1 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:33,556 [ Low Murmuring ] 2 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,192 Now remember, keep your shoulders back. 3 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,228 Okay, put your arm around your brother. That's it. 4 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,191 That's it. Right, and breathe in. 5 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:59,751 Okay, one more. 6 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,958 [ People Chattering ] 7 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,036 Now, just to review, 8 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,435 you're going to follow along the procession... 9 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,313 until you get to the headmaster. 10 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,874 At that point, he will indicate to you... 11 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,956 to light the candles of the boys. 12 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,514 [ Man ] All right, boys, let's settle down. 13 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,519 Banners up ! 14 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,029 %% [ Bagpipes ] 15 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,073 Ladies and gentlemen, boys... 16 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:21,991 the Light of Knowledge. 17 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:26,790 %% [ Organ ] 18 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,316 %% [ Continues ] 19 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:35,918 [ Crowd Applauding ] 20 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:41,154 One hundred years ago, in 1859, 21 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,875 41 boys sat in this room... 22 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,315 and were asked the same question... 23 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,477 that now greets you at the start of each semester. 24 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,189 Gentlemen, what are the Four Pillars ? 25 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:01,151 Tradition. Honour. Discipline. Excellence. 26 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,351 In her first year, 27 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,359 Welton Academy graduated five students. 28 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,233 Last year we graduated 51. 29 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,238 And more than 75 percent of those... 30 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,954 went on to the lvy League. 31 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,596 This-This kind of accomplishment... 32 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,551 is the result... 33 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:28,356 of fervent dedication to the principles taught here. 34 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,756 This is why you parents have been sending us your sons. 35 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,718 This is why we are the best... 36 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,718 preparatory school in the United States. 37 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,559 [ Applause Continues ] 38 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:47,955 As you know, 39 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,915 our beloved Mr Portius of the English Department retired last term. 40 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,709 You will have the opportunity later to meet his replacement, Mr John Keating, 41 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,476 himself an honours graduate of this school. 42 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,034 And who, for the past several years, has been teaching... 43 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,310 at the highly regarded Chester School in London. 44 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:11,838 [ Applause ] 45 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,757 [ Man ] Richard, you forgot your bag ! 46 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,950 [ Boy ] Hi, Johnny ! Hey, how you doin' ? 47 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,679 [ Man ] Don't worry. I got your room assignment. 48 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,514 [ Crowd Continues Chattering ] 49 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,431 [ Continues Honking ] 50 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:29,548 [ Chattering Continues ] 51 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,438 They haven't moved the dining area. 52 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,351 Glad you could come by. 53 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,352 - Thrilling ceremony, as usual, Dr Nolan. - You've been away too long. 54 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,271 - Hello, Dr Nolan. - Good to have you back. 55 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,396 - This is our youngest, Todd. - Mr Anderson. 56 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,956 You have some big shoes to fill. Your brother was one of our finest. 57 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,958 Thank you. 58 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,878 - Lovely ceremony. - Thank you. Glad you liked it. 59 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,797 - Gale. - Tom. 60 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:54,717 - Good to see you again. - Hello, Mr Nolan. 61 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:57,877 - We expect great things from you this year. - Thank you, sir. 62 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,791 Well, he won't disappoint us. Right, Neil ? 63 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,030 I'll do my best, sir. 64 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,991 - [ Bell Tolling ] - [ Father ] Hey, come on, son. 65 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:05,269 - Chin up. - Okay. 66 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:06,674 - No tears now. - Chin up. 67 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,631 - [ Crying ] I don't want to go here. - Honey, I love you. 68 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,514 - [ Father ] I'll walk you over. - You be a good boy. Do your lessons. 69 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,077 [ Tolling Continues ] 70 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,515 Hey ! I hear we're gonna be roommates. 71 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,074 - I'm Neil Perry. - I'm Todd Anderson. 72 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,156 Why'd you leave Balincrest ? 73 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:26,077 My brother went here. 74 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,031 Oh, so you're that Anderson. 75 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:30,236 - This is for his sinuses. - Yes. I see. 76 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,432 Oh, and if he can't swallow, you give him one of these. 77 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,313 And if he has trouble breathing, you can give him some of those. 78 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,637 - Did you remember your vaporizer ? - Yes, I put it in my room. 79 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:44,959 [ Boys Laughing, Chattering ] 80 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:46,991 - Hey, how's it going, Neil ? - Hey, Knox. 81 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,719 - [ Chattering Continues ] - Neil, study group tonight ? 82 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,268 - Yeah, sure. - Business as usual, huh ? 83 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,999 Hey, I heard you got the new kid. Looks like a stiff ! 84 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,753 [ Laughing, Stops ] Oops. 85 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,351 Listen, don't mind Cameron. 86 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:06,831 He was born with his foot in his mouth. You know what I mean ? 87 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,357 Rumour has it... you did summer school. 88 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,472 Yep. Chemistry. My father thought I should get ahead. 89 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,391 How was your summer, slick ? 90 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,198 - Keen. - [ Laughs ] 91 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:22,751 Meeks. Door. Closed. 92 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,916 Yes, sir. 93 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,156 Gentlemen, what are the Four Pillars ? 94 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,791 [ Hushed ] Travesty. Horror. Decadence. Excrement. 95 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,519 - [ Meeks Cheering ] - Okay. Study group. 96 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,398 Meeks aced Latin. I didn't quite flunk English. 97 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,789 - If you want, we got our study group. - Sure. 98 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,030 Cameron asked me too. Anyone mind including him ? 99 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,509 Hmm, what's his specialty ? Bootlicking ? 100 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,676 - Come on, he's your roommate. - That's not my fault. 101 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:51,078 - [ Boys Chuckling ] - I'm sorry. My name is Stephen Meeks. 102 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,156 Oh ! This is Todd Anderson. 103 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:55,077 - [ Meeks ] Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. 104 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,475 Charlie Dalton. 105 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,955 Knox Overstreet. 106 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,871 Todd's brother was Jeffrey Anderson. 107 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,030 - Oh, yeah, sure. - What do you know ? 108 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,835 - Valedictorian. National Merit Scholar. - Oh, well... 109 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,951 welcome to Hell-ton. 110 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,914 It's every bit as tough as they say unless you're a genius like Meeks. 111 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,389 He flatters me. That's why I help him with Latin. 112 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,273 - And English. And Trig. - [ Coughing ] 113 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,278 - [ Knocking ] - It's open. 114 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,436 [ Voice Cracking ] Father, I thought you'd gone. 115 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,120 - Mr Perry. - Keep your seats, fellows. 116 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,835 Neil, I've just spoken to Mr Nolan. 117 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,032 You're taking too many extracurricular activities this semester, 118 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,879 and I've decided that you should drop the school annual. 119 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,752 But I'm the assistant editor this year. 120 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,310 - Well, I'm sorry, Neil. - But, Father, I can't. 121 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:49,149 - It wouldn't be fair. - Would you excuse us for a moment ? 122 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,718 Don't you ever dispute me in public. Do you understand ? 123 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,115 -Father, I wasn't disputing-- -After you've finished medical school... 124 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,196 and you're on your own, then you can do as you damn well please. 125 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,392 But until then, you do as I tell you. Is that clear ? 126 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,954 Yes, sir. I'm sorry. 127 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,036 [ Clears Throat ] 128 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:16,991 You know how much this means to your mother, don't you? 129 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,190 Yes, sir. 130 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,199 You know me; always taking on too much. 131 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,754 Well, that's my boy. 132 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,589 - You need anything, you let us know. - Yes, sir. 133 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:41,155 [ Charlie ] Why doesn't he let you do what you want ? 134 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,397 Yeah, Neil. Tell him off. Couldn't get any worse. 135 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,317 Oh, that's rich. Like you guys tell your parents off ? 136 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,271 Mr Future Lawyer and Mr Future Banker ? 137 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,828 Okay, so I don't like it any more than you do. 138 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:52,956 Well, just don't tell me how to talk to my father. 139 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,838 - You guys are the same way. - All right, all right. Jesus. 140 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:57,911 - So what are you gonna do then ? - [ Neil ] What I have to do. 141 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,396 - Drop the annual. - I wouldn't lose much sleep over it. 142 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,835 It's just a bunch of jerks trying to impress Nolan. 143 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,872 I don't care. I don't give a damn about any of it. 144 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,555 - Well, uh... Latin, 8:00 in my room ? - Yes. 145 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,552 - That sounds okay. - Todd, you're welcome to join us. 146 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,995 - [ Knox ] Yeah, come along, pal. - Thanks. 147 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:21,279 %% [ Bells Chiming ] 148 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:25,717 %% [ Chiming Continues ] 149 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,191 [ Bell Tolling ] 150 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,716 [ Birds Squawking ] 151 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,395 [ Tolling Continues ] 152 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,758 [ Squawking Continues ] 153 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:48,150 [ Chattering ] 154 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,153 [ Chattering Continues ] 155 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,708 [ Teacher ] Slow down, boys ! 156 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:59,032 Slow down, you horrible phalanx of pubescence ! 157 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,874 Pick three laboratory experiments from the project list... 158 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,555 and report on them every five weeks. 159 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:10,872 The first 20 questions at the end of chapter one are due tomorrow. 160 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,871 [ Boys Groaning ] 161 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,797 - Agricolam. - [ Class Repeating ] Agricolam. 162 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:16,717 - Agricola. - Agricola. 163 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,035 - Agricolae. - Agricolae. 164 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,759 - Agricolarum. - Agricolarum. 165 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,990 - Agricolis. - Agricolis. 166 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,071 - Agricolas. - Agricolas. 167 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,310 - Agricolis. - Agricolis. 168 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,119 - Again, please. Agricola. - Agricola. 169 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:36,712 Your study of trigonometry requires absolute precision. 170 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:41,356 Anyone failing to turn in any homework assignment... 171 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:46,315 will be penalized one point off their final grade. 172 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:50,115 Let me urge you now not to test me on this point. 173 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,516 [ Chattering ] 174 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,030 [ Chattering Continues ] 175 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,310 [ Knox ] Hey, Spaz. Spaz. 176 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,834 - [ Laughing ] - [ Cameron ] Brain damage ! 177 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,350 - %% [ Whistling 1812 Overture ] - Shh ! 178 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,950 %% [ Continues Whistling ] 179 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,918 Well, come on. 180 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:35,838 [ Boys Murmuring ] 181 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:38,872 - Let's go. - Let's go, guys. 182 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:44,028 - Let's go. - [ Boys Chattering ] 183 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,720 %% [ Whistling ] 184 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:52,312 - %% [ Continues Whistling ] - [ Murmuring, Chattering ] 185 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:57,116 %% [ Continues ] 186 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:06,070 "Oh, Captain, my Captain." 187 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,237 Who knows where that comes from ? 188 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:10,878 Anybody ? 189 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,879 [ Coughing, Blowing Nose ] 190 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,116 Not a clue ? 191 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,949 It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr Abraham Lincoln. 192 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,992 Now in this class you can either call me Mr Keating... 193 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,908 or, if you're slightly more daring, "Oh, Captain, my Captain." 194 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,476 [ Scattered Snickering ] 195 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:34,518 Now, let me dispel a few rumours so they don't fester into facts. 196 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,195 Yes, l, too, attended Hell-ton and survived. 197 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:42,193 And, no, at that time, I was not the mental giant you see before you. 198 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,716 I was the intellectual equivalent of a 98-pound weakling. 199 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,554 I would go to the beach, and people would kick copies of Byron in my face. 200 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,712 [ Chuckling ] 201 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:58,039 Now... Mr Pitts ? 202 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,076 That's a rather unfortunate name. 203 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,431 - Mr Pitts, where are you ? - [ Boys Snickering ] 204 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:07,792 Mr Pitts, would you open your hymnal to page 542. 205 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,838 Read the first stanza of the poem you find there. 206 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,195 [ Spaz Coughs ] 207 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,788 "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" ? 208 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:18,917 [ Keating ] Yes, that's the one. 209 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,713 - Somewhat appropriate, isn't it ? - [ Boys Chuckling ] 210 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,234 [ Pitts ] "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. 