1 00:00:41,843 --> 00:00:44,595 Now, remember, keep your shoulders back. 2 00:00:54,230 --> 00:00:56,231 Okay, put your arm around your brother. That's it. 3 00:00:57,067 --> 00:00:59,318 Right, and freeze. 4 00:01:00,653 --> 00:01:01,987 Okay, one more. 5 00:01:06,701 --> 00:01:08,744 Now, just to review, 6 00:01:08,912 --> 00:01:11,330 you're going to follow along the procession 7 00:01:11,498 --> 00:01:14,208 until you get to the headmaster. 8 00:01:14,375 --> 00:01:18,545 And at that point, he will indicate to you to light the candles of the boys. 9 00:01:18,713 --> 00:01:20,464 - All right. - All right, boys, let's settle down. 10 00:01:29,849 --> 00:01:30,933 Banners up. 11 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,739 Ladies and gentlemen, boys, the light of knowledge. 12 00:02:43,256 --> 00:02:47,718 One hundred years ago, in 1859, 13 00:02:48,887 --> 00:02:54,141 41 boys sat in this room and were asked the same question 14 00:02:54,350 --> 00:02:57,436 that now greets you at the start of each semester. 15 00:02:57,979 --> 00:03:01,356 Gentlemen, what are the four pillars? 16 00:03:03,985 --> 00:03:08,572 Tradition, honor, discipline, excellence. 17 00:03:10,783 --> 00:03:16,079 In her first year, Welton Academy graduated five students. 18 00:03:16,289 --> 00:03:19,082 Last year, we graduated 51. 19 00:03:19,292 --> 00:03:25,088 And more than 75 percent of those went on to the Ivy League. 20 00:03:27,342 --> 00:03:30,302 This kind of accomplishment 21 00:03:30,595 --> 00:03:36,266 is the result of fervent dedication to the principles taught here. 22 00:03:36,434 --> 00:03:40,479 This is why you parents have been sending us your sons. 23 00:03:41,439 --> 00:03:46,735 This is why we are the best preparatory school in the United States. 24 00:03:55,995 --> 00:03:57,412 As you know, 25 00:03:58,081 --> 00:04:00,082 our beloved Mr. Portius of the English Department 26 00:04:00,250 --> 00:04:02,376 retired last term. 27 00:04:03,044 --> 00:04:05,504 You will have the opportunity later to meet his replacement, 28 00:04:05,672 --> 00:04:07,965 Mr. John Keating, 29 00:04:08,132 --> 00:04:10,717 himself an honors graduate of this school. 30 00:04:10,885 --> 00:04:12,970 And who, for the past several years, 31 00:04:13,179 --> 00:04:16,515 has been teaching at the highly regarded Chester School in London. 32 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,692 - Richard, you forgot your bag. - Hi, Charlie. Hey, how you doing? 33 00:04:28,236 --> 00:04:30,404 Don't worry, I've got your club assignment. 34 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:45,752 I'm glad you could come by. 35 00:04:46,337 --> 00:04:49,172 - Thrilling ceremony as usual, Dr. Nolan. - You've been away too long. 36 00:04:49,340 --> 00:04:50,841 - Hello, Dr. Nolan. - How've you been? 37 00:04:51,009 --> 00:04:53,135 - This is our youngest, Todd. - Mr. Anderson. 38 00:04:53,344 --> 00:04:55,220 You have some big shoes to fill, young man. 39 00:04:55,388 --> 00:04:56,847 Your brother was one of our finest. 40 00:04:57,598 --> 00:04:59,141 Thank you. 41 00:05:00,184 --> 00:05:03,103 - Lovely ceremony. - Thank you. I'm so glad you liked it. 42 00:05:03,271 --> 00:05:04,396 - Gale. - John. 43 00:05:04,564 --> 00:05:05,605 Good to see you again. 44 00:05:05,773 --> 00:05:07,524 - Hello, Mr. Nolan. - Neil. 45 00:05:07,692 --> 00:05:09,526 We expect great things from you this year. 46 00:05:09,694 --> 00:05:11,820 - Thank you, sir. - Well, he won't disappoint us. 47 00:05:11,988 --> 00:05:14,656 - Right, Neil? - I'll do my best, sir. 48 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,536 - Come on, son. No tears, now. - Chin up. Chin up. 49 00:05:19,704 --> 00:05:21,455 - I don't want to go here. - I love you. 50 00:05:21,622 --> 00:05:23,457 I'll walk you over. 51 00:05:24,417 --> 00:05:25,584 Do your lessons. 52 00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:32,841 Hey. I hear we're gonna be roommates. 53 00:05:33,009 --> 00:05:35,844 - I'm Neil Perry. - I'm Todd Anderson. 54 00:05:36,304 --> 00:05:39,639 - Why'd you leave Balincrest? - My brother went here. 55 00:05:39,807 --> 00:05:41,767 Oh, so you're that Anderson. 56 00:05:41,976 --> 00:05:44,102 Well, this is in case of his sinuses. 57 00:05:44,270 --> 00:05:47,230 And, oh, if he can't swallow, you give him one of these. 