I-- Well, you know Charlie. 1413 01:30:27,636 --> 01:30:30,931 MEEKS: So, Charlie, what's this "getting red" bit? 1414 01:30:33,183 --> 01:30:34,893 [GROANING THEN LAUGHING] 1415 01:30:36,186 --> 01:30:37,938 What is that? 1416 01:30:38,146 --> 01:30:40,899 It's an Indian warrior symbol for virility. 1417 01:30:41,108 --> 01:30:44,570 Makes me feel potent. Like it can drive girls crazy. 1418 01:30:44,778 --> 01:30:47,030 Oh, come on, Charlie. The girls are waiting. 1419 01:30:48,031 --> 01:30:50,617 - Henley Hall. - Whoa. 1420 01:30:50,826 --> 01:30:52,870 [WHISTLING] 1421 01:30:54,121 --> 01:30:55,539 [CHARLIE WOLF WHISTLES] 1422 01:30:56,832 --> 01:30:58,458 Chris. 1423 01:31:00,878 --> 01:31:03,755 - What are you doing here? KEATING: Gentlemen, let's go. 1424 01:31:03,964 --> 01:31:07,551 - Go ahead, guys, I'll catch up. - Yeah, come on, guys. 1425 01:31:08,594 --> 01:31:09,845 KNOX: Chris, you can't be in here. 1426 01:31:10,053 --> 01:31:11,930 If they catch you, we're gonna be in trouble. 1427 01:31:12,139 --> 01:31:13,390 CHARLIE: Come on. - Oh, but it's fine-- 1428 01:31:13,599 --> 01:31:14,933 Chris. 1429 01:31:16,894 --> 01:31:20,731 It's fine for you to come into my school and make a complete fool out of me? 1430 01:31:20,939 --> 01:31:24,359 - I didn't mean to make a fool out of you. - Well, you did. 1431 01:31:24,568 --> 01:31:26,528 Chet found out, and it took everything I could do 1432 01:31:26,737 --> 01:31:29,239 to keep him from coming here and killing you. 1433 01:31:29,448 --> 01:31:31,617 Knox, you have got to stop this stuff. 1434 01:31:31,825 --> 01:31:33,869 I can't, Chris. I love you. 1435 01:31:34,077 --> 01:31:37,164 Knox, you say that over and over. 1436 01:31:37,372 --> 01:31:39,708 You don't even know me. 1437 01:31:39,917 --> 01:31:41,835 KEATING: Will you be joining us, Mr. Overstreet? 1438 01:31:42,044 --> 01:31:43,420 KNOX: Go ahead, captain. I'll walk. 1439 01:31:43,629 --> 01:31:50,344 Knox. Knox, if it just so happens that I could care less about you... 1440 01:31:53,514 --> 01:31:56,099 Then you wouldn't be here warning me about Chet. 1441 01:32:00,646 --> 01:32:03,315 I have to go. I'm gonna be late for the play. 1442 01:32:03,524 --> 01:32:07,611 - Are you going with him? - Chet, to a play? Are you kidding? 1443 01:32:07,819 --> 01:32:10,280 - Then come with me. - Knox, you are so infuriating. 1444 01:32:10,489 --> 01:32:13,033 Come on, Chris, just give me one chance. 1445 01:32:13,242 --> 01:32:15,827 If you don't like me after tonight, I'll stay away forever. 1446 01:32:16,036 --> 01:32:19,373 - Uh-huh. - I promise. Dead Poets' honour. 1447 01:32:19,581 --> 01:32:20,624 You come with me tonight, 1448 01:32:20,832 --> 01:32:23,252 then if you don't wanna see me again, I swear, I'll bow out. 1449 01:32:23,502 --> 01:32:25,963 You know what would happen if Chet found out? 1450 01:32:26,171 --> 01:32:27,756 He won't know anything. 1451 01:32:27,965 --> 01:32:30,926 We'll sit in the back and sneak away as soon as it's over. 1452 01:32:31,134 --> 01:32:34,763 And I suppose you would promise that this would be the end of it. 1453 01:32:34,972 --> 01:32:36,181 Dead Poets' honour. 1454 01:32:36,765 --> 01:32:37,933 What is that? 1455 01:32:40,394 --> 01:32:41,478 My word. 1456 01:32:54,074 --> 01:32:56,994 You are so infuriating. 