211 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,157 "Old Time is still a-flying. 212 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,511 And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying." 213 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,518 Thank you, Mr Pitts. 214 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,552 "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may." 215 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:39,229 The Latin term for that sentiment is "Carpe diem." 216 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,555 Now, who knows what that means ? 217 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,229 Carpe diem. That's "Seize the day." 218 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,151 - Very good, Mister-- - Meeks. 219 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,312 Meeks. Another unusual name. 220 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,510 Seize the day. 221 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:56,030 "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may." 222 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,310 Why does the writer use these lines ? 223 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,113 - Because he's in a hurry. - No ! Ding ! 224 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,356 Thank you for playing anyway. 225 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:08,670 Because we are food for worms, lads. 226 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,439 Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room... 227 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:16,759 is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die. 228 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:20,994 I would like you to step forward over here... 229 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,554 and peruse some of the faces from the past. 230 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:27,832 You've walked past them many times. I don't think you've really looked at them. 231 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,834 They're not that different from you, are they ? 232 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,520 Same haircuts. 233 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,592 Full of hormones, just like you. 234 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:46,879 Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. 235 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,918 They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you. 236 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,156 Their eyes are full of hope, just like you. 237 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,840 Did they wait until it was too late... 238 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,230 to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable ? 239 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:03,189 Because, you see, gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. 240 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,593 But if you listen real close... 241 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,473 you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. 242 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:12,397 Go on, lean in. 243 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:17,913 Listen. Do you hear it ? 244 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,190 [ Keating Whispering ] Carpe. 245 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,273 Hear it ? 246 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:36,474 [ Whispering ] Carpe. 247 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:41,674 [ Continues Whispering ] Carpe diem. 248 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,316 Seize the day, boys. 249 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:51,673 Make your lives extraordinary. 250 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,399 [ Chattering ] 251 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,114 - That was weird. - But different. 252 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,674 Spooky, if you ask me. 253 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,756 Think he'll test us on that stuff ? 254 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,792 Oh, come on, Cameron. Don't you get anything ? 255 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,876 What ? What ? 256 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,991 [ Charlie Scoffs ] 257 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:22,709 Let's go, boys. Hustle up in here. That means you, Dalton ! 258 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:24,956 Who's up for a quick study group tonight, guys ? 259 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,036 - [ Cameron, Pitts ] Me. - What ? 260 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,391 I can't make it, guys. I have to have dinner at the Danburrys' house tonight. 261 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,317 [ Pitts ] The Danburrys ? Who are the Danburrys ? 262 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,237 [ Cameron ] Big alums. How'd you swing that ? 263 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,635 Friends of my dad's. They're probably in their nineties or something. 264 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,079 Ooh ! 265 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,475 Anything's better than Hell-ton hash, Knox. 266 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,034 - [ Charlie ] I'll second that. - [ Knox ] Yeah, we'll see. 267 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,709 - You coming to the study group tonight? - [ Others Chattering ] 268 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,549 Uh... no. No, l-- Uh, I've got some history I wanna do. 269 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,274 - Suit yourself. - [ Laughing ] 270 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,831 Ready, Overstreet ? 271 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,035 Ready to go, sir. 272 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,229 - [ Doorbell Ringing ] - [ Woman ] Chet, can you get that ? 273 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,311 - [ Chet ] I can't, Mom. - [ Girl ] I'll get it ! 274 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,948 Can I help you ? 275 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:10,516 Hi. Knox Overstreet. 276 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,195 - Uh, Dr Hager. - [ Girl ] Hi. 277 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,032 This is the Danburrys', right ? 278 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,277 - Are you here to see Chet ? - Mrs Danburry ? 279 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,279 - [ Laughing ] No. - Sorry. Thank you. I'm Mrs Danburry. 280 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,197 - You must be Knox. - Yes. 281 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,959 Back by 9:00 ? Please, come on in. 282 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,871 - [ Chet ] Chris, come on ! - [ Chris ] Chet, I'm coming. 283 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,190 Knox. How are you ? Joe Danburry. 284 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,914 - Nice to meet you, sir. - He's the spitting image of his father. 285 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:36,837 - [ Chuckling ] How is he ? Come on in. - [ Chet ] Chris ! 286 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,394 - Great. He just did a big case for G.M. - I know where you're headed. 287 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,750 - [ Chris ] I'm coming. - Like father, like son, huh ? 288 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:45,191 [ Boy ] Ooh ! Psycho ! 289 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,675 - Yes ! - To Queen-Six. 290 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,268 - Another game ? - What do you mean ? - Duh ! 291 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,472 Just replace these numbers here with "x," for "x" and "y." 292 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,989 - Of course. - Of course. So what's the problem ? 293 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:58,680 [ Boy ] You think I can get in there ? You've been hogging it all day. 294 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:00,751 - Wait. No. - How was dinner ? 295 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,751 Huh ? 296 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,395 - How was dinner ? - Terrible. 297 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,235 - Awful. - Why ? What happened ? 298 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:13,954 [ Sighs ] 299 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:18,437 Tonight, I met the most beautiful girl... 300 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,835 I have ever seen in my entire life. 301 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,520 Are you crazy ? What's wrong with that ? 302 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,553 She's practically engaged to Chet Danburry. 303 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,238 - [ Groans ] - That guy could eat a football. 304 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,311 - Too bad. - [ Knox ] "Too bad" ? 305 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,789 It's worse than "too bad," Pittsie. It's a tragedy. 306 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,514 A girl this beautiful in love with such a jerk. 307 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:38,995 All the good ones go for jerks. You know that. 308 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,469 Yeah, forget her. Open your trig book and try and figure out problem five. 309 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,875 I can't just forget her, Cameron. 310 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,719 And I certainly can't think about trig. 311 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,876 - [ Radio Humming ] - We got it ! 312 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,594 All right, gentlemen. Five minutes. 313 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,029 - [ Radio Continues Humming ] - Let's go. 314 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:57,635 - Did you see her naked ? [ Chuckles ] - Very funny, Dalton. 315 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,593 - [ Radio Static ] - That wouldn't be a radio in your lap, 316 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,878 - would it, Mr Pitts ? - No, sir. Science experiment. 317 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,991 Radar. 318 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:11,153 [ Radio Continues Humming ] 319 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:15,996 Gentlemen, open your text to page 21 of the introduction. 320 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,356 Mr Perry, will you read the opening paragraph of the preface, 321 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,476 entitled "Understanding Poetry." 322 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:27,351 "'Understand Poetry' by Dr J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D. 323 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,079 "To fully understand poetry, we must first be fluent... 324 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,958 "with its metre, rhyme and figures of speech. 325 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:34,871 "Then ask two questions. 326 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,110 "One: How artfully has the objective of the poem been rendered ? 327 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,510 "And, two: How important is that objective ? 328 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,437 "Question one rates the poem's perfection. 329 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,471 "Question two rates its importance. 330 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,869 "And once these questions have been answered... 331 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,236 "determining a poem's greatness becomes a relatively simple matter. 332 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,788 "If the poem's score for perfection is plotted... 333 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,871 "on the horizontal of a graph... 334 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,236 "and its importance is plotted on the vertical, 335 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,437 "then calculating the total area of the poem... 336 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,114 "yields the measure of its greatness. 337 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:11,594 "A sonnet by Byron might score high on the vertical, 338 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,473 "but only average on the horizontal. 339 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,637 "A Shakespearean sonnet, on the other hand, 340 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,957 "would score high both horizontally and vertically, 341 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,871 "yielding a massive total area; 342 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:26,111 "thereby revealing the poem to be truly great. 343 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:30,791 "As you proceed through the poetry in this book, practise this rating method. 344 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,480 "As your ability to evaluate poems in this manner grows, 345 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:39,118 so will-- so will your enjoyment and understanding of poetry." 346 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,231 Excrement. 347 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,790 That's what I think of Mr J. Evans Pritchard. 348 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,912 We're not laying pipe. We're talking about poetry. 349 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,072 I mean, how can you describe poetry like American Bandstand ? 350 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,830 "I like Byron. I give him a 42. But I can't dance to it." 351 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,872 Now, I want you to rip out that page. 352 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,197 Go on. Rip out the entire page. 353 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,194 You heard me. Rip it out. 354 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,629 Rip it out ! 355 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,796 Go on. Rip it out. 356 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:20,429 Thank you, Mr Dalton. 357 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,397 Gentlemen, tell you what. Don't just tear out that page. 358 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:27,116 Tear out the entire introduction. I want it gone, history. Leave nothing. 359 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:31,358 Rip it out ! Rip ! Be gone, J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D. ! 360 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,749 Rip ! Shred ! Tear ! 361 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,758 Rip it out ! I want to hear nothing but ripping of Mr Pritchard ! 362 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,479 - We'll perforate it, put it on a roll ! - [ Boys Chuckling ] 363 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,869 It's not the Bible. You're not gonna go to hell for this. 364 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,190 - [ Boys Chuckling ] - [ Mumbling ] 365 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,630 Go on. Make a clean tear. I want nothing left of it. 366 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,950 - [ Boys Chattering ] - We shouldn't be doing this. 367 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,389 Rip ! Rip ! Rip ! 368 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:54,317 [ Keating ] Rip it out ! Rip ! 369 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,399 [ Boys Chattering, Pages Ripping ] 370 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:02,268 [ Boys Laughing ] Rip it ! Yeah ! Rip it out ! 371 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,631 [ Muffled Chattering, Laughing ] 372 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,638 - [ Boy ] Rip it ! - What the hell is going on here ? 373 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,350 - I don't hear enough rips. - Mr Keating. 374 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,710 Mr McAllister. 375 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:20,152 I'm sorry, l-- I didn't know you were here. 376 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:25,872 - I am. - Ah. So you are. 377 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:27,951 Excuse me. 378 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,835 [ Keating ] Keep ripping, gentlemen. 379 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,514 This is a battle, a war. 380 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,591 And the casualties could be your hearts and souls. 381 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,511 Thank you, Mr Dalton. 382 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,558 Armies of academics going forward measuring poetry. 383 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,471 No ! We will not have that here. 384 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:45,391 No more of Mr J. Evans Pritchard. 385 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,597 Now, my class, you will learn to think for yourselves again. 386 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,036 You will learn to savour words and language. 387 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,355 No matter what anybody tells you, 388 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,035 words and ideas can change the world. 389 00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:00,350 I see that look in Mr Pitts' eye... 390 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,596 Iike 19th century literature has nothing to do... 391 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,517 with going to business school or medical school. 392 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,437 Right ? Maybe. 393 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,516 Mr Hopkins, you may agree with him, thinking, 394 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,712 "Yes, we should simply study our Mr Pritchard... 395 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,593 "and learn our rhyme and metre and go quietly about the business... 396 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,632 of achieving other ambitions." 397 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,513 I have a little secret for you. Huddle up. 398 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,437 Huddle up ! 399 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,311 We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. 400 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,956 We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. 401 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,596 And the human race is filled with passion. 402 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,154 Medicine, law, business, engineering; 403 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,317 these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. 404 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,755 But poetry, 405 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,759 beauty, romance, love; 406 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,314 these are what we stay alive for. 407 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,159 To quote from Whitman: 408 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:04,074 "O me, O life of the questions of these recurring. 409 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,112 "Of the endless trains of the faithless. 410 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,038 "Of cities filled with the foolish. 411 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:13,271 "What good amid these, O me, O life ? 