58 00:05:47,398 --> 00:05:50,025 And if he has trouble breathing, you can give him some of those. 59 00:05:50,193 --> 00:05:51,234 - Fine, yes. - Ooh. 60 00:05:51,402 --> 00:05:53,862 - Did you remember your vaporizer? - Yeah, it's in my room. 61 00:05:59,869 --> 00:06:02,204 - Hey, how's it going, Neil? - Hey, Knox. 62 00:06:02,372 --> 00:06:05,665 - Neil. Study group tonight? - Yeah, sure. 63 00:06:05,875 --> 00:06:07,209 Business as usual, huh? 64 00:06:07,377 --> 00:06:11,088 Hey, I heard you got the new kid. Looks like a stiff. Ha, ha. 65 00:06:11,756 --> 00:06:12,798 Oops. 66 00:06:15,968 --> 00:06:17,969 Listen, don't mind Cameron. 67 00:06:18,137 --> 00:06:21,765 He's born with his foot in his mouth. You know what I mean? 68 00:06:25,061 --> 00:06:27,979 Rumor has it you did summer school. 69 00:06:28,189 --> 00:06:31,900 Yep. Chemistry. My father thought I should get ahead. 70 00:06:32,068 --> 00:06:35,112 - How was your summer, Slick? - Keen. 71 00:06:37,448 --> 00:06:41,118 - Meeks, door, closed. - Yes, sir. 72 00:06:41,285 --> 00:06:43,537 Gentlemen, what are the four pillars? 73 00:06:43,704 --> 00:06:48,959 Travesty, horror, decadence, excrement. 74 00:06:49,419 --> 00:06:51,253 Okay. Study group. 75 00:06:51,421 --> 00:06:54,047 Meeks aced Latin, I didn't quite flunk English. 76 00:06:54,215 --> 00:06:56,425 So if you want, we got our study group. 77 00:06:56,592 --> 00:06:59,886 Sure, Cameron asked me too. Anyone mind including him? 78 00:07:00,054 --> 00:07:02,013 What's his specialty, bootlicking? 79 00:07:02,181 --> 00:07:05,350 - He's your roommate. - That's not my fault. 80 00:07:06,853 --> 00:07:10,647 - Uh, I'm sorry. My name is Steven Meeks. - Oh, this is Todd Anderson. 81 00:07:10,815 --> 00:07:12,399 - Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. 82 00:07:12,567 --> 00:07:13,650 Charlie Dalton. 83 00:07:16,362 --> 00:07:19,364 - I'm Knox Overstreet. - Todd's brother was Jeffrey Anderson. 84 00:07:19,532 --> 00:07:21,908 - Oh, yeah, sure. - Well. 85 00:07:22,076 --> 00:07:24,453 Valedictorian. National Merit scholar. 86 00:07:24,620 --> 00:07:28,665 Oh, well. Welcome to Hell-ton. 87 00:07:28,833 --> 00:07:32,169 It's every bit as tough as they say, unless you're a genius like Meeks. 88 00:07:32,712 --> 00:07:34,963 He flatters me. That's why I help him with Latin. 89 00:07:35,131 --> 00:07:36,840 And English, and trig. 90 00:07:40,344 --> 00:07:42,179 It's open. 91 00:07:44,223 --> 00:07:46,224 Father, I thought you'd gone. 92 00:07:46,392 --> 00:07:49,019 - Mr. Perry, sir. - Keep your seats, fellas. 93 00:07:50,438 --> 00:07:52,898 Neil, I've just spoken to Mr. Nolan. 94 00:07:53,065 --> 00:07:56,234 I think that you're taking too many extracurricular activities this semester, 95 00:07:56,402 --> 00:07:59,488 and I've decided that you should drop the school annual. 96 00:07:59,655 --> 00:08:02,991 - But I'm the assistant editor this year. - Well, I'm sorry, Neil. 97 00:08:03,201 --> 00:08:05,494 But, father, I can't. It wouldn't be fair. 98 00:08:05,661 --> 00:08:08,872 Fellas, could you excuse us for a moment? 99 00:08:21,302 --> 00:08:23,887 - Don't you ever dispute me in public. - Father, I wasn't... 100 00:08:24,055 --> 00:08:26,515 After you've finished medical school and you're on your own, 101 00:08:26,682 --> 00:08:30,101 then you can do as you damn well please, but until then, you do as I tell you. 102 00:08:30,269 --> 00:08:33,396 - That clear? - Yes, sir, I'm sorry. 103 00:08:34,982 --> 00:08:38,068 Ahem. You know how much this means to your mother, don't you? 104 00:08:38,236 --> 00:08:39,694 Yes, sir. 105 00:08:41,155 --> 00:08:43,907 You know me, always taking on too much. 106 00:08:45,076 --> 00:08:47,035 Well, that's my boy. 107 00:08:47,578 --> 00:08:49,746 Now, listen, you need anything, you let us know, huh? 108 00:08:49,914 --> 00:08:51,373 Yes, sir. 109 00:08:59,924 --> 00:09:02,425 Why doesn't he let you do what you want? 110 00:09:03,678 --> 00:09:06,513 Yeah, Neil. Tell him off. It couldn't get any worse. 111 00:09:06,681 --> 00:09:08,890 Oh, that's rich. Like you guys tell your parents off? 112 00:09:09,058 --> 00:09:11,017 Mr. Future-Lawyer and Mr. Future-Banker. 113 00:09:11,185 --> 00:09:13,186 Okay, so I don't like it any more than you do. 114 00:09:13,896 --> 00:09:16,481 Don't tell me how to talk to my father. You guys are the same. 115 00:09:16,649 --> 00:09:18,483 All right, all right. Jesus. 