1457 01:33:19,099 --> 01:33:20,809 - Hey, there he is. - Hey, hey, hey. 1458 01:33:21,643 --> 01:33:23,437 KEATING: Shh. Boys. 1459 01:33:30,569 --> 01:33:34,781 Either I mistake your shape or making quite, 1460 01:33:34,990 --> 01:33:39,036 Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite 1461 01:33:39,244 --> 01:33:40,454 Call'd Robin Goodfellow. 1462 01:33:40,662 --> 01:33:44,416 Thou speak'st aright; I am that merry wanderer of the night. 1463 01:33:44,625 --> 01:33:47,336 I jest to Oberon and make him smile 1464 01:33:47,544 --> 01:33:51,173 When I a fat and bean-fed horse, pbbt, beguile, 1465 01:33:51,423 --> 01:33:54,343 Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. 1466 01:33:54,593 --> 01:33:59,848 Sometime lurk I in a gossip's bowl, In very likeness of a roasted crab, 1467 01:34:00,057 --> 01:34:02,809 And when she drink, against her lips I bob 1468 01:34:03,018 --> 01:34:05,562 And on her wither'd dewlap pour the ale. 1469 01:34:05,812 --> 01:34:07,731 He's good. He's really good. 1470 01:34:08,649 --> 01:34:11,443 Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me; 1471 01:34:11,652 --> 01:34:14,238 Then slip I from her bum, down topples she, 1472 01:34:14,446 --> 01:34:17,032 And 'tailor' cries, and falls into a cough; 1473 01:34:17,241 --> 01:34:20,077 And then the whole quire hold their hips and laugh, 1474 01:34:20,285 --> 01:34:24,623 And waxen in their mirth and neeze and swear 1475 01:34:24,873 --> 01:34:27,876 A merrier hour was never wasted there. 1476 01:34:28,460 --> 01:34:31,296 But, room, fairy! here comes Oberon. 1477 01:34:31,505 --> 01:34:34,508 And here my mistress. Would that he were gone! 1478 01:34:38,804 --> 01:34:41,515 LYSANDER: Then by your side no bed-room me deny; 1479 01:34:41,765 --> 01:34:44,601 For lying so, Hermia, I do not lie. 1480 01:34:44,852 --> 01:34:47,437 HERMIA: Lysander riddles very prettily: 1481 01:34:47,646 --> 01:34:49,356 Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, 1482 01:34:49,565 --> 01:34:52,067 If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied. 1483 01:34:52,276 --> 01:34:55,070 But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy 1484 01:34:55,279 --> 01:34:57,614 Lie further off; in human modesty, 1485 01:34:57,823 --> 01:35:01,743 Such separation as may well be said Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid, 1486 01:35:01,994 --> 01:35:03,745 and, good night, sweet friend: 1487 01:35:03,954 --> 01:35:06,123 Thy love ne'er alter till thy sweet life end! 1488 01:35:06,331 --> 01:35:10,043 LYSANDER: Amen, amen, to that fair prayer, say I; 1489 01:35:10,252 --> 01:35:12,337 WOMAN: Neil. That's your cue, Neil. 1490 01:35:12,546 --> 01:35:15,632 Come on, Neil. Here's your crown. Let's go. 1491 01:36:21,657 --> 01:36:24,076 If we shadows have offended, 1492 01:36:25,911 --> 01:36:28,288 Think but this, and all is mended, 1493 01:36:28,497 --> 01:36:32,084 That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear. 1494 01:36:32,918 --> 01:36:36,463 And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, 1495 01:36:37,798 --> 01:36:43,679 Gentles, do not reprehend: if you pardon, we will mend: 1496 01:36:43,887 --> 01:36:47,349 And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck 1497 01:36:47,558 --> 01:36:52,354 Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, We will make amends ere long; 1498 01:36:52,980 --> 01:36:54,398 Else the Puck a liar call; 1499 01:36:58,485 --> 01:37:02,531 So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, 1500 01:37:03,198 --> 01:37:06,159 And Robin shall restore amends. 