412 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:17,114 "Answer: That you are here. 413 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,113 "That life exists and identity. 414 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,509 "That the powerful play goes on, 415 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,068 and you may contribute a verse." 416 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,594 "That the powerful play goes on, 417 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,395 and you may contribute a verse." 418 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,831 What will your verse be ? 419 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,394 [ All ] For what we are about to receive, 420 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,438 may the Lord make us truly grateful. 421 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,351 Amen. 422 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,194 Quite an interesting class you gave today, Mr Keating. 423 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,073 -Sorry if I shocked you, Mr McAllister. -There's no need to apologize. 424 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,112 It was very fascinating, misguided though it was. 425 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,037 You think so ? 426 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,232 You take a big risk by encouraging them to become artists, John. 427 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:19,909 When they realize that they're not Rembrandts, Shakespeares or Mozarts, 428 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:21,519 they'll hate you for it. 429 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,871 We're not talking artists, George. We're talking freethinkers. 430 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,275 Freethinkers at 17 ? 431 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,231 Funny, I never pegged you as a cynic. 432 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,120 Not a cynic. 433 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,071 A realist. 434 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,079 "Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams, 435 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,270 and I'll show you a happy man." 436 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,836 "But only in their dreams can men be truly free. 437 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,793 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be." 438 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,791 Tennyson ? 439 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,956 No. Keating. 440 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,510 [ Chuckling ] 441 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,074 Hey, I found his senior annual in the library. 442 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,078 Listen to this. Captain of the soccer team. 443 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,953 Editor of the school annual. Cambridge bound. 444 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,117 Thigh man and the Dead Poets Society. 445 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,794 "Man Most Likely To Do Anything." 446 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,077 Thigh man ? Mr "K" was a hell-raiser. 447 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,760 - [ Chuckling ] - What's the Dead Poets Society ? 448 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,677 - I don't know. - Is there a picture in the annual ? 449 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,597 - Nothing. No other mention of it. - [ Nolan ] That boy there, 450 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,517 see me after lunch. 451 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:26,871 %% [ Whistling 1812 Overture ] 452 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,797 [ Neil ] Mr Keating ? 453 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,514 - %% [ Continues Whistling ] - Mr Keating ? 454 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,034 - %% [ Continues ] - Sir ? 455 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:36,714 - Say something. - Oh, Captain, my Captain ? 456 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,195 - Gentlemen. - [ Boys Laugh ] 457 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,710 We were just looking in your old annual. 458 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,990 - Oh, my God. [ Laughs ] - [ Laughing ] 459 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:48,317 - No, that's not me. - [ Boys Laugh ] 460 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,238 Stanley "The Tool" Wilson. 461 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:53,590 [ Chuckling ] 462 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,150 - [ Chuckling ] God. - What was the Dead Poets Society ? 463 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:04,716 I doubt the present administration would look too favourably upon that. 464 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,354 Why ? What was it ? 465 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:14,113 - Gentlemen, can you keep a secret ? - Sure. 466 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:21,718 The Dead Poets were dedicated to sucking the marrow out of life. 467 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,917 That's a phrase from Thoreau we'd invoke at the beginning of every meeting. 468 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,468 You see, we would gather at the old lndian cave... 469 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,872 and take turns reading from Thoreau, Whitman, Shelley; the biggies. 470 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,672 Even some of our own verse. 471 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,270 And in the enchantment of the moment, we'd let poetry work its magic. 472 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:40,397 You mean it was a bunch of guys sitting around, reading poetry ? 473 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,318 No, Mr Overstreet. It wasn't just guys. 474 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,517 We weren't a Greek organization. We were romantics. 475 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:51,390 We didn't just read poetry, we let it drip from our tongues, like honey. 476 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:55,957 Spirits soared, women swooned and gods were created, gentlemen. 477 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,395 Not a bad way to spend an evening, eh ? 478 00:28:58,480 --> 00:28:59,708 Hmm. 479 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,513 Thank you, Mr Perry, for this stroll down amnesia lane. 480 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,511 Burn that. 481 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,313 - Especially my picture. - [ Boys Chuckle ] 482 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:12,599 - %% [ Resumes Whistling ] - Dead Poets Society. 483 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,557 [ Cameron ] What ? 484 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,189 [ Bell Ringing ] 485 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,430 - I say we go tonight. - Tonight ? 486 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,511 - Wait a minute. - Everybody in ? 487 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,591 - Where's this cave he's talking about ? - It's beyond the stream. 488 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,989 - I know where it is. - [ Pitts ] That's miles. 489 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,117 - Sounds boring to me. - [ Charlie ] Don't go. 490 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,595 - You know how many demerits we're talking? - So don't come. Please. 491 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,989 Look, all I'm saying is that we have to be careful. 492 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,072 - We can't get caught. - No shit, Sherlock. 493 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,913 You boys there ! Hurry up ! 494 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,912 - All right, who's in ? - Aw, come on, Neil. Hager's-- 495 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,237 Forget Hager ! No ! Who's in ? 496 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,112 I'm in. 497 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,708 [ Hager Clapping ] I'm warning you ! Move ! 498 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:53,909 Me too. 499 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,275 - I don't know, Neil. - What ? Pitts ! 500 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,191 - [ Charlie ] Pittsie, come on. - [ Meeks ] His grades are hurting. 501 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,840 - You can help him, Meeks. - What is this, a midnight study group ? 502 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,554 Forget it, Pitts. You're coming. Meeks, your grades hurting too ? 503 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,910 - I'll try anything once. - [ Charlie ] Except sex. 504 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,195 - [ Meeks ] Ha, ha, ha. - I'm in as long as we're careful. 505 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,754 - What about you, Knox ? - I don't know, Charlie. 506 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,836 Come on, Knox. It'll help you get Chris. 507 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,757 Yeah ? How ? 508 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,429 - Women swoon. [ Laughing ] - But why do they swoon ? 509 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,870 Charlie, tell me why they swoon ! Charlie ! 510 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,190 [ Boys Whispering ] 511 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,675 [ Neil Whispering ] Okay, follow the stream to the waterfall. 512 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,591 It's right there. It's got to be on the banks. 513 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,511 I don't know. This is starting to sound dangerous. 514 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,831 - Oh, well, why don't you stay home ? - Hey, you're crazy. 515 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:37,635 For God's sake, stop chattering and sit down. 516 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,960 - Todd, are you coming tonight ? - No. 517 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,036 Why not ? God, you were there. You heard Keating. 518 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,390 - Don't you want to do something about that ? - Yes. 519 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,638 - But-- - But ? But what ? 520 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,955 Keating said that everybody took turns reading, 521 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,679 and I don't want to do that. 522 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:05,796 Gosh, you really have a problem with that, don't you ? 523 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,229 N-No, I don't have a problem. 524 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,471 Neil, I just-- I don't want to do it, okay ? 525 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,989 All right. 526 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,516 What if you didn't have to read ? What if you just came and listened ? 527 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,558 - That's not how it works. - Well, forget how it works. 528 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,394 What if-- What if they said it was okay ? 529 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,199 What-- What, are you gonna go up and ask them ? 530 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:31,914 No. No, Neil. 531 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,110 - I'll be right back. - Neil. Neil ! 532 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,997 - [ Whispering ] - Oh, shut up, will you ? 533 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,911 - %% [ Snake Charmer ] - That's for my asthma, okay ? 534 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,474 - %% [ Continues ] - Could you give that back, please ? 535 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,397 [ Boy ] What's the matter ? Don't you like snakes ? 536 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,476 - You're in. - [ Spaz ] Get away from me, okay ? 537 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,831 - Why don't you check your pocket, huh ? - %% [ Continues ] 538 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,509 - Come on. I have to brush my teeth. - [ Spaz ] Get a-- Get off. 539 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:01,349 - Cut out that racket in there ! - %% [ Rude Squeak ] 540 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,877 [ Door Opens ] 541 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,719 [ Dog Barks ] 542 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:49,429 [ Boys Whispering ] 543 00:32:55,400 --> 00:33:00,633 [ Whispering, Footsteps ] 544 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:05,117 - [ Whispering Continues ] - Go. Go. 545 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,672 [ Owl Hooting ] 546 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,554 [ Hooting Continues ] 547 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,989 [ Wings Flapping ] 548 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,999 [ Owl Hooting ] 549 00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:37,109 - [ Yells ] I'm a dead poet ! - Aw, shit, Charlie. 550 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,875 - [ Neil ] Guys ! Over here ! - [ Meeks ] Funny. You're real funny. 551 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,911 - [ Boys Chattering, Laughing ] - [ Meeks ] It's too wet. 552 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:44,837 [ Charlie ] God, are you trying to smoke us out of here ? 553 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,916 [ Meeks ] No, no. The smoke's going right up this opening. 554 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,873 - [ Pitts Yells ] - [ Others Laughing ] 555 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,520 - [ Neil ] You okay ? - [ Pitts Groaning ] 556 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:54,915 - Oh, God. Clowns. - [ Continues Groaning ] 557 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,474 - All right, forget the fire. - [ Chattering ] 558 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,512 - Let's go, gentlemen. - [ Chattering, Whistles, Chuckling ] 559 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:04,474 - I hereby reconvene the Dead Poets Society, - [ Cheering ] 560 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,750 Welton Chapter. 561 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,677 The meetings will be conducted by myself... 562 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,756 and the other new initiates now present. 563 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,791 Todd Anderson, because he prefers not to read, 564 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,275 will keep minutes of the meetings. 565 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,278 I'll now read the traditional opening message... 566 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,197 by Society member Henry David Thoreau. 567 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,073 "I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. 568 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,760 I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life." 569 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,353 I'll second that. [ Laughs ] 570 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,795 "To put to rout all that was not life. 571 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:31,672 "And not, when I had come to die, 572 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,035 discover that I had not lived." 573 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,351 [ Whistles ] 574 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,392 - Keating's marked a bunch of other pages. - All right, intermission ! 575 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,556 Dig deep. Right here. Right here, lay it down. 576 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,631 On the mud ? We're gonna put our food on the mud ? 577 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:46,870 Meeks, put your coat down. Picnic blanket. 578 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,758 - [ Boys Chattering ] - Use Meeks' coat. 579 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,671 [ Charlie ] Don't keep anything back either. 580 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,399 - You guys are always bumming my smokes. - [ Meeks ] Raisins ? 581 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,311 - [ Knox ] Yuck. - [ Charlie ] Wait a minute ! 582 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,358 - Who gave us half a roll ? - [ Pitts ] I'm eating the other half. 583 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,079 - Come on ! - What, you want me to put it back ? 584 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,112 It was a dark and rainy night, and this old lady, 585 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,350 who had a passion for jigsaw puzzles, 586 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:11,752 sat by herself in her house at her table to complete a new jigsaw puzzle. 587 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,553 But as she pieced the puzzle together, 588 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,471 she realized, to her astonishment, 589 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,836 that the image that was formed was her very own room. 590 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,070 And the figure in the centre of the puzzle, 591 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,628 as she completed it, was herself. 592 00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:28,554 And with trembling hands, she placed the last four pieces... 593 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:33,515 and stared in horror at the face of a demented madman at the window. 594 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:37,349 The last thing that this old lady ever heard... 595 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,074 - was the sound of breaking glass. - No, she didn't. 596 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,794 - [ Laughing, Chattering ] - Yes, this is true. This is true. 597 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,354 - I've got one that's better than that. - [ Charlie Laughs ] 598 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,675 I do. There's a young, married couple, 599 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,155 and they're driving through the forest at night on a long trip. 600 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,714 And they run out of gas, and there's a madman on the-- 601 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,159 The thing with the hand ? 602 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,077 - [ All Chattering ] - I love that story ! 603 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:57,997 - [ Charlie ] I told you that one. - You did not. 604 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,076 - I got that in camp in sixth grade. - Last year ? 605 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,156 "In a mean abode in the Shanking Road, 606 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,077 "Iived a man named William Bloat. 607 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,156 "Now, he had a wife, the plague of his life, 608 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,236 "who continually got his goat. 609 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,635 "And one day at dawn, with her nightshift on, 610 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:12,876 he slit her bloody throat." 611 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,638 - [ All Chuckling ] - [ Pitts ] Oh, and it gets worse. 612 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:16,876 You want to hear a real poem ? 613 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,956 -You want this ? -No, I don't need-- Get this outta here. 614 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:20,877 - What, did you bring one ? - You memorized a poem ? 