116 00:09:18,651 --> 00:09:20,527 - What are you gonna do? - What I have to do. 117 00:09:20,736 --> 00:09:22,362 Drop the annual. 118 00:09:22,530 --> 00:09:24,155 I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it. 119 00:09:24,365 --> 00:09:26,700 It's just a bunch of jerks trying to impress Nolan. 120 00:09:26,909 --> 00:09:29,411 I don't care. I don't give a damn about any of it. 121 00:09:30,246 --> 00:09:32,831 Well, uh, Latin? Eight o'clock in my room? 122 00:09:32,999 --> 00:09:35,166 - Yes. - Sounds good. 123 00:09:35,334 --> 00:09:37,919 - Todd, you're welcome to join us. - Yeah, come along, pal. 124 00:09:38,087 --> 00:09:39,588 Thanks. 125 00:10:17,543 --> 00:10:20,211 Slow down, boys. 126 00:10:20,379 --> 00:10:23,882 Slow down, you horrible phalanx of pubescence. 127 00:10:24,050 --> 00:10:28,303 Pick three laboratory experiments from the project list 128 00:10:28,471 --> 00:10:32,182 and report on them every five weeks. 129 00:10:32,350 --> 00:10:37,228 The first 20 questions at the end of Chapter 1 are due tomorrow. 130 00:10:55,039 --> 00:10:56,081 Again, please. 131 00:10:57,917 --> 00:11:03,838 Your study of trigonometry requires absolute precision. 132 00:11:04,715 --> 00:11:08,802 Anyone failing to turn in any homework assignment 133 00:11:08,969 --> 00:11:14,015 will be penalized one point off their final grade. 134 00:11:14,183 --> 00:11:17,519 Let me urge you now not to test me on this point. 135 00:11:29,615 --> 00:11:31,282 Hey, Spaz. Spaz. 136 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:34,703 - Brain damage. - Shh. 137 00:11:55,891 --> 00:11:57,684 Well, come on. 138 00:12:02,398 --> 00:12:04,649 - Is he kidding? - He's gotta be. 139 00:12:05,443 --> 00:12:06,484 - Let's go. - Where? 140 00:12:06,652 --> 00:12:08,278 Let's go, guys. 141 00:12:09,447 --> 00:12:11,614 Okay, go. 142 00:12:33,554 --> 00:12:36,639 O Captain! my Captain! 143 00:12:37,516 --> 00:12:39,601 Who knows where that comes from? 144 00:12:40,227 --> 00:12:41,728 Anybody? 145 00:12:46,442 --> 00:12:48,109 Not a clue? 146 00:12:48,611 --> 00:12:52,530 It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. 147 00:12:52,698 --> 00:12:55,533 Now, in this class, you can either call me Mr. Keating, 148 00:12:55,701 --> 00:12:59,496 or if you're slightly more daring, O Captain, My Captain. 149 00:13:03,751 --> 00:13:06,503 Now, let me dispel a few rumors so they don't fester into facts. 150 00:13:06,670 --> 00:13:10,256 Yes, I too attended Hell-ton and survived. 151 00:13:10,424 --> 00:13:14,636 And no, at that time, I was not the mental giant you see before you. 152 00:13:14,804 --> 00:13:18,264 I was the intellectual equivalent of a 98-pound weakling. 153 00:13:18,432 --> 00:13:19,474 I would go to the beach 154 00:13:19,642 --> 00:13:22,060 and people would kick copies of Byron in my face. 155 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:27,524 Now, 156 00:13:28,359 --> 00:13:31,861 Mr. Pitts. 157 00:13:32,029 --> 00:13:36,533 That's a rather unfortunate name. Mr. Pitts, where are you? 158 00:13:37,743 --> 00:13:41,287 Mr. Pitts, will you open your hymnal to page 542? 159 00:13:41,455 --> 00:13:44,249 Read the first stanza of the poem you find there. 160 00:13:47,837 --> 00:13:49,462 "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time"? 161 00:13:49,630 --> 00:13:51,130 Yes, that's the one. 162 00:13:52,883 --> 00:13:54,801 Somewhat appropriate, isn't it? 163 00:13:56,262 --> 00:14:00,223 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may Old time is still a-flying: 164 00:14:00,391 --> 00:14:03,726 And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. 165 00:14:04,645 --> 00:14:06,521 Thank you, Mr. Pitts. 166 00:14:07,314 --> 00:14:10,525 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. 167 00:14:10,693 --> 00:14:14,195 The Latin term for that sentiment is carpe diem. 168 00:14:14,363 --> 00:14:16,281 Now, who knows what that means? 169 00:14:18,158 --> 00:14:20,118 Carpe diem, that's "seize the day." 170 00:14:20,327 --> 00:14:21,995 - Very good, Mr...? - Meeks. 171 00:14:22,162 --> 00:14:25,248 Meeks. Another unusual name. 172 00:14:25,624 --> 00:14:28,001 Seize the day. 173 00:14:28,168 --> 00:14:31,170 Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. 