1501 01:37:11,874 --> 01:37:13,917 [CHATTERING] 1502 01:37:19,381 --> 01:37:21,425 [WHISTLING AND CHEERING] 1503 01:37:36,064 --> 01:37:37,941 [CROWD WHOOPING] 1504 01:37:39,651 --> 01:37:41,403 Yeah! 1505 01:37:41,653 --> 01:37:43,322 Yeah, Neil. 1506 01:37:50,037 --> 01:37:52,080 [CHUCKLING] 1507 01:37:54,333 --> 01:37:56,376 Great job, Neil. 1508 01:37:56,752 --> 01:37:58,837 WOMAN 1: Great show, everyone. 1509 01:37:59,046 --> 01:38:01,089 [CHATTERING] 1510 01:38:05,469 --> 01:38:08,805 Excuse me, I'm Neil's father. I need to see him. 1511 01:38:13,435 --> 01:38:16,230 Your father, he's... 1512 01:38:17,397 --> 01:38:18,524 MAN: What did you think of it? 1513 01:38:18,732 --> 01:38:23,487 WOMAN 2: Really, I thought you were all just wonderful. 1514 01:38:36,583 --> 01:38:38,794 Excuse me, please. Excuse me. 1515 01:38:39,002 --> 01:38:42,297 - Excuse me, please. TODD: Neil. Neil. 1516 01:38:42,965 --> 01:38:45,259 - Neil. BOY 1: We love you, wait. 1517 01:38:45,884 --> 01:38:47,427 - I can't, guys. TODD: Neil. 1518 01:38:47,636 --> 01:38:49,805 - Neil. - Excuse me. 1519 01:38:50,514 --> 01:38:53,809 Neil. Neil. You have the gift. 1520 01:38:54,059 --> 01:38:57,020 What a performance. You left even me speechless. 1521 01:38:57,229 --> 01:38:58,689 - You have to stay-- PERRY: Get in the car. 1522 01:38:58,897 --> 01:39:01,984 Keating, you stay away from my son. 1523 01:39:02,526 --> 01:39:06,864 Neil. Neil. Mr. Perry, come on. 1524 01:39:07,072 --> 01:39:09,283 PERRY: Don't make it any worse than it is. 1525 01:39:21,837 --> 01:39:23,922 Is it okay if we walk back? 1526 01:39:24,631 --> 01:39:26,133 Captain? 1527 01:39:29,928 --> 01:39:31,471 CHARLIE: Knox. 1528 01:39:32,389 --> 01:39:36,226 BOY 2: We'll be home about 11:30 still. WOMAN: I know where he gets it. 1529 01:40:12,846 --> 01:40:19,228 Ahem. We're trying very hard to understand why it is that you insist on defying us. 1530 01:40:20,687 --> 01:40:25,526 Whatever the reason, we're not gonna let you ruin your life. 1531 01:40:25,776 --> 01:40:27,361 Tomorrow I'm withdrawing you from Welton 1532 01:40:27,569 --> 01:40:29,321 and enrolling you in Braden Military School. 1533 01:40:29,947 --> 01:40:32,533 You're going to Harvard and you're gonna be a doctor. 1534 01:40:36,662 --> 01:40:37,871 But that's 10 more years. 1535 01:40:38,080 --> 01:40:40,123 - Father, that's a lifetime. - Oh, stop it. 1536 01:40:40,332 --> 01:40:43,919 Don't be so dramatic. You make it sound like a prison term. 1537 01:40:45,420 --> 01:40:47,464 You don't understand, Neil. 1538 01:40:47,673 --> 01:40:49,758 You have opportunities that I never even dreamt of. 1539 01:40:49,967 --> 01:40:53,178 - I am not going to let you waste them. - I've got to tell you what I feel. 1540 01:40:53,387 --> 01:40:56,557 - We've been so worried about-- - What? What? Tell me what you feel. 1541 01:40:59,101 --> 01:41:00,477 What is it? 1542 01:41:09,361 --> 01:41:12,698 Is it more of this--? This acting business? 1543 01:41:13,574 --> 01:41:15,659 Because you can forget that. 1544 01:41:17,786 --> 01:41:19,079 What? 1545 01:41:24,209 --> 01:41:25,752 Nothing. 1546 01:41:39,641 --> 01:41:41,226 Nothing? 1547 01:41:45,189 --> 01:41:46,773 Well, then, let's go to bed. 1548 01:42:00,412 --> 01:42:02,247 I was good. 1549 01:42:03,248 --> 01:42:05,250 I was really good. 1550 01:42:10,297 --> 01:42:12,466 Go on, get some sleep. 