615 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,594 - [ Mumbling ] - You memorized a poem ? 616 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:25,915 - An original piece by Charlie Dalton. - An original piece. 617 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,315 - Take centre stage. - You know, this is history, right ? 618 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,995 - [ Laughing ] - [ Clears Throat ] 619 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,388 [ Boys Gasp ] Wow. Whoa. 620 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,596 - Where did you get that ? - [ Laughing ] 621 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:41,908 [ Cameron ] Where did you-- 622 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,798 - Whoa. - "Teach me to love ? 623 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:47,673 "Go teach thyself more wit. 624 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:49,916 "I chief professor am of it. 625 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,589 "The god of love, if such a thing there be, 626 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:55,676 may learn to love from me." 627 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,677 [ Neil ] Wow. Did you write that ? 628 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:02,555 [ Clapping, Cheering ] 629 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,750 Abraham Cowley. 630 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:06,671 Okay. Who's next ? 631 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,955 Alfred Lord Tennyson. 632 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,036 "Come, my friends. 633 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,913 "'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. 634 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,430 "For my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset. 635 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,676 "And though we are not now that strength... 636 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,349 "which in old days moved Earth and heaven. 637 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,596 "That which we are, we are: 638 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:29,599 "One equal temper of heroic hearts... 639 00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:33,429 "made weak by time and fate, but strong in will... 640 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:38,395 "to strive, to seek, to find, 641 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,795 and not to yield." 642 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:44,474 "Then I had religion, then I had a vision. 643 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,875 "I could not turn from their revel in derision. 644 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,434 "Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, 645 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,279 cutting through the forest with a golden track." 646 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,874 - Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, - [ Chanting ] Meeks. Meeks. 647 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,275 cutting through the forest with a golden track. 648 00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,675 Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, 649 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,314 - cutting through the forest with a golden track. - %% [ Drumming ] 650 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,635 [ All Chanting, Whooping ] Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, 651 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,035 - cutting through the forest with a golden track ! - %% [ Mouth Harp ] 652 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,435 Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, 653 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,279 cutting through the forest with a golden track ! 654 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,396 Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, 655 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,636 cutting through the forest with a golden track ! 656 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:19,035 Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, 657 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,549 - cutting through the forest with a golden track ! - [ Whoops ] 658 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,790 Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black, 659 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,030 cutting through the forest with a golden track ! 660 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,588 - %% [ Continues ] - [ Nonsensical Chanting, Whooping ] 661 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,830 Cutting through the forest with a golden track ! 662 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,673 Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black-- 663 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:38,999 [ Bell Tolls 2:00 ] 664 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,593 A man is not "very tired." He is "exhausted." 665 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,511 And don't use "very sad." Use-- 666 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,750 Come on, Mr Overstreet, you twerp. 667 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,116 - [ Knox ] "Morose" ? - Exactly ! Morose ! 668 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:55,829 Language was developed for one endeavour, and that is-- Mr Anderson ? 669 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,997 Come on, are you a man or an amoeba ? 670 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:01,275 [ Boy Chuckles ] 671 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,277 Mr Perry ? 672 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:07,994 Uh... to communicate. 673 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,793 No ! To woo women. 674 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,229 - [ Laughing ] - Today we're going to be talking... 675 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,959 - about William Shakespeare. - [ Boys Grumbling ] Oh, God. 676 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:17,871 I know. A lot of you look forward to this... 677 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,190 about as much as you look forward to root canal work. 678 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,231 We're gonna talk about Shakespeare... 679 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,788 as someone who writes something very interesting. 680 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,356 Now, many of you have seen Shakespeare done very much like this: 681 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,552 [ British Accent ] "O, Titus, bring your friend hither." 682 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,433 But if any of you have seen Mr Marlon Brando, 683 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,516 [ Imitating Brando ] you know that Shakespeare can be different. 684 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,519 "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears." 685 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,074 [ Boys Laughing ] 686 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,634 You can also imagine maybe John Wayne as Macbeth going... 687 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,548 [ Imitating Wayne ] "Well, is this a dagger I see before me ?" 688 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,596 [ Laughing ] 689 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:55,349 "Dogs, sir ? Oh, not just now. 690 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:59,399 "I do enjoy a good dog once in a while, sir. 691 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,751 "You can have yourself a three-course meal from one dog. 692 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:06,839 "Start with a canine croquette. 693 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,751 "Go to your Fido Flambe for main course. 694 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,559 "And for dessert, a Pekingese parfait. 695 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:13,671 And you can pick your teeth with the little paw." 696 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,196 Why do I stand up here ? 697 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,635 - Anybody ? - To feel taller. 698 00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:22,551 - No ! Thank you for playing. - [ Rings Bell ] 699 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,029 - [ Laughing ] - I stand upon my desk... 700 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:30,075 to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way. 701 00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,110 See, the world looks very different from up here. 702 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,111 You don't believe me ? 703 00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:42,550 Come see for yourselves. Come on. 704 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,916 Come on. Just when you think you know something, 705 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,831 you have to look at it in another way. 706 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,559 Even though it may seem silly or wrong, 707 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:52,471 you must try. 708 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:54,835 Now when you read, don't just consider what the author thinks. 709 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,674 - Consider what you think. - [ Jumps Down ] 710 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,070 Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. 711 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:03,991 Because the longer you wait to begin, 712 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,310 the less likely you are to find it at all. 713 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,591 Thoreau said, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." 714 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:13,036 Don't be resigned to that. Break out. 715 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,311 Don't just walk off the edge like lemmings. Look around you. 716 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,960 - [ Bell Ringing ] - There you go, Mr Priske. Thank you ! 717 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,036 Yes ! 718 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:25,199 Dare to strike out and find new ground. 719 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:27,754 - [ Tolling Continues ] - Now, in addition to your essays, 720 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:31,190 I would like you to compose a poem of your own, an original work. 721 00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:35,637 - [ Boys Groaning ] - Ooh ! %% [ Hums Ominous Tune ] 722 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,676 That's right. 723 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,429 You have to deliver it aloud, in front of the class on Monday. 724 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:43,357 - [ Groaning Continues ] - Bon chance, gentlemen. 725 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,270 Mr Anderson. 726 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:52,235 Don't think I don't know this assignment scares the hell out of you, you mole. 727 00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:54,794 [ Boys Laughing ] 728 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,797 [ Jumps Down ] 729 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,550 Take a power train in two ! 730 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,312 - Three, keep your eyes in the boat ! - Stroke ! Stroke ! 731 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:14,670 - Stroke ! Stroke ! - [ Nolan Continues Shouting ] 732 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:18,719 - %% [ Static, Rock 'N' Roll ] - [ Meeks ] We got it, Pittsie. 733 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:22,071 Radio Free America ! 734 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:24,958 % Some people like to rock Some people like to roll % 735 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:28,072 % But movin' and a-groovin' is gonna satisfy my soul % 736 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:30,236 % Let's have a party Oooh % 737 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,954 % Let's have a party % 738 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,992 % Let's spin it to the soul Let's rock and roll % 739 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,714 % Let's have a party tonight % 740 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,434 % I never kissed a bear I never kissed a goose % 741 00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:43,516 % But I can shake a chicken in the middle of the room % 742 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,437 - % Let's have a party %% - [ Door Opens ] 743 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,994 [ Laughing ] 744 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,554 - I found it. - You found what ? 745 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,752 What I want to do right now. What's really, really inside of me. 746 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:55,996 - "A Midsummer Night's Dream." - [ Neil ] This is it. 747 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,873 - What is that ? - [ Laughing ] It's a play, dummy. 748 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:01,349 I know that. Wh-What does it have to do with you ? 749 00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:03,357 All right, they're putting it on at Henley Hall. 750 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,710 Open tryouts. Open tryouts ! 751 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,631 - Yeah, so ? - So ! 752 00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:11,429 I'm gonna act. [ Shouts ] 753 00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:14,518 Yes ! Yes ! I'm gonna be an actor ! 754 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:16,591 Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to try this ! 755 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,511 I even tried to go to summer stock auditions last year, 756 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,591 but, of course, my father wouldn't let me. 757 00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:23,956 For the first time in my whole life, I know what I want to do. 758 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,508 [ Snatches Papers ] And for the first time, I'm gonna do it... 759 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,431 whether my father wants me to or not ! 760 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:31,637 - Carpe diem ! - Neil, Neil, hold it. 761 00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:35,030 How are you gonna be in a play if your father won't let you ? 762 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,714 First, I gotta get the part, then I can worry about that. 763 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:40,109 But won't he kill you if he finds out you went to an audition and didn't tell him ? 764 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:43,033 No, no, no. As far as I'm concerned, he won't have to know about any of this. 765 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:46,396 - Well, that's impossible. - Bullshit. Nothing's impossible. 766 00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:49,034 Well, why don't you just call him and ask him and m-maybe he'll say yes. 767 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,628 That's a laugh. 768 00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:54,837 If I don't ask him, at least I won't be disobeying him. 769 00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:57,593 - Yeah, but if he said no before-- - Jesus, Todd, whose side are you on ? 770 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:05,950 [ Grabs Flyer ] 771 00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:11,392 I mean, I haven't even gotten the part yet. 772 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:15,354 Can't I even enjoy the idea for a little while ? 773 00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:28,518 - You're coming to the meeting ? - I don't know. Maybe. 774 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:32,838 Nothing Mr Keating has to say means shit to you, does it, Todd ? 775 00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,076 - Wh-What is that supposed to mean ? - You're in the club ! 776 00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:37,430 Being in the club means being stirred up by things. 777 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,357 You look about as stirred up as a cesspool. 778 00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:42,756 - So you want me out ? - No, I want you in ! 779 00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:45,599 But being in means you gotta do something, not just say you're in. 780 00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:48,678 Listen, Neil, I mean, I appreciate this concern, 781 00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,075 but I'm not like you, all right ? 782 00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:54,272 You-- You-You say things and people listen. 783 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:56,277 I-- I-l'm not like that. 784 00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:58,351 - Don't you think you could be ? - No. 785 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,238 I-- I-l don't know, but that's not the point. 786 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:05,438 The point is, there's nothing you can do about it, so you can just butt out. 787 00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:07,795 I can take care of myself just fine. 788 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:09,916 All right ? 789 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:13,751 No. 790 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,391 What do you mean, "no" ? 791 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:21,716 No. 792 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:23,756 Give me that ! Neil ! 793 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:25,916 - Neil, give that back ! - "We are dreaming of a tomorrow--" 794 00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:27,831 - It's poetry ! - Neil ! 795 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:30,229 I'm being chased by Walt Whitman ! [ Laughing ] 796 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,311 Okay ! Okay ! 797 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:35,039 What are you guys doing ? I'm trying-- You see this chemistry-- 798 00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,429 - Hey. Give me-- Neil, give me-- - [ Laughing ] 799 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,351 - Don't be immature. Come on ! - [ Laughing Continues ] 800 00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,908 - I need my-- - [ Charlie Shouts ] Give it to me ! 801 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,150 - [ Neil ] Charlie ! - [ Shouting, Laughing ] 802 00:46:44,240 --> 00:46:46,708 [ Cameron ] Let me have my book. I need my-- 803 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:50,475 [ Shouting, Laughing ] 804 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:54,388 %% [ Whistle, Drums, Hooting ] 805 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:18,478 [ Shouting ] 806 00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:21,273 [ Continues Shouting ] 807 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,875 [ Birds Squawking ] 808 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,672 %% [ Trumpet Playing "Charge" ] 809 00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:39,397 %% [ Horns Blaring ] 810 00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:45,038 - [ Crowd Cheering ] - %% [ Continues ] 811 00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,789 [ Cheering Continues ] 812 00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,275 %% [ Funky Drum Cadence ] 813 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,595 [ Crowd Shouting, Hooting ] 814 00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:58,470 [ Cheering Continues ] 815 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:16,078 [ Coach Blowing Whistle ] Okay, everybody on the bus. 816 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:19,476 Let's go, boys. [ Blowing Whistle ] 817 00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,596 - Come on. Let's go. On the bus, boys. - [ Car Engines Revving ] 818 00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:24,393 - Now ! - [ Revving Continues, Crowd Cheering ] 819 00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:27,278 Now, devotees may argue... 