174 00:14:32,256 --> 00:14:35,091 - Why does the writer use these lines? - Because he's in a hurry. 175 00:14:35,301 --> 00:14:36,676 No. Ding. 176 00:14:36,886 --> 00:14:39,053 Thanks for playing anyway. 177 00:14:41,390 --> 00:14:44,517 Because we are food for worms, lads. 178 00:14:45,185 --> 00:14:48,146 Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room 179 00:14:48,314 --> 00:14:52,984 is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die. 180 00:14:55,237 --> 00:14:57,822 I would like you to step forward over here 181 00:14:57,990 --> 00:15:00,116 and peruse some of the faces from the past. 182 00:15:00,284 --> 00:15:01,951 You've walked past them many times, 183 00:15:02,119 --> 00:15:04,370 but I don't think you've really looked at them. 184 00:15:10,669 --> 00:15:12,879 They're not that different from you, are they? 185 00:15:14,048 --> 00:15:15,673 Same haircuts. 186 00:15:15,883 --> 00:15:18,843 Full of hormones, just like you. 187 00:15:19,303 --> 00:15:22,347 Invincible, just like you feel. 188 00:15:22,514 --> 00:15:24,474 The world is their oyster. 189 00:15:24,642 --> 00:15:27,560 They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you. 190 00:15:27,770 --> 00:15:31,147 Their eyes are full of hope, just like you. 191 00:15:31,315 --> 00:15:33,775 Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives 192 00:15:33,943 --> 00:15:36,194 even one iota of what they were capable? 193 00:15:36,362 --> 00:15:41,950 Because, you see, gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. 194 00:15:44,328 --> 00:15:46,704 But if you listen real close, 195 00:15:46,872 --> 00:15:49,540 you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. 196 00:15:50,167 --> 00:15:52,251 Go on, lean in. 197 00:15:52,419 --> 00:15:55,380 Listen. You hear it? 198 00:16:03,263 --> 00:16:05,390 Carpe... 199 00:16:08,268 --> 00:16:09,727 Hear it? 200 00:16:11,397 --> 00:16:15,566 Carpe... 201 00:16:17,236 --> 00:16:20,655 Carpe diem. 202 00:16:22,241 --> 00:16:26,411 Seize the day, boys. 203 00:16:27,121 --> 00:16:31,374 Make your lives extraordinary. 204 00:16:45,514 --> 00:16:48,141 - That was weird. - But different. 205 00:16:48,308 --> 00:16:51,019 Spooky, if you ask me. 206 00:16:51,186 --> 00:16:52,895 Think he'll test us on that stuff? 207 00:16:53,063 --> 00:16:56,274 Oh, come on, Cameron. Don't you get anything? 208 00:16:56,442 --> 00:16:59,152 What? What? 209 00:17:01,071 --> 00:17:04,574 Let's go, boys. Hustle up in here. That means you, Dalton. 210 00:17:04,742 --> 00:17:06,409 Who's up for a trig study group tonight? 211 00:17:06,577 --> 00:17:07,660 - Sure. - Me. 212 00:17:07,828 --> 00:17:09,787 - What? - I can't make it, guys. 213 00:17:09,955 --> 00:17:12,707 I have to have dinner at the Danburrys' house tonight. 214 00:17:12,875 --> 00:17:14,375 The Danburrys? Who are the Danburrys? 215 00:17:14,543 --> 00:17:16,377 Big alums. How'd you swing that? 216 00:17:16,545 --> 00:17:19,630 Friends of my dad's. They're probably in their 90s or something. 217 00:17:19,798 --> 00:17:20,840 Sounds great, doesn't it? 218 00:17:21,008 --> 00:17:22,884 Anything's better than Hell-ton hash, Knox. 219 00:17:23,052 --> 00:17:25,928 - I'll second that. - Yeah, we'll see. 220 00:17:26,096 --> 00:17:29,432 Hey. Coming to the study group tonight? 221 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,561 Uh, no. No, I've got some history I want to do. 222 00:17:33,729 --> 00:17:35,480 Suit yourself. 223 00:18:09,973 --> 00:18:12,100 Ready, Overstreet? 224 00:18:13,644 --> 00:18:15,561 Ready to go, sir. 225 00:18:41,964 --> 00:18:43,297 Chet, can you get that? 226 00:18:43,465 --> 00:18:45,508 - Can't, Mom. - I'll get it. 227 00:18:51,932 --> 00:18:53,015 Can I help you? 228 00:18:53,976 --> 00:18:57,520 Hi. Knox Overstreet. Uh... 229 00:18:57,688 --> 00:19:00,398 - Dr. Hager. - Hi. 230 00:19:01,066 --> 00:19:04,318 - This is the Danburrys', right? - Are you here to see Chet? 231 00:19:04,945 --> 00:19:07,071 - Mrs. Danburry? - No. 232 00:19:07,239 --> 00:19:10,032 Sorry. Thank you, Chris. I'm Mrs. Danburry. 233 00:19:10,242 --> 00:19:12,034 - You must be Knox. - Yes. 234 00:19:12,202 --> 00:19:14,203 Back by 9? Please, come on in. 235 00:19:14,371 --> 00:19:15,872 Chris, come on. What are you doing? 