1551 01:42:44,164 --> 01:42:45,165 [MRS. PERRY CRYING] 1552 01:42:45,374 --> 01:42:48,335 PERRY: It's all right. It's going to be all right. 1553 01:46:01,153 --> 01:46:03,197 [PANTING] 1554 01:46:03,488 --> 01:46:05,741 - What was that? - What? 1555 01:46:07,618 --> 01:46:10,829 - That sound. - What sound? 1556 01:46:17,669 --> 01:46:19,171 Tom? 1557 01:46:23,342 --> 01:46:25,052 What is it? 1558 01:46:26,929 --> 01:46:28,639 What's wrong? 1559 01:46:38,690 --> 01:46:40,484 PERRY: Neil? 1560 01:46:47,324 --> 01:46:49,201 Tom, what is it? 1561 01:46:50,369 --> 01:46:52,162 What's wrong? 1562 01:46:55,499 --> 01:46:56,542 Neil? 1563 01:47:01,713 --> 01:47:04,716 - Neil? MRS. PERRY: I'll look outside. 1564 01:47:06,468 --> 01:47:07,636 Neil? 1565 01:47:11,557 --> 01:47:12,975 [SNIFFING] 1566 01:47:25,904 --> 01:47:29,867 No! 1567 01:47:30,117 --> 01:47:31,493 Oh, Neil! 1568 01:47:31,702 --> 01:47:34,079 - Oh, my God! - Oh, my God. 1569 01:47:34,288 --> 01:47:38,000 - No, no, no. He's all right. - Oh, my son. My son, my poor son. 1570 01:47:38,208 --> 01:47:42,296 - He's all right. He's all right. He's all right. - Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. 1571 01:47:42,504 --> 01:47:43,589 [CRYING] 1572 01:47:43,797 --> 01:47:45,424 Stop it. 1573 01:47:52,848 --> 01:47:53,974 CHARLIE: Todd? 1574 01:47:54,850 --> 01:47:58,437 - Todd. - Oh, Charlie. 1575 01:48:05,694 --> 01:48:07,237 What is it? 1576 01:48:16,496 --> 01:48:18,624 Neil's dead. 1577 01:48:56,912 --> 01:48:57,955 It's so beautiful. 1578 01:49:09,758 --> 01:49:10,759 [TODD RETCHING] 1579 01:49:10,968 --> 01:49:13,303 CHARLIE: Todd. It's okay, Todd. 1580 01:49:13,512 --> 01:49:14,930 - Calm down. KNOX: It's all right, Todd. 1581 01:49:15,138 --> 01:49:16,139 [SOBBING] 1582 01:49:16,348 --> 01:49:17,891 CHARLIE: Todd, it's okay. It's okay, Todd. 1583 01:49:18,100 --> 01:49:19,893 It's all right. 1584 01:49:20,102 --> 01:49:21,812 - Now, listen. TODD: He wouldn't have done it. 1585 01:49:22,020 --> 01:49:23,772 - You can't explain it. TODD: It was his father. 1586 01:49:23,981 --> 01:49:26,608 - No. - He wouldn't have left us. 1587 01:49:27,317 --> 01:49:29,987 He wouldn't have. His dad was-- 1588 01:49:30,195 --> 01:49:31,572 - Todd. - His father did it. 1589 01:49:31,780 --> 01:49:34,741 - His father killed him. MEEKS: You can't explain it, Todd. 1590 01:49:37,119 --> 01:49:39,872 MEEKS: Todd. - Leave him be. 1591 01:49:42,499 --> 01:49:44,960 TODD: Neil! 1592 01:51:34,236 --> 01:51:36,280 [CRYING] 1593 01:51:41,952 --> 01:51:43,996 [SINGING] 1594 01:52:19,364 --> 01:52:21,617 NOLAN: The death of Neil Perry is a tragedy. 1595 01:52:26,038 --> 01:52:27,998 He was a fine student. 1596 01:52:29,333 --> 01:52:31,668 One of Welton's best. 1597 01:52:33,712 --> 01:52:35,714 And he will be missed. 1598 01:52:39,843 --> 01:52:44,181 We've contacted each of your parents to explain the situation. 1599 01:52:44,389 --> 01:52:47,100 Naturally, they're all quite concerned. 1600 01:52:53,106 --> 01:52:56,068 At the request of Neil's family, 1601 01:52:56,902 --> 01:53:01,532 I intend to conduct a thorough enquiry into this matter. 1602 01:53:03,575 --> 01:53:07,246 Your complete cooperation is expected. 1603 01:53:17,589 --> 01:53:19,800 - You told him about this meeting? MEEKS: Twice. 1604 01:53:20,008 --> 01:53:22,219 That's it, guys. We're all fried. 