820 00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:30,790 that one sport or game is inherently better than another. 821 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:33,514 For me, sport is actually a chance... 822 00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:36,950 for us to have other human beings push us to excel. 823 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:40,470 I want you all to come over here and take a slip of paper... 824 00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:43,319 and line up single file. 825 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:45,356 Mr Meeks, time to inherit the Earth. 826 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:49,189 Mr Pitts... rise above your name. 827 00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:53,279 I want you to hand these out to the boys, one apiece. 828 00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:56,796 [ Keating Blows Whistle ] You know what to do, Pitts ! 829 00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,992 "Oh, to struggle against great odds, to meet enemies undaunted." 830 00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:03,032 [ Keating ] Sounds like you're daunted. Say it again like you're undaunted. 831 00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:06,072 "Oh, to struggle against great odds, to meet enemies undaunted" ! 832 00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:08,430 [ Keating ] Now go on ! 833 00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,556 Yes ! Next ! 834 00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:15,674 "To be a sailor of the world bound for all ports." 835 00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:18,075 Next. Louder ! 836 00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:22,079 "Oh, I live to be the ruler of life, not a slave." [ Kicks Ball ] 837 00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:23,991 "To mount the scaffolds. 838 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:27,152 To advance to the muzzles of guns with perfect nonchalance." 839 00:49:27,240 --> 00:49:30,232 - [ Kicks Ball ] - %% [ Classical ] 840 00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:34,315 Come on, Meeks ! Listen to the music ! 841 00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:38,228 "To dance, clap hands, exalt, shout, skip, 842 00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:41,875 - roll on, float on !" - [ Keating ] Yes ! 843 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,158 "Oh, to have life henceforth, the poem of new joys." 844 00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,077 [ Kicks Ball Weakly ] 845 00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:50,395 [ Groans, Blows Raspberry ] Boo ! 846 00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:52,795 Come on, Charlie, let it fill your soul. 847 00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:55,155 "To indeed be a god !" 848 00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,480 Charlie, I got the part ! 849 00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:01,391 [ Shouts ] I'm gonna play Puck ! 850 00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:03,311 - I'm gonna play Puck ! - What did he say ? 851 00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:05,231 - Puck you ! - The main part ! 852 00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,151 - Great, Neil ! - Charlie, I got it ! 853 00:50:07,240 --> 00:50:09,879 - Congratulations. - Good for you ! Good for you ! 854 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,077 - [ Hallway Chatter Continues ] - Okay, okay, okay, okay. 855 00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:15,628 - [ Exhales ] - Neil, how are you gonna do this ? 856 00:50:15,720 --> 00:50:19,474 They need a letter of permission from my father and Mr Nolan. 857 00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:22,028 - You're not gonna write it. - Oh, yes, I am. 858 00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:25,237 - Oh, Neil-- Neil, you're crazy. - [ Laughs, Squawks ] 859 00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:27,356 - [ Laughs ] - Okay. 860 00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:30,995 I am writing to you... 861 00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:34,038 on behalf of... 862 00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:36,759 my son... 863 00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:39,638 Neil Perry. 864 00:50:39,720 --> 00:50:43,508 [ Giggling, Stamping Feet ] This is great ! 865 00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:47,957 %% [ Bagpipes ] 866 00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:53,160 %% [ Continues ] 867 00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:12,037 %% [ Bagpipes Continue ] 868 00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:30,155 [ Rips Paper ] 869 00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,032 "To Chris." 870 00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:37,551 [ Boys Murmuring ] Who's Chris ? Mmm, Chris. 871 00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:40,592 "I see a sweetness in her smile. 872 00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:43,075 "Bright light shines from her eyes. 873 00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:47,878 "But life is complete, contentment is mine... 874 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:52,278 - "just knowing that-- - [ Snickering ] 875 00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:55,318 - "Just knowing that... [ Sighs ] - [ Laughing ] 876 00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:57,317 she's alive." 877 00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:00,193 - I'm sorry, Captain. It's stupid. - No. No, it's not stupid. 878 00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:03,949 It's a good effort. It touched on one of the major themes: love. 879 00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:06,952 A major theme not only in poetry but life. 880 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:11,636 Mr Hopkins, you were laughing. You're up. 881 00:52:11,720 --> 00:52:14,518 [ Boys Snickering ] 882 00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:24,035 "The cat sat on the mat." 883 00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:27,550 [ Boys Laughing ] 884 00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:31,113 [ Keating ] Congratulations, Mr Hopkins. 885 00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:33,714 Yours is the first poem to ever have a negative score on the Pritchard scale. 886 00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:37,156 We're not laughing at you, we're laughing near you. 887 00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:39,714 I don't mind that your poem had a simple theme. 888 00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:41,956 Sometimes the most beautiful poetry can be about simple things, 889 00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:44,958 Iike a cat or a flower or rain. 890 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,117 You see, poetry can come from anything with the stuff of revelation in it. 891 00:52:48,240 --> 00:52:50,276 Just don't let your poems be ordinary. 892 00:52:52,320 --> 00:52:54,880 Now, who's next ? 893 00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:59,715 Mr Anderson, I see you sitting there in agony. 894 00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:02,718 Come on, Todd, step up. Let's put you out of your misery. 895 00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:07,471 I-l didn't do it. I didn't write a poem. 896 00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:15,830 Mr Anderson thinks everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. 897 00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:20,317 Isn't that right, Todd ? lsn't that your worst fear ? 898 00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:22,874 Well, I think you're wrong. I think you have something inside of you... 899 00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:25,878 that is worth a great deal. 900 00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:29,350 "I sound... 901 00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:34,514 "my barbaric... 902 00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:37,391 "yawp... 903 00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:42,196 [ Continues Writing ] "over the rooftops... 904 00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:44,629 of the world." 905 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:50,429 W.W. Uncle Walt, again. 906 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:54,838 Now, for those of you who don't know, a yawp is a loud cry or yell. 907 00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:59,033 Now, Todd, I would like you to give us a demonstration of a barbaric yawp. 908 00:53:59,160 --> 00:54:02,277 - [ Boys Chuckling ] - Come on, you can't yawp sitting down. 909 00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,470 Let's go. Come on, up. 910 00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:08,434 - Got to get in yawping stance. - [ Boys Laughing ] 911 00:54:08,520 --> 00:54:12,069 - A-A yawp ? - Not just a yawp. A barbaric yawp. 912 00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:16,438 - Right. Yawp. - Come on. Louder. 913 00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:18,516 - [ Louder ] Yawp. - That's a mouse. Come on, louder ! 914 00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:20,431 - Yawp. - Oh, good God, boy, yell like a man ! 915 00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:21,873 - Yawp ! - There it is. 916 00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,315 You see, you have a barbarian in you after all. 917 00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:26,795 You don't get away that easy. There's a picture of Uncle Walt up there. 918 00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:30,634 What does he remind you of ? Don't think, answer. Go on. 919 00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:32,836 - A m-m-m-madman. - [ Keating ] What kind of madman ? 920 00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:34,757 - Don't think about it, just answer. - A cr-crazy madman. 921 00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:37,553 No, you can do better than that. Free up your mind. Use your imagination. 922 00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:40,029 Say the first thing that pops into your head, even if it's total gibberish. 923 00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:42,116 A-A-A sweaty-toothed madman. 924 00:54:42,240 --> 00:54:44,754 Good God, boy, there's a poet in you after all ! 925 00:54:44,840 --> 00:54:47,479 There. Close your eyes. Close your eyes. Close them. 926 00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:49,556 Now, describe what you see. 927 00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:52,274 - Uh, l-l close my eyes... - Yes ? 928 00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,830 - uh, and his image floats beside me. - A sweaty-toothed madman. 929 00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:58,520 A sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brain. 930 00:54:58,640 --> 00:54:59,959 Oh, that's excellent ! 931 00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:01,877 Now, give him action, make him do something. 932 00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:04,309 - H-His hands reach out and choke me. - That's it. Wonderful. Wonderful. 933 00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:06,237 - And all the time he's mumbling. - What's he mumbling ? 934 00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:08,157 - Mumbling truth. - Yes. 935 00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:11,511 - Truth is like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold. - [ Boys Laughing ] 936 00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:14,473 Forget them. Forget them. Stay with the blanket. Tell me about that blanket. 937 00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:17,791 Y-Y-You push it, stretch it, it'll never be enough. 938 00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:19,876 You kick at it, beat it, it'll never cover any of us. 939 00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:23,151 From the moment we enter crying to the moment we leave dying, 940 00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:27,956 it'll just cover your face as you wail and cry and scream. 941 00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:36,076 [ Boys Cheering, Applauding ] 942 00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:38,879 - [ Cheering, Applause Continue ] - [ Softly ] Don't you forget this. 943 00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:37,553 [ Puffing, Coughs ] 944 00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:39,870 - [ Boys Laughing ] - [ Charlie ] That a boy, Pittsie. 945 00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:42,116 - Inhale, deeply. - [ Meeks ] My dad collects pipes. 946 00:56:42,240 --> 00:56:44,356 - [ Pitts ] Really ? - [ Meeks ] He must have 30. 947 00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:46,994 Your parents collect pipes ? Oh, that's interesting. [ Laughing ] 948 00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:51,113 - Come on, Knox. Join in. - Yeah, Knox, we're from the government. 949 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:53,031 We're here to help. What's wrong ? 950 00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:56,271 - [ Boys Taunting ] It's Chris ! - Here's a picture of Chris for you ! 951 00:56:56,360 --> 00:56:58,191 - Put that in your pipe and smoke it. - It's not funny. 952 00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:01,556 Knock it off. Smoke your pipes. 953 00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:06,156 - [ Meeks ] Neil. - Friends, scholars, Welton men. 954 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:08,310 What is that, Neil ? 955 00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:13,355 - Duh, it's a lamp, Meeks. - No, this is the god of the cave. 956 00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:14,793 - The god of the cave. - %% [ Saxophone ] 957 00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:16,871 %% [ Blaring ] 958 00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:20,032 - Charlie, what are you doing ? - What do you say we start this meeting? 959 00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:23,152 - I need a light. Who's got a light ? - Anybody bring earplugs ? 960 00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:26,357 [ Clears Throat ] Gentlemen. 961 00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:30,871 - "Poetrusic" by Charles Dalton. - [ Boys Murmuring ] 962 00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:34,470 - %% [ Wild, Random Notes ] - [ Groaning ] Oh, man. 963 00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:37,074 Laughing, crying, tumbling, mumbling. 964 00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:39,156 Gotta do more, gotta be more. 965 00:57:39,240 --> 00:57:41,151 %% [ Wild, Random Notes ] 966 00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:43,953 - [ Groans ] - [ Boy Laughs ] Pitts. 967 00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:47,635 Chaos screaming, chaos dreaming. Gotta do more, gotta be more ! 968 00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:53,158 %% [ Slow, Sweet Melody ] 969 00:58:06,440 --> 00:58:10,274 %% [ Sweet Melody Continues ] 970 00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:21,596 - Wow. Nice. - That was great. 971 00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:23,517 Where did you learn to play like that ? 972 00:58:23,640 --> 00:58:26,154 My parents made me take the clarinet for years ! 973 00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:28,549 - I love the clarinet. - I hated it. 974 00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:30,471 [ Boys Laughing ] 975 00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:35,429 The saxophone. The saxophone is more... sonorous. 976 00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:38,034 Ooh, more sonorous. Vocabulary. 977 00:58:38,120 --> 00:58:41,556 [ Throws Pipe Down ] I can't take it any more. If I don't have Chris, 978 00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:44,677 - I'm gonna kill myself. - [ Charlie ] Knoxious, calm down. 979 00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:48,588 No, Charlie ! That's just my problem. 980 00:58:48,720 --> 00:58:52,190 I've been calm all my life. I'm gonna do something about that. 981 00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:54,709 Where are you going ? What are you gonna do ? 982 00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:56,910 I'm gonna call her. [ Dastardly Chuckling ] 983 00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:00,913 - He's gonna call her ! - Wait for me ! - %% [ Wildly ] 984 00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:02,831 [ Line Ringing ] 985 00:59:02,920 --> 00:59:04,751 [ Chris ] Hello ? 986 00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:07,479 - [ Coins Drop ] - She's gonna hate me. 987 00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:11,318 The Danburrys will hate me. 988 00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:14,512 My parents will kill me. 989 00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:20,756 [ Softly ] All right, goddamn it. 990 00:59:20,840 --> 00:59:24,276 You're right. Carpe diem. 991 00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:26,595 [ Deposits Coins, Dials ] Even if it kills me. 992 00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:28,756 [ All Chuckling ] 993 00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:34,311 [ Line Ringing ] 994 00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:36,231 - [ Chris ] Hello ? - Hello, Chris ? 995 00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:39,118 - Yes. - Hi. This is Knox Overstreet. 996 00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:42,636 - [ Boys Chuckling ] - Oh, yes. Knox. 997 00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:45,518 - I'm glad you called. - [ Whispers ] She's glad I called. 998 00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:47,636 [ Chris ] Listen, Chet's parents are going out of town this weekend, 999 00:59:47,720 --> 00:59:49,551 and he's having a party. 1000 00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:51,596 - Would you like to come ? - Would I like to come to a party ? 1001 00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:54,433 - Yes. Say yes. - It's Friday. - Well, sure. 1002 00:59:54,560 --> 00:59:56,278 - [ Chris ] About 7:00. - [ Knox ] Great. I'll be there, Chris. 1003 00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:59,119 - Okay. - Friday night at the Danburrys'. Okay. 1004 00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:01,350 - Okay. Bye. - Thank you. I'll see you. Bye. 1005 01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:03,635 - [ Coins Drop ] - Yawp ! 1006 01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:05,671 [ Chuckling ] 1007 01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:07,591 Can you believe it ? 1008 01:00:07,680 --> 01:00:10,240 She was gonna call me. 1009 01:00:10,360 --> 01:00:12,669 She invited me to a party with her. 1010 01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:15,360 - At Chet Danburry's house. - Yeah. 1011 01:00:15,480 --> 01:00:17,914 - Well ? - So ? 1012 01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:22,397 So you don't really think she means you're going with her ? 1013 01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:25,751 Well, of course not, Charlie. But that's not the point. 