236 00:19:16,039 --> 00:19:17,915 - Chet, I'm coming. - Knox. 237 00:19:18,083 --> 00:19:20,251 - How are you? Joe Danburry. - Nice to meet you, sir. 238 00:19:20,419 --> 00:19:22,628 Well, he's the spitting image of his father, isn't he? 239 00:19:22,796 --> 00:19:24,130 - How is he? Come on in. - Chris. 240 00:19:24,298 --> 00:19:25,965 He's great. He just did a big case for GM. 241 00:19:26,133 --> 00:19:27,884 - I know where you're headed. - I'm coming. 242 00:19:28,051 --> 00:19:29,302 Like father, like son, huh? 243 00:19:33,098 --> 00:19:34,265 - Yes. - Bishop to queen six. 244 00:19:34,433 --> 00:19:37,143 - All right, I think that's good. - Another game? 245 00:19:38,854 --> 00:19:41,314 Just replace these numbers here with X... For X and Y. 246 00:19:41,481 --> 00:19:44,150 - Of course. - Of course, so, what's the problem? 247 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,695 Do you think I can get in there? You've been hogging it all day. 248 00:19:48,322 --> 00:19:49,864 How was dinner? 249 00:19:50,032 --> 00:19:51,282 Huh? 250 00:19:51,742 --> 00:19:53,576 How was dinner? 251 00:19:54,328 --> 00:19:56,287 Terrible. 252 00:19:57,122 --> 00:20:00,041 - Awful. - Why? What happened? 253 00:20:03,545 --> 00:20:10,051 Tonight I met the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my entire life. 254 00:20:10,260 --> 00:20:12,470 Are you crazy? What's wrong with that? 255 00:20:12,638 --> 00:20:14,597 She's practically engaged. 256 00:20:14,765 --> 00:20:17,683 To Chet Danburry. 257 00:20:17,851 --> 00:20:20,144 - The guy could eat a football. - Too bad. 258 00:20:20,312 --> 00:20:23,773 Too bad? It's worse than too bad, Pitts, it's a tragedy. 259 00:20:23,941 --> 00:20:26,400 A girl this beautiful in love with such a jerk. 260 00:20:26,610 --> 00:20:28,986 All the good ones go for jerks, you know that. 261 00:20:29,196 --> 00:20:32,281 Yeah, forget her. Open your trig book and try and figure out Problem 5. 262 00:20:32,449 --> 00:20:36,077 I can't just forget her, Cameron. And I certainly can't think about trig. 263 00:20:37,871 --> 00:20:39,705 - We got it. - Turn that up. 264 00:20:39,873 --> 00:20:42,124 All right, gentlemen. Five minutes. 265 00:20:44,419 --> 00:20:46,963 - Let's go. - Did you see her naked? 266 00:20:47,130 --> 00:20:48,422 Very funny, Dalton. 267 00:20:48,632 --> 00:20:53,135 That wouldn't be a radio in your lap, would it, Mr. Pitts? 268 00:20:53,303 --> 00:20:55,972 No, sir. Science experiment. 269 00:20:57,432 --> 00:20:59,100 Radar. 270 00:21:03,522 --> 00:21:07,566 Gentlemen, open your texts to Page 21 of the introduction. 271 00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:11,028 Mr. Perry, will you read the opening paragraph of the preface, 272 00:21:11,196 --> 00:21:13,322 entitled "Understanding Poetry"? 273 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:19,537 "Understanding Poetry, by Dr. J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D." 274 00:21:19,705 --> 00:21:21,038 To fully understand poetry, 275 00:21:21,206 --> 00:21:25,334 we must first be fluent with its meter, rhyme and figures of speech, 276 00:21:25,502 --> 00:21:26,919 then ask two questions. 277 00:21:27,087 --> 00:21:29,714 How artfully has the objective of the poem been rendered? 278 00:21:29,881 --> 00:21:32,383 How important is that objective? 279 00:21:32,551 --> 00:21:35,011 Question one rates the poem's perfection. 280 00:21:35,178 --> 00:21:37,179 Question two rates its importance. 281 00:21:37,347 --> 00:21:39,557 And once these questions have been answered, 282 00:21:39,725 --> 00:21:43,352 determining the poem's greatness becomes a relatively simple matter. 283 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:48,107 If the poem's score for perfection is plotted on the horizontal of a graph, 284 00:21:48,275 --> 00:21:51,944 and its importance is plotted on the vertical, 285 00:21:52,404 --> 00:21:55,656 then calculating the total area of the poem 286 00:21:55,824 --> 00:21:57,742 yields the measure of its greatness. 287 00:22:01,288 --> 00:22:05,708 A sonnet by Byron might score high on the vertical, 288 00:22:05,876 --> 00:22:08,794 but only average on the horizontal. 289 00:22:08,962 --> 00:22:10,838 A Shakespearean sonnet, on the other hand, 290 00:22:11,006 --> 00:22:15,301 would score high both horizontally and vertically, 291 00:22:15,510 --> 00:22:17,303 yielding a massive total area, 292 00:22:17,888 --> 00:22:20,681 thereby revealing the poem to be truly great. 