1605 01:53:22,427 --> 01:53:25,013 - How do you mean? - Cameron's a fink. 1606 01:53:25,222 --> 01:53:28,308 - He's in Nolan's office right now, finking. - About what? 1607 01:53:28,559 --> 01:53:31,603 The club, Pittsie. Think about it. 1608 01:53:31,812 --> 01:53:35,482 The board of directors, the trustees and Mr. Nolan. 1609 01:53:35,691 --> 01:53:39,278 Do you think for one moment they're gonna let this thing just blow over? 1610 01:53:39,486 --> 01:53:42,364 Schools go down because of things like this. 1611 01:53:42,573 --> 01:53:43,740 They need a scapegoat. 1612 01:53:46,910 --> 01:53:48,954 [DOOR RATTLES AND SQUEAKS] 1613 01:53:59,965 --> 01:54:01,216 What's going on, guys? 1614 01:54:02,968 --> 01:54:04,845 You finked, didn't you, Cameron? 1615 01:54:05,220 --> 01:54:07,097 Finked? I don't know what you're talking about. 1616 01:54:07,306 --> 01:54:10,017 You told Nolan everything about the club is what I'm talking about. 1617 01:54:10,225 --> 01:54:11,810 Look, in case you hadn't heard, Dalton, 1618 01:54:12,019 --> 01:54:15,522 there's something called an honour code at this school, all right? 1619 01:54:15,731 --> 01:54:18,734 If a teacher asks you a question, you tell the truth or you're expelled. 1620 01:54:18,984 --> 01:54:20,485 - You little punk. KNOX: Charlie. 1621 01:54:21,195 --> 01:54:24,656 He's a rat! He's in it up to his eyes, so he ratted to save himself. 1622 01:54:24,865 --> 01:54:26,450 KNOX: Don't touch him. You do and you're out. 1623 01:54:26,658 --> 01:54:28,619 - I'm out anyway. - You don't know that, not yet. 1624 01:54:28,827 --> 01:54:30,787 He's right there, Charlie. 1625 01:54:30,996 --> 01:54:34,708 And if you guys are smart, you will do exactly what I did and cooperate. 1626 01:54:35,834 --> 01:54:39,630 They're not after us. We're the victims. 1627 01:54:41,089 --> 01:54:42,382 Us and Neil. 1628 01:54:42,633 --> 01:54:44,801 What's that mean? Who are they after? 1629 01:54:45,052 --> 01:54:48,263 Why, Mr. Keating, of course. The "captain" himself. 1630 01:54:49,264 --> 01:54:52,351 I mean, you guys didn't really think he could avoid responsibility, did you? 1631 01:54:52,559 --> 01:54:54,645 Mr. Keating responsible for Neil? 1632 01:54:54,853 --> 01:54:58,106 - Is that what they're saying? - Well, who else do you think, dumb-ass? 1633 01:54:58,315 --> 01:55:00,984 The administration? Mr. Perry? 1634 01:55:01,193 --> 01:55:03,570 Mr. Keating put us up to all this crap, didn't he? 1635 01:55:04,738 --> 01:55:07,783 If it wasn't for Mr. Keating, Neil would be cosied up in his room right now 1636 01:55:07,991 --> 01:55:09,785 studying his chemistry and dreaming of being-- 1637 01:55:09,993 --> 01:55:11,995 That is not true, Cameron. You know that. 1638 01:55:12,204 --> 01:55:15,082 He didn't put us up to anything. Neil loved acting. 1639 01:55:15,290 --> 01:55:18,794 Believe what you want, but I say let Keating fry. 1640 01:55:19,461 --> 01:55:22,047 I mean, why ruin our lives? 1641 01:55:23,340 --> 01:55:24,883 KNOX: Charlie. 1642 01:55:25,133 --> 01:55:26,426 - You dummy. MEEKS: Charlie. 1643 01:55:32,182 --> 01:55:35,102 You just signed your expulsion papers, Nuwanda. 1644 01:55:38,981 --> 01:55:42,192 And if the rest of you are smart, you'll do exactly what I did. 1645 01:55:43,902 --> 01:55:46,530 They know everything anyway. 1646 01:55:48,824 --> 01:55:51,243 You can't save Keating, 1647 01:55:52,244 --> 01:55:54,079 but you can save yourselves. 1648 01:56:27,571 --> 01:56:30,073 Knox Overstreet. 