1014 01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:29,919 - That's not the point at all. - What is the point ? 1015 01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:35,034 - The point, Charlie... - Uh-huh ? 1016 01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:38,709 - is... - Yeah ? 1017 01:00:38,840 --> 01:00:42,310 that she was thinking about me. 1018 01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:45,039 I've only met her once, and already... 1019 01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:47,031 she's thinking about me. 1020 01:00:47,160 --> 01:00:49,594 - Damn it, it's gonna happen, guys. - [ Others Chuckling ] 1021 01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:51,790 I feel it. 1022 01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:54,878 She is going to be mine. 1023 01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:57,594 - [ Laughs ] - %% [ Humming ] 1024 01:00:57,720 --> 01:01:02,032 - Carpe ! Carpe ! - %% [ Continues Humming ] 1025 01:01:02,160 --> 01:01:06,153 No grades at stake, gentlemen. Just take a stroll. 1026 01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:17,317 - There it is. - [ Boys Clapping ln Time To Steps ] 1027 01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:26,990 - I don't know, but I've been told. - I don't know, but I've been told. 1028 01:01:27,120 --> 01:01:29,680 [ Keating ] Doing poetry is cold. 1029 01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:33,673 - [ Boys ] Doing poetry is cold. - Left. Left. Left, right, left. 1030 01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:36,911 Left. Left. Left, right, left. 1031 01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:38,831 Left. Halt ! 1032 01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:42,356 Thank you, gentlemen. 1033 01:01:42,440 --> 01:01:46,228 If you noticed, everyone started off with their own stride, their own pace. 1034 01:01:46,360 --> 01:01:50,148 Mr Pitts taking his time. He knew he'll get there one day. 1035 01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:52,834 Mr Cameron. You could see him thinking, "Is this right ? It might be right. 1036 01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:55,633 It might be right. I know that-- Maybe not. I don't know." 1037 01:01:55,760 --> 01:02:00,834 Mr Overstreet, driven by a deeper force. Yes. 1038 01:02:00,960 --> 01:02:03,793 We know that. All right. Now, I didn't bring them up here to ridicule them. 1039 01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:06,514 I brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity. 1040 01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:10,036 The difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others. 1041 01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:14,358 Now, I see the look in your eyes like, "I would have walked differently." 1042 01:02:14,440 --> 01:02:17,079 Well, ask yourselves why you were clapping. 1043 01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:20,072 Now we all have a great need for acceptance. 1044 01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:23,118 But you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own. 1045 01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:25,509 Even though others may think them odd or unpopular. 1046 01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:28,114 Even though the herd may go, "That's ba-a-a-a-ad." 1047 01:02:28,200 --> 01:02:30,589 - [ Boys Laughing ] - [ Keating ] Robert Frost said, 1048 01:02:30,720 --> 01:02:35,953 "Two roads diverged in the wood and l, I took the one less travelled by. 1049 01:02:36,040 --> 01:02:37,871 And that has made all the difference." 1050 01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:40,190 I want you to find your own walk right now, 1051 01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:43,039 your own way of striding, pacing any direction. 1052 01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:46,516 Anything you want, whether it's proud, whether it's silly, anything. 1053 01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:50,912 - Gentlemen, the courtyard is yours. - [ Boys Murmuring, Chuckling ] 1054 01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:55,477 You don't have to perform, just make it for yourself. 1055 01:02:55,600 --> 01:02:59,718 Mr Dalton, will you be joining us ? 1056 01:02:59,840 --> 01:03:01,990 Exercising the right not to walk. 1057 01:03:02,080 --> 01:03:06,198 Thank you, Mr Dalton. Just illustrated the point. 1058 01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:09,989 - Swim against the stream. - [ Boys Chattering ] 1059 01:03:19,160 --> 01:03:20,957 Todd ? 1060 01:03:22,880 --> 01:03:24,711 - Hey. - Hey. 1061 01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:27,598 - What's going on ? - Nothing. 1062 01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:32,593 - Today's my birthday. - Is today your birthday ? 1063 01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:34,358 - Happy birthday. - Thanks. 1064 01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:38,353 - What did you get ? - My parents just gave me this. 1065 01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:39,555 Isn't this the same desk set-- 1066 01:03:39,680 --> 01:03:42,433 Yeah, yeah, they gave me the same thing as last year. 1067 01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:46,757 - Oh. - Oh. 1068 01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:50,197 Maybe they thought you needed another one. [ Laughs ] 1069 01:03:50,320 --> 01:03:53,596 [ Laughs ] Maybe they weren't thinking about anything at all. 1070 01:03:56,080 --> 01:04:00,870 The funny thing is, about this, is I didn't even like it the first time. 1071 01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:03,155 - [ Laughs ] - [ Laughs ] 1072 01:04:03,240 --> 01:04:06,710 Todd, I think you're underestimating the value of this desk set. 1073 01:04:08,800 --> 01:04:13,715 I mean, who would want a football or a baseball-- 1074 01:04:13,840 --> 01:04:15,717 - Or a car. - Mm-hmm, or a car-- 1075 01:04:15,840 --> 01:04:18,354 if they could have a desk set as wonderful as this one. 1076 01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:22,353 I mean, if I were ever going to buy a desk set... twice, 1077 01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:25,950 I would probably buy this one... both times. 1078 01:04:26,080 --> 01:04:27,957 [ Laughing ] 1079 01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:32,158 In fact, its... shape is-- 1080 01:04:32,280 --> 01:04:34,953 It's rather aerodynamic, isn't it ? 1081 01:04:35,040 --> 01:04:38,191 You can feel it. 1082 01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:43,155 [ Exhales ] This desk set wants to fly. 1083 01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:47,637 Todd... 1084 01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:51,719 the world's first unmanned flying desk set. 1085 01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:53,796 [ Yells ] 1086 01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:56,480 [ Both Laughing, Desk Supplies Clattering ] 1087 01:04:56,600 --> 01:05:00,912 Oh, my ! Well, I wouldn't worry. 1088 01:05:01,040 --> 01:05:04,191 - You'll get another one next year. - [ Laughing ] 1089 01:05:04,320 --> 01:05:07,153 [ Boys ] "To live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. 1090 01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:10,909 -To put to rout all that was not life--" - [ Girls Laughing ] 1091 01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:13,395 - [ Laughing Continues ] - My God. 1092 01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:17,229 - [ Girl ] ls this it ? - [ Charlie ] Yeah, this is it. 1093 01:05:17,320 --> 01:05:20,835 Go ahead. Go on in. It's my cave. Watch your step. 1094 01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:22,279 [ Girls Giggling ] Uh-oh. 1095 01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:24,834 [ Giggling ] Hi. 1096 01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:26,359 - [ Meeks ] Hello. - [ Girl ] Hi. 1097 01:05:26,480 --> 01:05:31,190 Hi, guys. Meet, uh, Gloria and-- [ Snaps Fingers ] 1098 01:05:31,320 --> 01:05:33,151 - Tina. - Tina. 1099 01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:36,875 - This is the pledge class of the Dead Poets Society. - [ Boys ] Hello. 1100 01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:38,951 - How do you do ? - Hello. - Hi. 1101 01:05:39,040 --> 01:05:42,669 Guys, move. Move ! Come on, folks, it's Friday night. 1102 01:05:42,760 --> 01:05:46,833 Let's get on with the meeting. Guys, I have an announcement to make. 1103 01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:50,509 In keeping with the spirit of passionate experimentation of the Dead Poets, 1104 01:05:50,640 --> 01:05:52,756 I'm giving up the name Charles Dalton. 1105 01:05:52,840 --> 01:05:55,308 From now on, call me Nuwanda. 1106 01:05:55,400 --> 01:05:57,789 [ Boys Laughing ] Nuwanda ? 1107 01:05:57,920 --> 01:05:59,717 [ Giggling ] 1108 01:05:59,840 --> 01:06:03,799 [ Boys Chuckling, Chattering ] 1109 01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:06,992 [ Indian War Whooping ] 1110 01:06:09,680 --> 01:06:11,159 Hello ? Hello, Chris ? 1111 01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:14,397 % I crashed in the jungle while trying to keep a date % 1112 01:06:14,520 --> 01:06:17,432 % With my little girl who was back in the States % 1113 01:06:17,560 --> 01:06:19,357 - % I was stranded in the jungle-- %% - [ Chris ] Knox ! 1114 01:06:19,480 --> 01:06:21,436 - Hi. - You made it ! Great. 1115 01:06:21,560 --> 01:06:23,357 - Did you bring anybody ? - No. 1116 01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:27,029 No ? Ginny Danburry's here. Look, I have to go find Chet. 1117 01:06:27,160 --> 01:06:29,754 - Why don't you go downstairs ? That's where everybody is. - Yeah, but Chris, I've-- 1118 01:06:29,880 --> 01:06:32,838 - Make yourself at home. - But I've-- 1119 01:06:35,960 --> 01:06:39,953 % Baby, baby let's make romance % 1120 01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:45,599 % You know your old-time lover hasn't got a chance % 1121 01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:49,269 - %% [ Continues ] - Hi, guys. 1122 01:06:49,400 --> 01:06:52,710 [ Pouring Beer ] 1123 01:06:52,800 --> 01:06:55,758 Hey, you Mutt Sanders' brother ? 1124 01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:59,037 Bubba, this guy look like Mutt Sanders to you, or what ? 1125 01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:02,789 - You're his brother ? - [ Chuckles ] No relation. 1126 01:07:02,880 --> 01:07:05,394 - Never heard of him. Sorry, guys. - Where's our manners, Steve ? 1127 01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:07,471 Here's Mutt Sanders' brother and we don't even offer him a drink. 1128 01:07:07,600 --> 01:07:10,194 - Here you go. Have some whiskey, pal. - Yeah. 1129 01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:12,436 I, uh, I don't really drink whiskey. 1130 01:07:12,520 --> 01:07:15,592 - To Mutt. - To Mutt. 1131 01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:17,671 - To Mutt. - [ Sighs ] 1132 01:07:19,840 --> 01:07:24,072 - How the hell is old Mutt anyway ? - Yeah, what's old Mutter been up to ? 1133 01:07:24,160 --> 01:07:26,276 [ Coughing ] I don't really know Mutt. 1134 01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:28,755 [ Sighs ] To the Mighty Mutt. 1135 01:07:28,880 --> 01:07:31,952 - To Mighty Mutt. - To Mighty Mutt. 1136 01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:39,478 [ Sighs, Shudders ] Listen, I gotta go find Patsy. 1137 01:07:39,560 --> 01:07:43,314 - Say hello to Mutt for me, okay ? - Will do. 1138 01:07:43,440 --> 01:07:47,433 - Hell of a guy, your brother Mutt. - [ Sighs ] 1139 01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:49,954 We gonna have a meeting, or what ? 1140 01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:51,877 Yeah, if you guys don't have a meeting, 1141 01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:53,831 how do we know if we want to join ? 1142 01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:56,753 "Join" ? 1143 01:07:56,880 --> 01:07:59,474 "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ? 1144 01:07:59,560 --> 01:08:01,869 Thou art more lovely and more temperate." 1145 01:08:01,960 --> 01:08:03,518 That's so sweet. 1146 01:08:03,640 --> 01:08:08,236 - I made that up just for you. - You did ? 1147 01:08:08,320 --> 01:08:11,153 I'll write one for you too, Gloria. 1148 01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:13,396 [ Sighs ] 1149 01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:16,592 "She walks in beauty like the night. 1150 01:08:18,080 --> 01:08:20,913 "She walks in beauty like the night... 1151 01:08:21,040 --> 01:08:25,989 "of cloudless climes and starry skies. 1152 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:27,911 "All that's best, dark and bright, 1153 01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:32,039 - meet in her aspect and her eyes." - That's beautiful. 1154 01:08:33,440 --> 01:08:35,874 There's plenty more where that came from. 1155 01:08:37,920 --> 01:08:42,436 [ Crowd Chattering ] 1156 01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:44,357 [ Belches ] 1157 01:08:46,720 --> 01:08:48,551 [ Growling ] 1158 01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:55,158 % She sure looks fine to me What's her name % 1159 01:08:55,240 --> 01:08:57,674 % Look out Let me call her one time % 1160 01:08:57,760 --> 01:09:00,558 %% [ Continues ] 1161 01:09:04,680 --> 01:09:06,511 [ Both Moaning ] 1162 01:09:08,720 --> 01:09:11,473 % Hey, little girl % 1163 01:09:11,600 --> 01:09:15,309 % Gee, you sure look fine % 1164 01:09:15,400 --> 01:09:17,436 %% [ Continues ] 1165 01:09:17,560 --> 01:09:19,357 God, help me. 1166 01:09:19,480 --> 01:09:23,359 % Ooh, baby you're not mine % 1167 01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:31,195 % Hey, little girl How's about a date % 1168 01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:36,077 - [ Whispers ] Carpe diem. - % Hey, little girl % 1169 01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:39,914 % How's about a date % 1170 01:09:41,360 --> 01:09:44,318 % You know I'll come get you early, baby % 1171 01:09:44,440 --> 01:09:47,159 % Won't keep you out too late % 1172 01:09:50,280 --> 01:09:52,635 % Say, little girl % 1173 01:09:52,760 --> 01:09:54,990 % Now how's about a kiss % 1174 01:09:57,760 --> 01:10:00,638 % Yeah, say, little girl % 1175 01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:04,275 % How's about a kiss % 1176 01:10:04,360 --> 01:10:08,114 - You don't remember ? - % Well, if you don't kiss me, baby %% 1177 01:10:08,200 --> 01:10:12,751 - [ Bubba ] Chet. Chet. Look. - [ Chet ] What ? 1178 01:10:12,840 --> 01:10:15,752 - It's Mutt Sanders' brother. - [ Chet ] Huh ? 1179 01:10:15,840 --> 01:10:17,478 - Knox, what-- - And he's feeling up your girl ! 1180 01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:19,716 [ Chris ] What are you doing ? 1181 01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:22,195 - [ Chet ] What the hell are you doing ? - [ Chris ] Chet. Chet, don't ! 1182 01:10:22,320 --> 01:10:25,312 - Now, Chet, I know this looks bad-- - Leave him alone. 1183 01:10:25,440 --> 01:10:27,556 Chet, no ! You'll hurt him ! 1184 01:10:27,680 --> 01:10:30,831 - Chet, stop it ! Leave him alone ! - Damn ! 1185 01:10:30,920 --> 01:10:32,911 - Chet, stop it ! - Bastard ! 1186 01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:34,956 - [ Groaning ] - Knox, are you all right ? 1187 01:10:35,040 --> 01:10:36,792 [ Chet ] Chris, get the hell away from him ! 1188 01:10:36,920 --> 01:10:38,069 - Chet, you hurt him ! - Good ! 1189 01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:41,397 - I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. - It's okay. It's-lt's okay. 1190 01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:43,317 Next time I see you, you die. 1191 01:10:43,440 --> 01:10:45,590 [ Guests Chattering ] 1192 01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:49,156 Go ahead. Pass it around. 1193 01:10:57,200 --> 01:11:00,590 Me and Pitts are working on a hi-fi system. 1194 01:11:00,680 --> 01:11:04,275 It shouldn't be that hard to, uh, to put together. 1195 01:11:04,400 --> 01:11:07,551 Yeah. Uh, I might be going to Yale. 1196 01:11:07,680 --> 01:11:10,478 Uh, but l-l might not. 1197 01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:12,551 Don't you guys miss having girls around here ? 1198 01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:14,153 - [ Chuckles ] Yeah. - [ Chuckles ] Yeah. 1199 01:11:14,240 --> 01:11:16,674 [ Charlie ] That's part of what this club is about. 1200 01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:18,836 In fact, I'd like to announce... 1201 01:11:18,920 --> 01:11:22,037 I published an article in the school paper in the name of the Dead Poets, 1202 01:11:22,160 --> 01:11:25,391 - What ? - demanding girls be admitted to Welton... 1203 01:11:25,520 --> 01:11:28,034 - You didn't. - so we can all stop beating off. 1204 01:11:28,160 --> 01:11:29,718 - How did you do that ? - [ Charlie ] I'm one of the proofers. 1205 01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:32,718 - I slipped the article in. - It's-lt's over now. 1206 01:11:32,800 --> 01:11:34,279 Why ? Nobody knows who we are. 1207 01:11:34,400 --> 01:11:36,516 Well, don't you think they're gonna figure out who wrote it ? 1208 01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:40,110 They're gonna come to you and ask to know what the Dead Poets Society is. 1209 01:11:40,200 --> 01:11:42,589 Charlie, you had no right to do something like that. 1210 01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:44,870 It's Nuwanda, Cameron. 1211 01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:47,633 [ Gloria ] That's right. It's Nuwanda. 1212 01:11:47,760 --> 01:11:50,672 Are we just playing around out here, or do we mean what we say ? 1213 01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:53,473 If all we do is come together and read a bunch of poems to each other, 1214 01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:55,397 - what the hell are we doing ? - [ Neil ] All right. 1215 01:11:55,520 --> 01:11:57,431 But you still shouldn't have done it, Charlie. 1216 01:11:57,560 --> 01:11:59,915 This could mean trouble. You don't speak for the club. 1217 01:12:00,000 --> 01:12:02,468 Hey, would you not worry about your precious little neck ? 1218 01:12:02,560 --> 01:12:05,711 If they catch me, I'll tell them I made it up. 1219 01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:21,555 - [ Whispering ] - Fine. 1220 01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:33,077 Sit. 1221 01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:39,951 In this week's issue of Welton Honour, 1222 01:12:40,040 --> 01:12:43,669 there appeared a profane and unauthorized article. 1223 01:12:43,800 --> 01:12:49,113 Rather than spend my valuable time ferreting out the guilty persons-- 1224 01:12:49,240 --> 01:12:51,356 And let me assure you I will find them-- 1225 01:12:51,480 --> 01:12:54,790 I'm asking any and all students who know anything about this article... 1226 01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:58,509 to make themselves known here and now. 1227 01:13:00,320 --> 01:13:02,675 Whoever the guilty persons are, 1228 01:13:02,760 --> 01:13:06,719 this is your only chance to avoid expulsion from this school. 1229 01:13:06,840 --> 01:13:11,595 [ Phone Ringing, Teachers Murmuring ] 1230 01:13:11,680 --> 01:13:13,591 Welton Academy. Hello. 1231 01:13:13,720 --> 01:13:16,109 Yes, he is. Just a moment. 1232 01:13:16,240 --> 01:13:19,152 Mr Nolan, it's for you. 1233 01:13:19,240 --> 01:13:21,071 It's God ! 1234 01:13:21,200 --> 01:13:23,031 He says we should have girls at Welton. 1235 01:13:23,160 --> 01:13:25,993 [ Boys Laughing ] 1236 01:13:38,240 --> 01:13:40,276 Wipe that smirk off your face. 1237 01:13:40,360 --> 01:13:43,193 If you think, Mr Dalton, 1238 01:13:43,320 --> 01:13:46,118 that you're the first to try to get thrown out of this school, think again. 1239 01:13:46,240 --> 01:13:50,119 Others have had similar notions and have failed just as surely as you will fail. 1240 01:13:50,240 --> 01:13:53,437 - Assume the position. - [ Sighs ] 1241 01:14:04,320 --> 01:14:06,595 Count aloud, Mr Dalton. 1242 01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:09,797 [ Paddle Strikes ] 1243 01:14:09,920 --> 01:14:11,797 One. 1244 01:14:11,920 --> 01:14:13,797 [ Strikes Dalton ] 1245 01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:15,876 Two. 1246 01:14:16,960 --> 01:14:19,713 [ Strikes Dalton ] 1247 01:14:19,840 --> 01:14:22,354 Three. 