293 00:22:22,142 --> 00:22:25,561 As you proceed through the poetry in this book, practice this rating method. 294 00:22:25,729 --> 00:22:29,315 As your ability to evaluate poems in this manner grows, 295 00:22:29,483 --> 00:22:34,487 "so will your enjoyment and understanding of poetry." 296 00:22:39,326 --> 00:22:40,618 Excrement. 297 00:22:43,163 --> 00:22:45,373 That's what I think of Mr. J. Evans Pritchard. 298 00:22:46,083 --> 00:22:48,626 We're not laying pipe. We're talking about poetry. 299 00:22:49,503 --> 00:22:51,962 How can you describe poetry like American Bandstand? 300 00:22:52,130 --> 00:22:56,217 "I like Byron. I give him a 42, but I can't dance to it." 301 00:22:56,385 --> 00:22:59,136 Now, I want you to rip out that page. 302 00:23:00,639 --> 00:23:03,557 Go on. Rip out the entire page. 303 00:23:06,269 --> 00:23:08,062 You heard me. Rip it out. 304 00:23:08,230 --> 00:23:10,815 Rip it out. 305 00:23:11,483 --> 00:23:13,526 Go on. Rip it out. 306 00:23:15,487 --> 00:23:17,321 Thank you, Mr. Dalton. 307 00:23:17,531 --> 00:23:21,158 Tell you what, don't just tear out that page, tear out the entire introduction. 308 00:23:21,368 --> 00:23:24,286 I want it gone, history. Leave nothing of it. 309 00:23:24,496 --> 00:23:25,996 Rip it out. Rip. 310 00:23:26,164 --> 00:23:28,707 Be gone, J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D. 311 00:23:29,292 --> 00:23:31,961 Rip, shred, tear. Rip it out. 312 00:23:32,129 --> 00:23:35,047 I want to hear nothing but ripping of Mr. Pritchard. 313 00:23:35,215 --> 00:23:37,174 We'll perforate it, put it on a roll. 314 00:23:37,676 --> 00:23:40,719 It's not the Bible. You're not gonna go to hell for this. 315 00:23:41,221 --> 00:23:45,015 Go on. Make a clean tear. I want nothing left of it. 316 00:23:46,977 --> 00:23:50,646 - We shouldn't be doing this. - Rip, rip, rip. 317 00:23:50,856 --> 00:23:52,022 Rip it out. Rip. 318 00:23:54,776 --> 00:23:56,235 Rip, rip. 319 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:00,030 Yeah. 320 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,074 Rip it out. 321 00:24:05,620 --> 00:24:07,580 What the hell is going on here? 322 00:24:09,082 --> 00:24:10,166 I don't hear enough rips. 323 00:24:11,209 --> 00:24:14,503 - Mr. Keating. - Mr. McAllister. 324 00:24:16,298 --> 00:24:19,592 I'm sorry. I didn't know you were here. 325 00:24:20,510 --> 00:24:21,594 I am. 326 00:24:22,345 --> 00:24:25,514 Ah. So you are. 327 00:24:26,433 --> 00:24:28,100 Excuse me. 328 00:24:29,603 --> 00:24:31,770 Keep ripping, gentlemen. 329 00:24:31,980 --> 00:24:34,565 This is a battle, a war. 330 00:24:34,774 --> 00:24:36,775 And the casualties could be your hearts and souls. 331 00:24:36,943 --> 00:24:38,360 Thank you, Mr. Dalton. 332 00:24:38,528 --> 00:24:41,822 Armies of academics going forward measuring poetry. 333 00:24:41,990 --> 00:24:45,493 No. We'll not have that here. No more of Mr. J. Evans Pritchard. 334 00:24:45,660 --> 00:24:49,163 Now, in my class, you will learn to think for yourselves again. 335 00:24:49,331 --> 00:24:52,833 You will learn to savor words and language. 336 00:24:53,043 --> 00:24:59,381 No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. 337 00:24:59,549 --> 00:25:02,927 Now, I see that look in Mr. Pitts' eye, like 19th-century literature 338 00:25:03,094 --> 00:25:05,763 has nothing to do with going to business school or medical school. 339 00:25:05,931 --> 00:25:08,265 Right? Maybe. 340 00:25:08,433 --> 00:25:10,267 Mr. Hopkins, you may agree with him, thinking, 341 00:25:10,435 --> 00:25:13,479 "Yes, we should simply study our Mr. Pritchard" 342 00:25:13,647 --> 00:25:14,813 and learn our rhyme and meter 343 00:25:14,981 --> 00:25:19,276 "and go quietly about the business of achieving other ambitions." 344 00:25:20,028 --> 00:25:22,696 I have a little secret for you. Huddle up. 345 00:25:22,864 --> 00:25:24,657 Huddle up. 346 00:25:32,666 --> 00:25:36,168 We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. 347 00:25:36,628 --> 00:25:40,756 We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. 348 00:25:40,924 --> 00:25:45,386 And the human race is filled with passion. 