1649 01:56:56,892 --> 01:56:59,353 - Meeks. MEEKS: Go away, I have to study. 1650 01:57:01,688 --> 01:57:05,526 - What happened to Nuwanda? - Expelled. 1651 01:57:08,362 --> 01:57:09,988 What'd you tell them? 1652 01:57:10,697 --> 01:57:13,158 Nothing they didn't already know. 1653 01:57:15,118 --> 01:57:17,162 HAGER: Todd Anderson. 1654 01:57:38,892 --> 01:57:41,353 - Hello, son. - Hello, darling. 1655 01:57:43,605 --> 01:57:45,190 [MOUTHING] Mom. 1656 01:57:51,113 --> 01:57:53,198 Have a seat, Mr. Anderson. 1657 01:57:59,454 --> 01:58:02,875 Mr. Anderson, I think we've pretty well put together what's happened here. 1658 01:58:03,083 --> 01:58:08,213 You do admit to being a part of this Dead Poets Society? 1659 01:58:11,175 --> 01:58:13,218 Answer him, Todd. 1660 01:58:15,554 --> 01:58:17,014 Yes, sir. 1661 01:58:19,016 --> 01:58:24,396 I have here a detailed description of what occurred at your meetings. 1662 01:58:24,605 --> 01:58:26,315 It describes how your teacher, Mr. Keating, 1663 01:58:26,523 --> 01:58:28,901 encouraged you boys to organise this club 1664 01:58:29,109 --> 01:58:34,323 and to use it as a source of inspiration for reckless and self-indulgent behaviour. 1665 01:58:34,531 --> 01:58:38,744 It describes how Mr. Keating, both in and out of the classroom, 1666 01:58:38,952 --> 01:58:43,040 encouraged Neil Perry to follow his obsession with acting 1667 01:58:43,916 --> 01:58:48,879 when he knew all along it was against the explicit orders of Neil's parents. 1668 01:58:49,463 --> 01:58:52,883 It was Mr. Keating's blatant abuse of his position as teacher 1669 01:58:53,133 --> 01:58:56,136 that led directly to Neil Perry's death. 1670 01:59:06,730 --> 01:59:08,899 Read that document carefully, Todd. 1671 01:59:11,235 --> 01:59:13,278 Very carefully. 1672 01:59:19,326 --> 01:59:22,037 If you've nothing to add or amend, sign it. 1673 01:59:23,413 --> 01:59:25,666 What's gonna happen to Mr. Keating? 1674 01:59:25,874 --> 01:59:30,003 MR. ANDERSON: I've had enough. Sign the paper, Todd. 1675 01:59:34,424 --> 01:59:38,303 McALLISTER: Grass is gramen or herba. 1676 01:59:38,804 --> 01:59:41,056 Lapis is stone. 1677 01:59:41,265 --> 01:59:45,102 The entire building is aedificium. 1678 02:00:13,630 --> 02:00:15,048 [DOOR CLICKS] 1679 02:00:21,430 --> 02:00:22,848 NOLAN: Sit. 1680 02:00:24,725 --> 02:00:26,935 I'll be teaching this class through exams. 1681 02:00:27,144 --> 02:00:30,314 We'll find a permanent English teacher during the break. 1682 02:00:32,608 --> 02:00:35,694 Who will tell me where you are in the Pritchard textbook? 1683 02:00:42,367 --> 02:00:43,994 Mr. Anderson. 1684 02:00:46,205 --> 02:00:49,082 - In the-- In the Pr-- NOLAN: I can't hear you, Mr. Anderson. 1685 02:00:49,291 --> 02:00:51,543 In the Pritchard? 1686 02:00:52,044 --> 02:00:53,837 Kindly inform me, Mr. Cameron. 1687 02:00:55,714 --> 02:00:58,342 We skipped around a lot, sir. We covered the romantics 1688 02:00:58,550 --> 02:01:01,220 and some of the chapters on post Civil War literature. 1689 02:01:01,929 --> 02:01:03,138 What about the realists? 1690 02:01:04,223 --> 02:01:06,683 I believe we skipped most of that, sir. 1691 02:01:07,935 --> 02:01:09,561 All right, then, we'll start over. 1692 02:01:13,065 --> 02:01:14,983 What is poetry? 1693 02:01:17,611 --> 02:01:19,071 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 1694 02:01:19,279 --> 02:01:20,822 Come. 1695 02:01:23,742 --> 02:01:25,285 Excuse me. 1696 02:01:27,621 --> 02:01:30,207 I came for my personals. 