1248 01:14:22,440 --> 01:14:25,876 - [ Strikes Dalton ] - Four. [ Stifles Groan ] 1249 01:14:25,960 --> 01:14:28,190 - [ Paddle Strikes ] - Five. 1250 01:14:28,320 --> 01:14:30,880 What is this Dead Poets Society ? I want names. 1251 01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:35,039 [ Low Murmuring ] 1252 01:14:58,960 --> 01:15:01,076 - [ Neil ] You kicked out ? - No. 1253 01:15:01,200 --> 01:15:03,794 - [ Neil ] So what happened ? - [ Sighs ] 1254 01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:09,230 I'm to turn everybody in, apologize to the school, 1255 01:15:09,360 --> 01:15:11,316 and all will be forgiven. 1256 01:15:11,440 --> 01:15:13,556 So what are you gonna do ? 1257 01:15:13,640 --> 01:15:16,757 - Charlie-- - Damn it, Neil, 1258 01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:19,678 the name is Nuwanda. 1259 01:15:19,800 --> 01:15:22,678 [ Door Closes ] 1260 01:15:22,760 --> 01:15:24,910 [ Both Chuckling ] 1261 01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:28,271 Excuse me. May we have a word, Mr Keating ? 1262 01:15:28,400 --> 01:15:30,311 Certainly. 1263 01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:39,433 This was my first classroom, John. Did you know that ? 1264 01:15:39,520 --> 01:15:41,670 My first desk. 1265 01:15:41,760 --> 01:15:44,069 I didn't know you taught, Mr Nolan. 1266 01:15:44,160 --> 01:15:48,392 English. Long before your time. 1267 01:15:48,480 --> 01:15:51,756 It was hard giving it up, I can tell you. 1268 01:15:54,880 --> 01:15:59,749 I'm hearing rumours about some unorthodox teaching methods in your classroom. 1269 01:15:59,840 --> 01:16:03,913 I'm not saying they've had anything to do with the Dalton boy's outburst, 1270 01:16:04,000 --> 01:16:08,551 but I don't think I have to warn you boys his age are very impressionable. 1271 01:16:08,640 --> 01:16:11,757 Well, your reprimand made quite an impression, I'm sure. 1272 01:16:14,400 --> 01:16:18,313 - What was going on in the courtyard the other day ? - Courtyard ? 1273 01:16:18,400 --> 01:16:21,358 - Boys marching, clapping in unison. - Oh, that. 1274 01:16:21,440 --> 01:16:24,432 That was an exercise to prove a point: dangers of conformity. 1275 01:16:24,520 --> 01:16:27,193 Well, John, the curriculum here is set. It's proven. It works. 1276 01:16:27,320 --> 01:16:29,754 If you question it, what's to prevent them from doing the same ? 1277 01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:32,155 I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself. 1278 01:16:32,280 --> 01:16:34,794 At these boys' age ? Not on your life ! 1279 01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:38,714 Tradition, John. Discipline. 1280 01:16:38,840 --> 01:16:43,038 Prepare them for college, and the rest will take care of itself. 1281 01:16:43,160 --> 01:16:46,835 [ Footsteps Departing ] 1282 01:16:46,920 --> 01:16:50,071 - Creak. [ Hits Bongo Drum ] - [ Chuckling ] 1283 01:16:50,200 --> 01:16:52,953 He starts walking around towards my left. 1284 01:16:53,080 --> 01:16:56,277 Creak. Creak. [ Hitting Bongo Drum ] 1285 01:16:56,360 --> 01:16:59,796 "Assume the position, Mr Dalton," which means-- 1286 01:16:59,920 --> 01:17:01,911 [ Keating ] All right, gentlemen. 1287 01:17:02,040 --> 01:17:04,952 - Mr Keating. - Mr Dalton. 1288 01:17:05,080 --> 01:17:07,196 That was a pretty lame stunt you pulled today. 1289 01:17:07,320 --> 01:17:09,117 You're siding with Mr Nolan ? 1290 01:17:09,240 --> 01:17:11,037 What about carpe diem and sucking all the marrow... 1291 01:17:11,160 --> 01:17:12,798 - out of life and all that ? - Sucking the marrow out of life... 1292 01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:15,798 doesn't mean choking on the bone. 1293 01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:19,998 There is a time for daring, and there is a time for caution. 1294 01:17:20,120 --> 01:17:22,395 And a wise man understands which is called for. 1295 01:17:22,520 --> 01:17:24,590 But I thought you'd like that. 1296 01:17:24,720 --> 01:17:26,517 No. 1297 01:17:26,640 --> 01:17:29,438 You being expelled from school is not daring to me. It's stupid. 1298 01:17:29,560 --> 01:17:31,915 'Cause you'll miss some golden opportunities. 1299 01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:33,399 Yeah ? Like what ? 1300 01:17:33,480 --> 01:17:37,359 Like, if nothing else, the opportunity to attend my classes. 1301 01:17:39,200 --> 01:17:41,430 Got it, ace ? 1302 01:17:41,560 --> 01:17:44,154 Aye, aye, Captain. 1303 01:17:44,280 --> 01:17:46,635 Keep your head about you. 1304 01:17:46,720 --> 01:17:49,393 That goes for the lot of you. 1305 01:17:49,480 --> 01:17:52,278 - Yes, Captain. - Yes, Captain. 1306 01:17:52,360 --> 01:17:54,237 Phone call from God. 1307 01:17:56,160 --> 01:17:59,357 If it'd been collect, it would have been daring. 1308 01:17:59,480 --> 01:18:01,391 [ Door Closes ] 1309 01:18:01,480 --> 01:18:04,711 - [ Neil ] All right. Go on, boy. - No. 1310 01:18:04,800 --> 01:18:10,352 [ Bell Tolling ] 1311 01:18:14,200 --> 01:18:16,760 - [ Director ] We're trying to rehearse, okay ? Go. - %% [ Flute ] 1312 01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:18,831 [ Actor ] A good persuasion, therefore hear me, Hermia. 1313 01:18:18,920 --> 01:18:22,629 Wait, wait. The excitement. I don't hear any excitement about this play. 1314 01:18:22,720 --> 01:18:26,918 Now take her hand, bring her downstage... 1315 01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:28,917 and stop and "Fair, gentle Hermia." 1316 01:18:29,040 --> 01:18:31,031 Okay ? Try again. 1317 01:18:31,240 --> 01:18:32,958 - [ Bell Ringing ] - [ Pitts ] What's for dinner ? 1318 01:18:33,080 --> 01:18:34,718 - Spaghetti and meatballs ! - Food ! 1319 01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:37,149 [ Boys Chattering ] 1320 01:18:37,280 --> 01:18:39,236 Save some for me. 1321 01:18:40,960 --> 01:18:44,111 "But, room, fairy ! Here comes Oberon." 1322 01:18:46,560 --> 01:18:50,155 - Father. - Neil. 1323 01:18:50,240 --> 01:18:52,276 Wait a minute. Before you say anything, 1324 01:18:52,400 --> 01:18:55,392 - please let me ex-- - Don't you dare talk back to me. 1325 01:18:57,040 --> 01:19:00,032 It's bad enough that you've wasted your time... 1326 01:19:00,160 --> 01:19:03,470 with this, this absurd acting business, 1327 01:19:03,560 --> 01:19:06,632 but you deliberately deceived me. 1328 01:19:06,720 --> 01:19:10,076 How-How-How did you expect to get away with this ? 1329 01:19:12,160 --> 01:19:14,116 Answer me. 1330 01:19:14,240 --> 01:19:16,151 Who put you up to it ? 1331 01:19:16,280 --> 01:19:19,352 - Was it this new man ? Keating ? - No. 1332 01:19:19,480 --> 01:19:23,314 Nobody p-- I thought I'd surprise you. I've gotten all A's in every class. 1333 01:19:23,400 --> 01:19:26,517 Did you really think I wasn't going to find out ? 1334 01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:30,354 "Oh, my niece is in a play with your son," says Mrs Marks. 1335 01:19:30,480 --> 01:19:34,155 "No, no, no," I say. "You must be mistaken. My son's not in a play." 1336 01:19:34,240 --> 01:19:36,071 You made a liar out of me, Neil ! 1337 01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:44,278 Now, tomorrow, you go to them and you tell them that you're quitting. 1338 01:19:44,360 --> 01:19:46,191 No, I can't. 1339 01:19:46,280 --> 01:19:48,271 I have the main part. The performance is tomorrow night ! 1340 01:19:48,400 --> 01:19:50,311 I don't care if the world comes to an end tomorrow night, 1341 01:19:50,400 --> 01:19:53,392 you are through with that play ! 1342 01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:55,317 Is that clear ? 1343 01:19:55,440 --> 01:19:57,874 [ Louder ] ls that clear ? 1344 01:19:58,720 --> 01:20:01,314 Yes, sir. 1345 01:20:08,280 --> 01:20:11,795 I made a great many sacrifices to get you here, Neil, 1346 01:20:11,880 --> 01:20:15,873 and you will not let me down. 1347 01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:18,275 No, sir. 1348 01:20:37,600 --> 01:20:40,114 - [ Knocking ] - It's open. 1349 01:20:46,200 --> 01:20:47,997 [ Closes Door ] 1350 01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:52,551 Neil, what's up ? 1351 01:20:52,640 --> 01:20:55,154 - Can I speak to you a minute ? - Certainly. Sit down. 1352 01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:58,116 Oh. 1353 01:20:58,240 --> 01:21:00,595 - I'm sorry. Here. - Excuse me. 1354 01:21:02,760 --> 01:21:07,072 - Get you some tea ? - Tea ? Sure. 1355 01:21:07,200 --> 01:21:10,351 - Want some milk or sugar in that ? - No, thanks. 1356 01:21:10,480 --> 01:21:12,516 Gosh, they don't give you much room around here. 1357 01:21:12,640 --> 01:21:14,358 It's part of the monastic oath. 1358 01:21:14,480 --> 01:21:17,836 They don't want worldly things distracting me from my teaching. 1359 01:21:20,640 --> 01:21:22,437 - She's pretty. - She's also in London. 1360 01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:25,518 - [ Laughs ] - Makes it a little difficult. 1361 01:21:25,600 --> 01:21:28,433 - How do you stand it ? - Stand what ? 1362 01:21:28,560 --> 01:21:30,790 You can go anywhere. You can do anything. How can you stand being here ? 1363 01:21:30,880 --> 01:21:34,634 Because I love teaching. I don't want to be anywhere else. 1364 01:21:38,040 --> 01:21:41,874 - What's up ? - I just talked to my father. 1365 01:21:41,960 --> 01:21:44,428 He's making me quit the play at Henley Hall. 1366 01:21:46,280 --> 01:21:49,272 But acting is everything to me. 1367 01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:52,358 I mean-- But he doesn't know. He-- 1368 01:21:52,480 --> 01:21:57,235 I can see his point. We're not a rich family like Charlie's. I mean-- 1369 01:21:57,360 --> 01:22:00,272 But he's planning the rest of my life for me. 1370 01:22:00,400 --> 01:22:02,675 And he-he's never asked me what I want. 1371 01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:05,553 Have you ever told your father what you just told me ? 1372 01:22:05,640 --> 01:22:08,200 About your passion for acting ? Have you showed him that ? 1373 01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:11,278 - I can't. - Why not ? 1374 01:22:11,360 --> 01:22:13,191 I can't talk to him this way. 1375 01:22:13,280 --> 01:22:15,794 Then you're acting for him too. 1376 01:22:15,920 --> 01:22:18,992 You're playing the part of the dutiful son. 1377 01:22:19,080 --> 01:22:20,911 I know this sounds impossible, but you have to talk to him. 1378 01:22:21,000 --> 01:22:23,594 You have to show him who you are, what your heart is. 1379 01:22:23,680 --> 01:22:26,035 I know what he'll say. 1380 01:22:26,160 --> 01:22:28,549 He'll tell me that acting's a whim and I should forget it. 1381 01:22:28,640 --> 01:22:30,995 [ Sniffling ] They're counting on me. 1382 01:22:31,120 --> 01:22:34,317 He'll just tell me to put it out of my mind for my own good. 1383 01:22:34,400 --> 01:22:36,118 You are not an indentured servant. 1384 01:22:36,240 --> 01:22:40,756 It's not a whim for you. You prove it to him by your conviction and your passion. 1385 01:22:40,840 --> 01:22:43,149 You show him that, and if he still doesn't believe you-- 1386 01:22:43,240 --> 01:22:46,118 Well, by then, you'll be out of school, and you can do anything you want. 1387 01:22:48,280 --> 01:22:52,159 No. [ Sniffling ] 1388 01:22:52,280 --> 01:22:54,350 What about the play ? The show's tomorrow night. 1389 01:22:54,440 --> 01:22:57,398 Then you have to talk to him before tomorrow night. 1390 01:22:59,840 --> 01:23:01,717 I-- [ Sighs ] 1391 01:23:01,800 --> 01:23:03,870 - Isn't there an easier way ? - No. 1392 01:23:07,880 --> 01:23:11,509 [ Chuckles ] I'm trapped. 1393 01:23:11,640 --> 01:23:14,029 No, you're not. 1394 01:23:27,800 --> 01:23:30,553 [ All Chattering ] 1395 01:23:30,680 --> 01:23:33,433 [ Chattering Continues ] 1396 01:23:36,160 --> 01:23:37,957 Chris ! 1397 01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:42,194 Chris ! Chris Noel. Do you know where she is ? 1398 01:23:42,320 --> 01:23:44,754 - Um, I think she's in Room 111. - Thanks. 1399 01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:49,757 I know. 1400 01:23:55,520 --> 01:23:57,397 Excuse me. Chris-- 1401 01:23:57,480 --> 01:23:59,277 Knox, what are you doing here ? 1402 01:23:59,360 --> 01:24:01,191 I came to apologize for the other night. 1403 01:24:01,280 --> 01:24:03,191 I brought you these and a poem I wrote for you. 1404 01:24:06,720 --> 01:24:09,234 Knox, don't you know that if Chet finds you here, he'll kill you ? 1405 01:24:09,320 --> 01:24:12,995 - I don't care. I love you, Chris. - Knox, you're crazy. 1406 01:24:13,120 --> 01:24:15,634 Look, I acted like a jerk, and I know it. 1407 01:24:15,720 --> 01:24:19,235 - Please accept these. Please. - No. No, l-l can't. 1408 01:24:19,360 --> 01:24:21,396 Just forget it. 1409 01:24:21,480 --> 01:24:24,040 [ Bell Rings ] 1410 01:24:24,160 --> 01:24:25,957 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 1411 01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:36,114 [ All Chattering ] 1412 01:24:36,200 --> 01:24:39,158 - Knox, I don't believe this. - All I'm asking you to do is listen. 1413 01:24:40,760 --> 01:24:44,912 [ Knox Reading ] "The heavens made a girl named Chris... 1414 01:24:45,040 --> 01:24:46,837 "with hair and skin of gold. 1415 01:24:46,960 --> 01:24:48,791 - [ Chattering Stops ] - [ Knox ] "To touch her... 1416 01:24:48,920 --> 01:24:51,992 - [ Boy Snickers ] - [ Sighs ] - would be paradise." 1417 01:25:03,680 --> 01:25:06,717 - [ Bell Ringing ] - [ Boys Chattering ] 1418 01:25:06,840 --> 01:25:08,159 [ Belch ] 1419 01:25:08,280 --> 01:25:10,589 [ Charlie ] Get out of here. Cameron, you fool. 1420 01:25:10,720 --> 01:25:13,632 Hey, how'd it go ? Did you read it to her ? 1421 01:25:13,760 --> 01:25:17,799 - Yeah. - [ Laughing ] Wow. What'd she say ? 1422 01:25:17,920 --> 01:25:20,878 - Nothing. - What do you mean, nothing ? 1423 01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:24,157 Nothing. But I did it. 1424 01:25:24,280 --> 01:25:27,795 [ Charlie ] Well, what did she say ? She had to say something ! 1425 01:25:27,880 --> 01:25:30,838 - [ Pitts ] Hey, Knox ! - [ Knox Whooping ] Seize the day ! 1426 01:25:39,720 --> 01:25:42,598 - Did you talk to your father ? - Uh, yeah. 1427 01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:46,190 He didn't like it one bit, but at least he's letting me stay in the play. 1428 01:25:46,280 --> 01:25:50,353 He won't be able to m-make it. He's in Chicago. 1429 01:25:50,440 --> 01:25:53,273 But, uh, I think he's gonna let me stay with acting. 1430 01:25:53,400 --> 01:25:57,439 Really ? You told him what you told me ? 1431 01:25:57,560 --> 01:26:00,154 Yeah. [ Chuckles ] 1432 01:26:00,280 --> 01:26:02,157 He wasn't happy. 1433 01:26:02,240 --> 01:26:06,233 But he'll be gone at least four days. 1434 01:26:06,360 --> 01:26:10,592 I don't think he'll make the show, but... 1435 01:26:10,720 --> 01:26:12,756 I think he'll let me stay with it. 1436 01:26:12,880 --> 01:26:14,677 "Keep up the schoolwork." [ Chuckles ] 1437 01:26:17,880 --> 01:26:22,795 Thanks. [ Gathers Books, Exits ] 1438 01:26:23,920 --> 01:26:26,798 - Oh, baby. - Beautiful baby. 1439 01:26:26,880 --> 01:26:28,711 - I am-- - Excuse me. 1440 01:26:28,800 --> 01:26:32,190 - Just a moment. Yes. You're so good. - [ Laughing ] 1441 01:26:32,320 --> 01:26:34,117 Come on, Todd. I'm trying to fix this. 1442 01:26:34,240 --> 01:26:36,435 Come on, Nuwanda, we're going to miss Neil's entrance. 1443 01:26:36,520 --> 01:26:39,080 He said something about getting red before we left. 1444 01:26:39,200 --> 01:26:42,237 - "Getting red" ? What does that mean ? - I-- You know Charlie. 1445 01:26:45,600 --> 01:26:48,558 [ Meeks ] So, Charlie, what's this "getting red" bit ? 1446 01:26:50,240 --> 01:26:52,595 - Ooh. [ Laughs ] - Ooh. [ Laughs ] 1447 01:26:52,720 --> 01:26:54,790 [ Laughing ] W-What is that ? 1448 01:26:54,880 --> 01:26:58,350 It's an lndian warrior symbol for virility. 1449 01:26:58,440 --> 01:27:01,876 Makes me feel potent, like I can drive girls crazy. 1450 01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:04,275 [ Knox ] Oh, come on, Charlie. The girls are waiting. 1451 01:27:04,480 --> 01:27:06,630 [ Boys Chattering, Whistling ] 1452 01:27:06,720 --> 01:27:08,597 Whoa. 1453 01:27:08,720 --> 01:27:10,517 %% [ Whistling ] 1454 01:27:10,640 --> 01:27:12,551 %% [ Wolf Whistle ] 1455 01:27:12,640 --> 01:27:15,632 Chris. 1456 01:27:17,200 --> 01:27:18,519 What are you doing here ? 1457 01:27:18,640 --> 01:27:21,837 - [ Keating ] Gentlemen, let's go ! - Go ahead, guys. I'll catch up. 1458 01:27:21,920 --> 01:27:24,275 Yeah. Come on, guys. 1459 01:27:24,360 --> 01:27:26,191 [ Knox ] Chris, you can't be in here. 1460 01:27:26,280 --> 01:27:28,157 - If they catch you, we're both gonna be in big trouble. - Come on. 1461 01:27:28,280 --> 01:27:30,669 - Oh, but it's fine if-- - Shh, shh. Chris. 1462 01:27:32,800 --> 01:27:36,429 It's fine for you to come barging into my school and make a fool out of me ? 1463 01:27:36,520 --> 01:27:38,351 I didn't mean to make a fool out of you. 1464 01:27:38,440 --> 01:27:40,715 Well, you did. Chet found out. 1465 01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:44,759 It took everything I could do to keep him from coming here and killing you. 1466 01:27:44,880 --> 01:27:49,237 - Knox, you have got to stop this stuff. - I can't, Chris. I love you. 1467 01:27:49,360 --> 01:27:52,352 Knox, you say that over and over. 1468 01:27:52,480 --> 01:27:54,311 You don't-- You don't even know me. 1469 01:27:54,400 --> 01:27:56,470 [ Keating ] Will you be joining us, Mr Overstreet ? 1470 01:27:56,600 --> 01:27:58,352 - [ Knox ] Go ahead, Captain. I'll walk. - [ Starts Engine ] 1471 01:27:58,440 --> 01:28:01,557 Knox. Knox, i-it just so happens... 1472 01:28:01,640 --> 01:28:05,030 that I could care less about you. 1473 01:28:07,880 --> 01:28:10,519 Then you wouldn't be here warning me about Chet. 1474 01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:17,519 I have to go. I'm gonna be late for the play. 1475 01:28:17,600 --> 01:28:20,478 - Are you going with him ? - [ Laughs ] Chet ? To a play ? 1476 01:28:20,600 --> 01:28:22,397 - Are you kidding ? - Then come with me. 1477 01:28:22,520 --> 01:28:24,351 Knox, you are so infuriating ! 1478 01:28:24,480 --> 01:28:26,789 Come on, Chris, just give me one chance. 1479 01:28:26,880 --> 01:28:29,474 If you don't like me after tonight, I'll stay away forever. 1480 01:28:29,600 --> 01:28:32,592 - Uh-huh. - I promise. Dead Poets honour. 1481 01:28:32,680 --> 01:28:34,113 You come with me tonight, 1482 01:28:34,240 --> 01:28:36,595 and then if you don't want to see me again, I swear I'll bow out. 1483 01:28:36,680 --> 01:28:40,912 - What would happen if Chet found out? - He won't know anything. 1484 01:28:41,040 --> 01:28:43,998 We'll sit in the back and sneak away as soon as it's over. 1485 01:28:44,120 --> 01:28:47,590 And I suppose you would promise that this would be the end of it ? 1486 01:28:47,680 --> 01:28:50,638 - Dead Poets honour. - What is that ? 1487 01:28:52,920 --> 01:28:55,992 - My word. - Hmm. 1488 01:29:06,080 --> 01:29:08,913 You are so infuriating. 1489 01:29:18,880 --> 01:29:20,677 [ Laughing ] 1490 01:29:29,640 --> 01:29:31,756 [ Whispering ] Hey, there he is ! Hey, hey, hey, hey ! 1491 01:29:31,840 --> 01:29:34,673 [ Keating ] Shh, boys. 1492 01:29:41,040 --> 01:29:45,158 Either I mistake your shape and making quite... 1493 01:29:45,280 --> 01:29:50,354 or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite called Robin Goodfellow ! 1494 01:29:50,480 --> 01:29:52,277 Thou speak'st aright. 1495 01:29:52,400 --> 01:29:54,470 I am that merry wanderer of the night. 1496 01:29:54,560 --> 01:29:57,233 I jest to Oberon and make him smile... 1497 01:29:57,360 --> 01:30:00,909 when I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile. [ Snorts ] 1498 01:30:01,000 --> 01:30:03,958 [ Whinnies ] Neighing in the likeness of a filly foal. 1499 01:30:04,040 --> 01:30:06,554 Sometime lurk I in a gossip's bowl... 1500 01:30:06,680 --> 01:30:09,148 in very likeness of a roasted crab. 1501 01:30:09,280 --> 01:30:12,113 And when she drink, against her lips I bob... 1502 01:30:12,240 --> 01:30:14,674 and on her withered dewlap pour the ale. 1503 01:30:14,800 --> 01:30:16,756 - The wisest aunt telling the saddest tale. - He's good. He's really good. 1504 01:30:16,880 --> 01:30:20,350 Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me. 1505 01:30:20,480 --> 01:30:23,950 Then slip I from her bum, down topples she and "Tailor" cries... 1506 01:30:24,080 --> 01:30:25,877 and falls into a cough. 1507 01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:28,673 And then the whole quire hold their hips and laugh... 1508 01:30:28,800 --> 01:30:30,950 and waxen in their mirth nee-e-e-eze... 1509 01:30:31,040 --> 01:30:32,951 - [ All Laughing ] - and swear. 1510 01:30:33,080 --> 01:30:36,038 A merrier hour was never wasted there. 1511 01:30:36,160 --> 01:30:38,310 But, room, fairy. 