349 00:25:46,012 --> 00:25:49,348 And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits, 350 00:25:49,516 --> 00:25:51,517 and necessary to sustain life. 351 00:25:52,686 --> 00:25:58,357 But poetry, beauty, romance, love, 352 00:25:58,525 --> 00:26:00,901 these are what we stay alive for. 353 00:26:01,486 --> 00:26:03,571 To quote from Whitman: 354 00:26:04,072 --> 00:26:08,784 O me! O life! Of the questions of these recurring; 355 00:26:08,952 --> 00:26:11,120 Of the endless trains of the faithless... 356 00:26:11,663 --> 00:26:13,497 Of cities filled with the foolish; 357 00:26:13,665 --> 00:26:17,835 What good amid these, O me, O life? 358 00:26:18,003 --> 00:26:19,420 Answer. 359 00:26:19,588 --> 00:26:21,630 That you are here... 360 00:26:21,798 --> 00:26:25,968 That life exists, and identity; 361 00:26:26,469 --> 00:26:36,469 That the powerful play goes on And you may contribute a verse. 362 00:26:43,778 --> 00:26:45,279 What will your verse be? 363 00:26:49,409 --> 00:26:55,205 For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly grateful. 364 00:26:55,373 --> 00:26:57,666 Amen. 365 00:27:09,262 --> 00:27:11,930 Quite an interesting class you gave today, Mr. Keating. 366 00:27:12,098 --> 00:27:13,724 Sorry if I shocked you, Mr. McAllister. 367 00:27:13,892 --> 00:27:16,101 There's no need to apologize. It was very fascinating. 368 00:27:16,269 --> 00:27:19,813 - Misguided though it was. - You think so? 369 00:27:19,981 --> 00:27:23,233 You take a big risk by encouraging them to become artists, John. 370 00:27:23,401 --> 00:27:27,154 When they realize that they're not Rembrandts, Shakespeares or Mozarts, 371 00:27:27,322 --> 00:27:28,614 they'll hate you for it. 372 00:27:28,782 --> 00:27:32,117 We're not talking artists, George, we're talking free thinkers. 373 00:27:32,285 --> 00:27:34,787 Free thinkers at 17? 374 00:27:35,121 --> 00:27:36,747 Funny, I never pegged you as a cynic. 375 00:27:39,417 --> 00:27:41,460 Not a cynic. 376 00:27:42,045 --> 00:27:43,879 A realist. 377 00:27:44,881 --> 00:27:48,300 Show me the heart Unfettered by foolish dreams. 378 00:27:48,468 --> 00:27:50,344 And I'll show you a happy man. 379 00:27:51,429 --> 00:27:54,139 But only in their dreams Can men be truly free. 380 00:27:54,307 --> 00:27:57,142 'Twas always thus And always thus will be. 381 00:27:58,645 --> 00:28:02,189 - Tennyson? - No, Keating. 382 00:28:06,945 --> 00:28:08,904 Hey, I found his senior annual in the library. 383 00:28:10,281 --> 00:28:12,032 Captain of the soccer team, 384 00:28:12,242 --> 00:28:15,035 editor of the school annual, Cambridge bound, 385 00:28:15,245 --> 00:28:18,330 thigh man, and the Dead Poets Society. 386 00:28:18,540 --> 00:28:21,125 "Man most likely to do anything." 387 00:28:21,626 --> 00:28:24,586 Thigh man. Mr. K was a hell-raiser. 388 00:28:26,339 --> 00:28:28,507 - What's the Dead Poets Society? - Is there a picture? 389 00:28:28,675 --> 00:28:33,762 - Nothing, no other mention of it. - That boy there, see me after lunch. 390 00:28:37,058 --> 00:28:38,767 Mr. Keating. 391 00:28:39,561 --> 00:28:41,145 Mr. Keating. 392 00:28:43,189 --> 00:28:44,314 Sir? 393 00:28:44,482 --> 00:28:45,691 Say something. 394 00:28:45,859 --> 00:28:47,109 O Captain, My Captain? 395 00:28:47,986 --> 00:28:49,027 Gentlemen. 396 00:28:50,405 --> 00:28:53,407 We were just looking in your old annual. 397 00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:55,743 Oh, my God. 398 00:28:56,453 --> 00:28:58,412 No, that's not me. 399 00:29:00,123 --> 00:29:02,249 Stanley "The Tool" Wilson. 400 00:29:06,212 --> 00:29:08,464 - God. - What was the Dead Poets Society? 401 00:29:12,927 --> 00:29:16,305 I doubt the present administration would look too favorably upon that. 402 00:29:16,848 --> 00:29:19,099 Why? What was it? 403 00:29:22,187 --> 00:29:24,813 Gentlemen, can you keep a secret? 404 00:29:25,315 --> 00:29:26,982 Sure. 405 00:29:28,818 --> 00:29:33,864 The Dead Poets were dedicated to sucking the marrow out of life. 406 00:29:34,032 --> 00:29:37,576 That's a phrase from Thoreau we would invoke at the beginning of every meeting. 407 00:29:37,744 --> 00:29:40,162 See, we would gather at the old Indian cave 408 00:29:40,330 --> 00:29:44,625 and take turns reading from Thoreau, Whitman, Shelley, the biggies. 409 00:29:45,335 --> 00:29:46,502 Even some of our own verse. 410 00:29:46,711 --> 00:29:50,255 And in the enchantment of the moment, we'd let poetry work its magic. 