1697 02:01:30,707 --> 02:01:34,294 - Should I come back after class? - Get them now, Mr. Keating. 1698 02:01:37,631 --> 02:01:40,634 Gentlemen, turn to page 21 of the introduction. 1699 02:01:42,219 --> 02:01:43,387 Mr. Cameron, 1700 02:01:44,555 --> 02:01:48,809 read aloud the excellent essay by Dr. Pritchard 1701 02:01:49,017 --> 02:01:51,353 on "Understanding Poetry." 1702 02:01:53,522 --> 02:01:55,232 That page has been ripped out, sir. 1703 02:01:56,149 --> 02:01:59,695 - Well, borrow somebody else's book. - They're all ripped out, sir. 1704 02:01:59,945 --> 02:02:01,822 NOLAN: What do you mean, they're all ripped out? 1705 02:02:03,657 --> 02:02:06,660 - Sir, we... NOLAN: Never mind. 1706 02:02:11,373 --> 02:02:13,000 Read. 1707 02:02:15,669 --> 02:02:19,923 CAMERON: "Understanding Poetry, by Dr. J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D. 1708 02:02:20,132 --> 02:02:21,258 To fully understand poetry, 1709 02:02:21,466 --> 02:02:25,095 we must first be fluent with its metre, rhyme and figures of speech, 1710 02:02:25,304 --> 02:02:26,555 then ask two questions. 1711 02:02:27,264 --> 02:02:30,225 One: How artfully has the objective of the poem been rendered? 1712 02:02:30,475 --> 02:02:32,060 And two: 1713 02:02:33,645 --> 02:02:36,565 How important is that objective? 1714 02:02:36,773 --> 02:02:40,444 Question one rates the poem's perfection. Question two rates its importance. 1715 02:02:40,652 --> 02:02:42,404 And once these questions have been answered, 1716 02:02:42,613 --> 02:02:45,532 determining the poem's greatness becomes a relatively simple matter. 1717 02:02:45,741 --> 02:02:48,869 If the poem's score for perfection is plotted on the horizontal of a graph--" 1718 02:02:49,077 --> 02:02:51,205 - Mr. Keating, they made everybody sign it. - Quiet. 1719 02:02:51,413 --> 02:02:52,706 TODD: You gotta believe me, it's true. 1720 02:02:52,915 --> 02:02:54,875 - I do believe you, Todd. - Leave, Mr. Keating. 1721 02:02:55,083 --> 02:02:56,793 - But it wasn't his fault. - Sit down. 1722 02:02:57,044 --> 02:02:59,129 One more outburst from you or anyone else, 1723 02:02:59,338 --> 02:03:01,590 and you're out of this school. 1724 02:03:01,798 --> 02:03:03,800 Leave, Mr. Keating. 1725 02:03:05,802 --> 02:03:08,430 I said leave, Mr. Keating. 1726 02:03:24,279 --> 02:03:25,322 O Captain! my Captain! 1727 02:03:25,572 --> 02:03:28,408 NOLAN: Sit down, Mr. Anderson. 1728 02:03:30,244 --> 02:03:32,579 Do you hear me? Sit down. 1729 02:03:33,330 --> 02:03:35,374 Sit down. 1730 02:03:37,292 --> 02:03:40,295 This is your final warning, Anderson. 1731 02:03:40,963 --> 02:03:42,965 How dare you? 1732 02:03:43,173 --> 02:03:45,467 Do you hear me? 1733 02:03:45,676 --> 02:03:47,344 KNOX: O Captain! my Captain! 1734 02:03:49,012 --> 02:03:52,558 Mr. Overstreet, I warn you. Sit down. 1735 02:03:55,227 --> 02:03:56,979 Sit down. 1736 02:03:57,229 --> 02:03:58,856 Sit down. All of you. 1737 02:03:59,439 --> 02:04:02,276 I want you seated. Sit down. 1738 02:04:02,484 --> 02:04:03,861 Leave, Mr. Keating. 1739 02:04:12,411 --> 02:04:14,872 All of you, down. I want you seated. 1740 02:04:15,581 --> 02:04:17,583 Do you hear me? 1741 02:04:23,422 --> 02:04:25,632 Sit down. 1742 02:05:06,131 --> 02:05:07,925 Thank you, boys. 1743 02:05:10,010 --> 02:05:11,386 Thank you.