1512 01:30:38,400 --> 01:30:42,439 - Here comes Oberon. - And here, my mistress. Would that he were gone. 1513 01:30:46,960 --> 01:30:49,190 [ Lysander ] Then by your side, no bed-room me deny. 1514 01:30:49,280 --> 01:30:52,113 For lying so, Hermia, I do not lie. 1515 01:30:52,240 --> 01:30:56,119 [ Hermia ] Lysander riddles very prettily. Much beshrew my manners... 1516 01:30:56,200 --> 01:30:59,158 and my pride if Hermia meant to say Lysander lied. 1517 01:30:59,280 --> 01:31:02,192 But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy... 1518 01:31:02,280 --> 01:31:05,238 Iie further off; in human modesty, 1519 01:31:05,360 --> 01:31:08,591 such separation as may well be said becomes a virtuous bachelor and maid. 1520 01:31:08,680 --> 01:31:12,593 Good night, sweet friend. Thy love ne'er alter 'til thy sweet life end. 1521 01:31:12,680 --> 01:31:16,275 [ Lysander ] Amen. Amen to that fair prayer, say l. 1522 01:31:16,400 --> 01:31:18,789 - And then end life when I end loyalty. - [ Girl ] Neil. That's your cue, Neil. 1523 01:31:18,880 --> 01:31:21,872 Come on, Neil. Here's your crown. Let's go. 1524 01:32:25,160 --> 01:32:27,515 If we shadows have offended... 1525 01:32:29,160 --> 01:32:31,594 think but this and all is mended. 1526 01:32:31,680 --> 01:32:35,195 That you have but slumber'd here while these visions did appear. 1527 01:32:35,320 --> 01:32:39,438 And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream. 1528 01:32:40,600 --> 01:32:43,160 Gentles, do not reprehend. 1529 01:32:43,280 --> 01:32:46,317 If you pardon, we will mend. 1530 01:32:46,400 --> 01:32:49,870 And as I am an honest Puck, if we have unearned luck, 1531 01:32:49,960 --> 01:32:52,235 now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, 1532 01:32:52,320 --> 01:32:56,598 we will make amends ere long; else the Puck a liar call. 1533 01:32:59,400 --> 01:33:01,311 So, good night unto you all. 1534 01:33:01,440 --> 01:33:04,432 Give me your hands if we be friends, 1535 01:33:04,560 --> 01:33:08,269 and Robin shall restore amends. 1536 01:33:13,240 --> 01:33:15,629 - [ Audience Applauding ] - [ Chattering ] 1537 01:33:15,720 --> 01:33:18,678 [ Applause Continues ] 1538 01:33:20,400 --> 01:33:25,554 [ Audience Whistling, Cheering ] 1539 01:33:29,600 --> 01:33:34,071 [ Audience Continues Cheering ] 1540 01:33:36,120 --> 01:33:39,829 [ Audience Cheering, Whistling, Louder ] 1541 01:33:39,960 --> 01:33:42,349 [ Welton Boys ] Yawp ! Carpe diem ! 1542 01:33:49,200 --> 01:33:54,354 [ Sighs, Laughs ] 1543 01:33:54,440 --> 01:33:56,271 [ Yelling ] 1544 01:33:56,360 --> 01:34:00,433 [ Actors Chattering ] 1545 01:34:00,520 --> 01:34:02,511 [ Whooping ] 1546 01:34:02,640 --> 01:34:04,870 - [ Crowd Chattering ] - [ Girl ] That was great ! 1547 01:34:04,960 --> 01:34:08,396 Excuse me. I'm Neil's father. I'd like to see him, please. 1548 01:34:08,480 --> 01:34:12,155 [ All Chattering ] 1549 01:34:12,280 --> 01:34:16,319 - Neil, your father. - [ Chattering Continues ] 1550 01:34:16,440 --> 01:34:22,037 - [ Boy ] What did you think ? - You were all just wonderful ! 1551 01:34:22,160 --> 01:34:25,232 [ Crowd Chattering, Laughing ] 1552 01:34:25,360 --> 01:34:29,239 [ Chattering, Laughing Continues ] 1553 01:34:34,480 --> 01:34:36,277 - [ Crowd Chattering ] - [ Mr Perry ] Excuse me, please. 1554 01:34:36,400 --> 01:34:40,075 - Excuse me. Excuse me. - [ Boys ] Neil ! Back here ! Neil ! 1555 01:34:40,160 --> 01:34:43,038 Neil, Neil, you were great ! Come back, Neil. 1556 01:34:43,160 --> 01:34:44,957 - I can't, guys. - Neil. 1557 01:34:45,080 --> 01:34:46,877 [ Mr Perry ] Excuse me. 1558 01:34:48,040 --> 01:34:51,157 Neil. Neil. You have the gift. 1559 01:34:51,240 --> 01:34:53,515 What a performance. You left even me speechless. 1560 01:34:53,600 --> 01:34:55,795 - You have to stay with-- - Get in the car. 1561 01:34:55,880 --> 01:34:59,316 Keating, you stay away from my son. 1562 01:34:59,440 --> 01:35:03,274 Neil ! Neil ! Mr Perry, come on ! 1563 01:35:03,360 --> 01:35:05,954 [ Keating ] Don't make it any worse than it is. 1564 01:35:06,080 --> 01:35:09,709 [ Woman Chattering ] Do you want to take the other car ? 1565 01:35:09,800 --> 01:35:12,109 [ Chattering Continues ] 1566 01:35:12,240 --> 01:35:14,993 [ Car Departs ] 1567 01:35:15,120 --> 01:35:17,873 [ Chattering Continues ] 1568 01:35:18,000 --> 01:35:20,195 Is it okay if we walk back ? 1569 01:35:20,320 --> 01:35:23,073 Captain ? 1570 01:35:25,760 --> 01:35:28,035 - [ Charlie ] Knox ? - What ? 1571 01:35:28,160 --> 01:35:30,594 We'll be home about 11:30. 1572 01:35:48,160 --> 01:35:50,435 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 1573 01:36:06,800 --> 01:36:09,394 [ Clears Throat ] We're trying very hard... 1574 01:36:09,480 --> 01:36:13,758 to understand why it is that you insist on defying us. 1575 01:36:13,880 --> 01:36:19,113 But whatever the reason, we're not gonna let you ruin your life. 1576 01:36:19,200 --> 01:36:22,715 I'm withdrawing you from Welton and enrolling you in Braden Military School. 1577 01:36:22,840 --> 01:36:25,798 You're going to Harvard, and you're gonna be a doctor. 1578 01:36:28,800 --> 01:36:30,597 But that's ten more years. 1579 01:36:30,720 --> 01:36:32,631 - Father, that's a lifetime ! - Oh, stop it ! 1580 01:36:32,760 --> 01:36:36,753 Don't be so dramatic. You make it sound like a prison term. 1581 01:36:37,920 --> 01:36:39,751 You don't understand, Neil. 1582 01:36:39,840 --> 01:36:42,638 You have opportunities that I never even dreamt of ! 1583 01:36:42,720 --> 01:36:45,553 - I am not going to let you waste them ! - I've got to tell you what I feel. 1584 01:36:45,680 --> 01:36:48,592 - We've been so worried about-- - What ? What ? Tell me what you feel ! 1585 01:36:50,800 --> 01:36:52,597 What is it ? 1586 01:37:01,080 --> 01:37:04,868 Is it more of this-this acting business ? 1587 01:37:04,960 --> 01:37:08,270 Because you can forget that. 1588 01:37:08,400 --> 01:37:10,789 What ? 1589 01:37:15,320 --> 01:37:17,834 Nothing. 1590 01:37:28,720 --> 01:37:32,395 [ Sighs ] Nothing ? 1591 01:37:34,680 --> 01:37:37,035 Well, then, let's go to bed. 1592 01:37:49,960 --> 01:37:55,318 [ Softly ] I was good. I was really good. 1593 01:37:59,520 --> 01:38:01,795 Go on, get some sleep. 1594 01:38:32,080 --> 01:38:36,471 - [ Mrs Perry Sobbing ] - It's going to be all right. 1595 01:41:40,880 --> 01:41:43,952 [ Gasping ] What was that ? 1596 01:41:44,040 --> 01:41:46,759 [ Mrs Perry ] What ? 1597 01:41:46,880 --> 01:41:50,668 - That sound. - What sound ? 1598 01:41:56,920 --> 01:41:58,717 Tom ? 1599 01:42:02,240 --> 01:42:04,037 What is it ? 1600 01:42:05,520 --> 01:42:07,317 What's wrong ? 1601 01:42:16,840 --> 01:42:19,035 Neil ? 1602 01:42:24,440 --> 01:42:27,557 Tom, what is it ? 1603 01:42:27,680 --> 01:42:29,989 What's wrong ? 1604 01:42:32,080 --> 01:42:34,036 Neil ? 1605 01:42:38,960 --> 01:42:42,794 - Neil ? - [ Mrs Perry ] I'll look outside. 1606 01:42:42,880 --> 01:42:44,711 Neil ? 1607 01:42:49,360 --> 01:42:51,157 [ Sniffs ] 1608 01:43:01,760 --> 01:43:06,038 No ! 1609 01:43:06,160 --> 01:43:10,278 - Oh, Neil ! Oh, my God ! - Oh, my God. Oh, no, no. 1610 01:43:10,400 --> 01:43:13,039 - Oh, my son ! My son ! My poor son ! - He's all right. 1611 01:43:13,120 --> 01:43:17,432 - [ Repeating, Hysterically ] He's all right ! - Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. 1612 01:43:17,560 --> 01:43:23,032 - Stop it ! Stop it. - [ Sobbing ] 1613 01:43:27,360 --> 01:43:30,989 Todd. Todd. 1614 01:43:31,080 --> 01:43:33,833 Oh, Charlie. 1615 01:43:39,600 --> 01:43:42,956 What is it ? 1616 01:43:49,880 --> 01:43:52,792 [ Softly ] Neil's dead. 1617 01:44:28,560 --> 01:44:30,471 It's so beautiful. 1618 01:44:41,200 --> 01:44:43,668 - [ Todd Vomiting ] - Todd ! 1619 01:44:43,760 --> 01:44:45,239 - It's okay, Todd. - [ Pitts ] Calm down. 1620 01:44:45,320 --> 01:44:47,151 - It's all right, Todd. - [ Sobbing ] 1621 01:44:47,240 --> 01:44:49,071 - Todd, it's okay. - It's okay, Todd. 1622 01:44:49,160 --> 01:44:52,675 - [ Continues Sobbing ] - It's all right. It's all right. 1623 01:44:52,800 --> 01:44:54,518 - [ Crying ] He wouldn't have done it. - You can't explain it, Todd. 1624 01:44:54,600 --> 01:44:55,669 - [ Todd ] It was his father ! - No ! 1625 01:44:55,800 --> 01:44:58,439 He wouldn't have left us. It's because he-- 1626 01:44:58,560 --> 01:44:59,993 He wouldn't have. [ Sobbing ] 1627 01:45:00,120 --> 01:45:01,394 - His dad was-- - Todd. 1628 01:45:01,480 --> 01:45:03,471 His-His father did it. His father killed him. 1629 01:45:03,560 --> 01:45:05,391 [ Blubbering ] He made him do it. 1630 01:45:06,480 --> 01:45:08,357 - [ Continues Sobbing ] - Todd ! 1631 01:45:08,480 --> 01:45:10,710 Leave him be. 1632 01:45:12,840 --> 01:45:14,990 [ Screams ] 1633 01:46:54,320 --> 01:46:58,711 [ Crying ] 1634 01:47:00,880 --> 01:47:04,919 [ Inhales, Sighs ] 1635 01:47:05,000 --> 01:47:07,195 [ Boys Singing ] % ...All my life % 1636 01:47:07,280 --> 01:47:09,748 % Shall surely % 1637 01:47:09,840 --> 01:47:14,868 % Follow me % 1638 01:47:14,960 --> 01:47:19,192 % And in God's house % 1639 01:47:19,280 --> 01:47:23,193 % Forevermore % 1640 01:47:23,280 --> 01:47:27,512 % My dwelling place % 1641 01:47:27,600 --> 01:47:31,673 % Shall be % 1642 01:47:31,760 --> 01:47:37,278 % Amen %% 1643 01:47:43,240 --> 01:47:45,834 [ Nolan ] The death of Neil Perry is a tragedy. 1644 01:47:49,320 --> 01:47:52,710 He was a fine student, 1645 01:47:52,840 --> 01:47:56,549 one of Welton's best. 1646 01:47:56,680 --> 01:47:59,274 And he will be missed. 1647 01:48:02,920 --> 01:48:07,436 We've contacted each of your parents to explain the situation. 1648 01:48:07,560 --> 01:48:10,791 Naturally, they're all quite concerned. 1649 01:48:15,720 --> 01:48:18,792 At the request of Neil's family, 1650 01:48:18,920 --> 01:48:24,233 I intend to conduct a thorough inquiry into this matter. 1651 01:48:25,640 --> 01:48:29,599 Your complete cooperation is expected. 1652 01:48:33,800 --> 01:48:38,316 [ Opens, Flicks, Closes Lighter ] 1653 01:48:38,440 --> 01:48:41,432 - You told him about this meeting ? - Twice. 1654 01:48:41,560 --> 01:48:43,676 That's it, guys. We're all fried. 1655 01:48:43,800 --> 01:48:46,553 - [ Pitts ] How do you mean ? - Cameron's a fink. 1656 01:48:46,680 --> 01:48:49,797 - He's in Nolan's office now, finking. - About what ? 1657 01:48:49,920 --> 01:48:52,798 The club, Pittsie. Think about it. 1658 01:48:52,920 --> 01:48:56,469 The board of directors, the trustees and Mr Nolan. 1659 01:48:56,600 --> 01:48:59,990 Do you think for one moment they're gonna let this thing just blow over ? 1660 01:49:00,120 --> 01:49:04,591 Schools go down because of things like this. They need a scapegoat. 1661 01:49:07,320 --> 01:49:10,073 [ Door Opening ] 1662 01:49:11,960 --> 01:49:16,112 [ Door Creaks Closed, Footsteps Approaching ] 1663 01:49:16,200 --> 01:49:19,192 [ Footsteps Continue ] 1664 01:49:19,320 --> 01:49:21,356 What's going on, guys ? 1665 01:49:22,680 --> 01:49:24,830 You finked, didn't you, Cameron ? 1666 01:49:24,960 --> 01:49:26,996 "Finked" ? I don't know what the hell you're talking about. 1667 01:49:27,080 --> 01:49:30,197 You told Nolan everything about the club is what I'm talking about. 1668 01:49:30,280 --> 01:49:32,111 Look, in case you hadn't heard, Dalton, there's something... 1669 01:49:32,200 --> 01:49:34,555 called an honour code at this school, all right ? 1670 01:49:34,680 --> 01:49:38,195 If a teacher asks you a question, you tell the truth or you're expelled. 1671 01:49:38,280 --> 01:49:39,838 - You-- - Charlie ! 1672 01:49:39,960 --> 01:49:44,112 He's a rat ! He's in it up to his eyes, so he ratted to save himself ! 1673 01:49:44,200 --> 01:49:46,509 - [ Knox ] Don't touch him, Charlie. You do and you're out. - I'm out anyway ! 1674 01:49:46,600 --> 01:49:49,398 - You don't know that. Not yet ! - He's right there, Charlie. 1675 01:49:49,480 --> 01:49:53,473 And if you guys are smart, you will do exactly what I did and cooperate. 1676 01:49:53,600 --> 01:49:58,230 They're not after us. We're the victims. 1677 01:49:58,320 --> 01:50:00,834 Us and Neil. 1678 01:50:00,960 --> 01:50:03,190 What's that mean ? Who are they after ? 1679 01:50:03,280 --> 01:50:06,511 Why, Mr Keating, of course. The "Captain" himself ! 1680 01:50:06,600 --> 01:50:10,195 You guys didn't really think he could avoid responsibility, did you ? 1681 01:50:10,280 --> 01:50:13,875 Mr Keating responsible for Neil ? ls that what they're saying ? 1682 01:50:13,960 --> 01:50:18,511 Well, who else do you think, dumb ass ? The administration ? Mr Perry ? 1683 01:50:18,600 --> 01:50:21,160 Mr Keating put us up to all this crap, didn't he ? 1684 01:50:21,280 --> 01:50:23,669 If it wasn't for Mr Keating, Neil would be... 1685 01:50:23,800 --> 01:50:26,075 cozied up in his room right now, studying his chemistry... 1686 01:50:26,160 --> 01:50:28,151 - and dreaming of being called "Doctor"! - That is not true, Cameron ! 1687 01:50:28,240 --> 01:50:30,674 You know that ! He didn't put us up to anything. 1688 01:50:30,760 --> 01:50:33,115 - [ Panting ] Neil loved acting. - Believe what you want, 1689 01:50:33,240 --> 01:50:35,800 but I say let Keating fry. 1690 01:50:35,880 --> 01:50:39,350 I mean, why ruin our lives ? 1691 01:50:39,440 --> 01:50:43,069 - [ Cameron Grunts ] - [ Knox Muttering ] 1692 01:50:44,560 --> 01:50:48,189 [ Panting ] 1693 01:50:48,320 --> 01:50:51,392 You just signed your expulsion papers, Nuwanda. 1694 01:50:54,080 --> 01:50:58,198 And if the rest of you are smart, you'll do exactly what I did ! 1695 01:50:59,520 --> 01:51:02,398 They know everything anyway. 1696 01:51:02,480 --> 01:51:06,029 [ Panting ] You can't save Keating, 1697 01:51:07,560 --> 01:51:09,596 but you can save yourselves. 1698 01:51:12,880 --> 01:51:15,314 [ Footsteps Departing ] 1699 01:51:15,400 --> 01:51:19,234 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 1700 01:51:41,360 --> 01:51:43,828 [ Hager ] Knox Overstreet. 1701 01:52:09,200 --> 01:52:12,192 - Meeks. - Go away. I have to study. 1702 01:52:13,840 --> 01:52:15,990 What happened to Nuwanda ? 1703 01:52:16,080 --> 01:52:17,911 Expelled. 1704 01:52:20,560 --> 01:52:22,551 What'd you tell 'em ? 1705 01:52:22,640 --> 01:52:25,438 Nothing they didn't already know. 1706 01:52:26,960 --> 01:52:29,269 [ Hager ] Todd Anderson. 1707 01:52:49,640 --> 01:52:52,473 - Hello, son. - Hello, darling. 1708 01:52:54,120 --> 01:52:55,917 [ Softly ] Mom. 1709 01:53:01,320 --> 01:53:03,595 Have a seat, Mr Anderson. 1710 01:53:09,480 --> 01:53:12,870 Mr Anderson, I think we've pretty well put together what's happened here. 1711 01:53:13,000 --> 01:53:17,676 You do admit to being a part of this Dead Poets Society ? 1712 01:53:20,680 --> 01:53:23,399 Answer him, Todd. 1713 01:53:24,840 --> 01:53:26,671 [ Softly ] Yes, sir. 1714 01:53:28,200 --> 01:53:31,112 I have here a detailed description... 1715 01:53:31,240 --> 01:53:33,515 of what occurred at your meetings. 1716 01:53:33,640 --> 01:53:35,437 It describes how your teacher, Mr Keating, 1717 01:53:35,560 --> 01:53:37,391 encouraged you boys to organize this club... 1718 01:53:37,480 --> 01:53:40,552 and to use it as a source of inspiration... 1719 01:53:40,680 --> 01:53:43,114 for reckless and self-indulgent behaviour. 1720 01:53:43,240 --> 01:53:47,995 It describes how Mr Keating, both in and out of the classroom, 1721 01:53:48,120 --> 01:53:51,908 encouraged Neil Perry to follow his obsession with acting... 1722 01:53:52,040 --> 01:53:54,759 when he knew all along it was against the explicit orders... 1723 01:53:54,880 --> 01:53:57,269 of Neil's parents. 1724 01:53:57,360 --> 01:54:01,114 It was Mr Keating's blatant abuse of his position as teacher... 1725 01:54:01,200 --> 01:54:04,237 that led directly to Neil Perry's death. 1726 01:54:14,280 --> 01:54:16,430 Read that document carefully, Todd. 1727 01:54:18,280 --> 01:54:20,635 Very carefully. 1728 01:54:26,040 --> 01:54:29,077 If you've nothing to add or amend, sign it. 1729 01:54:29,160 --> 01:54:31,674 What's gonna happen to Mr Keating ? 1730 01:54:31,800 --> 01:54:36,157 [ Mr Anderson Sighs ] I've had enough. Sign the paper, Todd ! 1731 01:54:40,280 --> 01:54:44,319 [ McAllister ] Grass is gramen or herba. 1732 01:54:44,440 --> 01:54:46,556 Lapis is stone. 1733 01:54:46,640 --> 01:54:50,553 The entire building is aedificium. 1734 01:55:02,280 --> 01:55:04,157 [ Chuckles Softly ] 1735 01:55:17,720 --> 01:55:22,236 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 1736 01:55:25,480 --> 01:55:27,630 Sit. 1737 01:55:28,840 --> 01:55:30,831 I'll be teaching this class through exams. 1738 01:55:30,920 --> 01:55:34,515 We'll find a permanent English teacher during the break. 1739 01:55:36,200 --> 01:55:40,273 Who will tell me where you are in the Pritchard textbook ? 1740 01:55:45,000 --> 01:55:46,877 Mr Anderson ? 1741 01:55:49,160 --> 01:55:52,118 - Uh, in the, in the Prit-- - I can't hear you, Mr Anderson. 1742 01:55:52,200 --> 01:55:55,670 [ Stammering ] ln the, in the, in the Pritchard-- 1743 01:55:55,760 --> 01:55:58,354 Kindly inform me, Mr Cameron. 1744 01:55:58,440 --> 01:56:00,271 We skipped around a lot, sir. 1745 01:56:00,360 --> 01:56:04,148 We covered the romantics and some of the chapters on post-Civil War literature. 1746 01:56:04,280 --> 01:56:09,434 - What about the realists ? - We skipped most of that, sir. 1747 01:56:09,520 --> 01:56:12,159 All right, then, we'll start over. 1748 01:56:14,320 --> 01:56:17,357 What is poetry ? 1749 01:56:19,240 --> 01:56:22,596 - [ Knocking ] - Come ! 1750 01:56:25,280 --> 01:56:28,955 Excuse me. [ Closes Door ] 1751 01:56:29,080 --> 01:56:31,548 I came for my personals. 1752 01:56:31,680 --> 01:56:33,796 Should I come back after class ? 1753 01:56:33,920 --> 01:56:35,876 Get them now, Mr Keating. 1754 01:56:38,200 --> 01:56:41,954 Gentlemen, turn to page 21 of the introduction. 1755 01:56:42,080 --> 01:56:44,594 Mr Cameron, 1756 01:56:44,680 --> 01:56:49,754 read aloud the excellent essay by Dr Pritchard... 1757 01:56:49,880 --> 01:56:52,235 on "Understanding Poetry." 1758 01:56:53,920 --> 01:56:55,990 That page has been ripped out, sir. 1759 01:56:56,080 --> 01:56:58,230 Well, borrow somebody else's book. 1760 01:56:58,360 --> 01:57:00,271 They're all ripped out, sir. 1761 01:57:00,360 --> 01:57:03,557 [ Nolan Chuckling ] What do you mean, "They're all ripped out" ? 1762 01:57:03,680 --> 01:57:06,911 - Sir, we-- Ac-- - [ Nolan ] Never mind. 1763 01:57:10,400 --> 01:57:12,277 [ Slaps Book ] Read. 1764 01:57:15,400 --> 01:57:19,518 [ Cameron ] "'Understanding Poetry' by Dr J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D. 1765 01:57:19,600 --> 01:57:21,591 "To fully understand poetry, we must first be fluent... 1766 01:57:21,680 --> 01:57:24,148 "with its metre, rhyme and figures of speech. 1767 01:57:24,240 --> 01:57:26,071 "Then ask two questions. One: 1768 01:57:26,160 --> 01:57:29,550 "How artfully has the objective of the poem been rendered ? 1769 01:57:29,640 --> 01:57:31,710 "And, two: 1770 01:57:31,840 --> 01:57:35,355 "How important is that objective ? 1771 01:57:35,440 --> 01:57:36,953 "Question one rates the poem's perfection. 1772 01:57:37,040 --> 01:57:38,871 "Question two rates its importance. 1773 01:57:38,960 --> 01:57:40,791 "And once these questions have been answered, 1774 01:57:40,880 --> 01:57:44,316 "determining a poem's greatness becomes a relatively simple matter. 1775 01:57:44,400 --> 01:57:47,358 If the poem's score for perfection is plotted on the horizontal of a graph--" 1776 01:57:47,440 --> 01:57:49,590 - Mr Keating ! They made everybody sign it. - Quiet, Mr Anderson ! 1777 01:57:49,720 --> 01:57:52,029 - You've got to believe me. It's true. - I do believe you, Todd. 1778 01:57:52,160 --> 01:57:54,071 - Leave, Mr Keating. - But it wasn't his fault ! 1779 01:57:54,160 --> 01:57:57,755 Sit down, Mr Anderson ! One more outburst from you or anyone else, 1780 01:57:57,840 --> 01:57:59,671 and you're out of this school ! 1781 01:57:59,760 --> 01:58:01,591 Leave, Mr Keating. 1782 01:58:03,040 --> 01:58:06,157 I said, "Leave, Mr Keating." 1783 01:58:20,760 --> 01:58:25,038 - Oh, Captain, my Captain. - [ Nolan ] Sit down, Mr Anderson. 1784 01:58:26,960 --> 01:58:29,315 Do you hear me ? Sit down ! 1785 01:58:29,440 --> 01:58:32,000 Sit down ! 1786 01:58:33,520 --> 01:58:36,876 This is your final warning, Anderson. 1787 01:58:37,000 --> 01:58:41,039 How dare you. Do you hear me ? 1788 01:58:41,160 --> 01:58:43,515 Oh, Captain, my Captain. 1789 01:58:44,880 --> 01:58:46,233 Mr Overstreet, I warn you ! 1790 01:58:46,360 --> 01:58:48,237 Sit down ! 1791 01:58:50,440 --> 01:58:52,749 Sit down ! 1792 01:58:52,840 --> 01:58:56,276 Sit down ! All of you ! I want you seated ! 1793 01:58:56,360 --> 01:58:59,318 Sit down ! Leave, Mr Keating. 1794 01:59:07,400 --> 01:59:09,914 All of you, down ! I want you seated ! 1795 01:59:10,000 --> 01:59:13,629 Do you hear me ? 1796 01:59:17,240 --> 01:59:20,198 Sit down ! 1797 01:59:58,680 --> 02:00:01,638 Thank you, boys. 1798 02:00:01,760 --> 02:00:04,149 Thank you. 1799 02:00:19,720 --> 02:00:24,316 %% [ Bagpipes ] 1800 02:00:24,400 --> 02:00:29,110 %% [ Continues ]