411 00:29:50,465 --> 00:29:53,509 You mean it was a bunch of guys sitting around reading poetry? 412 00:29:53,718 --> 00:29:56,929 No, Mr. Overstreet, it wasn't just guys. 413 00:29:57,096 --> 00:30:00,015 We weren't a Greek organization, we were romantics. 414 00:30:00,183 --> 00:30:04,978 And we didn't just read poetry, we let it drip from our tongues like honey. 415 00:30:05,647 --> 00:30:08,148 Spirits soared, women swooned, 416 00:30:08,316 --> 00:30:10,484 and gods were created, gentlemen. 417 00:30:10,652 --> 00:30:12,277 Not a bad way to spend an evening, eh? 418 00:30:14,239 --> 00:30:16,907 Thank you, Mr. Perry, for this stroll down amnesia lane. 419 00:30:17,075 --> 00:30:20,494 Burn that. Especially my picture. 420 00:30:25,458 --> 00:30:29,127 - Dead Poets Society. - What? 421 00:30:33,550 --> 00:30:34,842 I say we go tonight. 422 00:30:35,009 --> 00:30:36,093 - Tonight? - Wait a minute. 423 00:30:36,261 --> 00:30:38,679 - Everybody in? - Where's this cave he's talking about? 424 00:30:38,847 --> 00:30:40,597 It's beyond the stream. I know where it is. 425 00:30:40,765 --> 00:30:42,391 That's miles. 426 00:30:42,559 --> 00:30:44,393 - Sounds boring to me. - Don't go. 427 00:30:44,561 --> 00:30:46,228 You know how many demerits we're talking? 428 00:30:46,396 --> 00:30:47,896 So don't come, please. 429 00:30:48,064 --> 00:30:50,607 Look, all I'm saying is that we have to be careful. 430 00:30:50,775 --> 00:30:53,652 - We can't get caught. - No shit, Sherlock. 431 00:30:53,862 --> 00:30:56,572 You boys there, hurry up. 432 00:30:56,739 --> 00:30:58,574 All right. Who's in? 433 00:30:58,783 --> 00:31:01,368 - Come on, Neil, Hager's there... - Forget Hager. No. 434 00:31:01,536 --> 00:31:03,203 Who's in? 435 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,163 I'm in. 436 00:31:05,748 --> 00:31:09,167 I'm warning you. Move. 437 00:31:09,335 --> 00:31:11,211 - Me too. - I don't know, Neil. 438 00:31:11,379 --> 00:31:12,629 What? Pitts. 439 00:31:12,839 --> 00:31:14,673 - Pittsie, come on. - His grades are hurting. 440 00:31:14,841 --> 00:31:17,676 - You can help him, Meeks. - What is this, a midnight study group? 441 00:31:17,844 --> 00:31:20,178 Forget it, you're coming. Meeks, your grades hurting too? 442 00:31:20,346 --> 00:31:22,681 - I'll try anything once. - Except sex. 443 00:31:22,849 --> 00:31:25,183 I'm in as long as we're careful. 444 00:31:25,351 --> 00:31:27,644 - What about you, Knox? - I don't know, Charlie. 445 00:31:27,812 --> 00:31:29,897 Come on, Knox. It'll help you get Chris. 446 00:31:30,064 --> 00:31:32,149 Yeah? How? 447 00:31:32,317 --> 00:31:35,694 - Women swoon. Ha, ha, ha. - But why do they swoon? 448 00:31:35,862 --> 00:31:39,323 Charlie, tell me why they swoon. Charlie. 449 00:31:40,116 --> 00:31:41,742 You're not listening. 450 00:31:41,910 --> 00:31:44,328 Look, you follow the stream to the waterfall. 451 00:31:44,537 --> 00:31:46,121 It's right there. It's got to be like... 452 00:31:46,289 --> 00:31:48,457 I don't know, guys, it's starting to sound dangerous. 453 00:31:48,625 --> 00:31:51,793 - Well, why don't you stay home? - You're crazy. 454 00:31:52,378 --> 00:31:56,298 For God's sake, stop chattering and sit down. 455 00:32:02,972 --> 00:32:05,474 - Todd, are you coming tonight? - No. 456 00:32:06,059 --> 00:32:07,809 Why not? You were there. You heard Keating. 457 00:32:07,977 --> 00:32:09,478 Don't you want to do something about...? 458 00:32:09,646 --> 00:32:11,772 Yes, but, uh... 459 00:32:12,899 --> 00:32:14,524 But what? 460 00:32:16,778 --> 00:32:20,447 Keating said that everybody took turns reading, 461 00:32:21,074 --> 00:32:23,075 and I don't want to do that. 462 00:32:23,242 --> 00:32:26,328 Gosh, you really have a problem with that, don't you? 463 00:32:28,122 --> 00:32:31,667 No, I don't have a problem. Neil, I just... 464 00:32:31,834 --> 00:32:34,878 - I don't want to do it, okay? - All right. 465 00:32:36,172 --> 00:32:39,466 What if you didn't have to read? What if you just came and listened? 466 00:32:39,634 --> 00:32:42,552 - That's not how it works. - Forget how it works. 467 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,764 What if they said it was okay? 468 00:32:47,141 --> 00:32:49,518 What? What, are you gonna go up and ask them if...? 469 00:32:50,853 --> 00:32:52,771 - No, no. - I'll be right back. 470 00:32:52,939 --> 00:32:54,690 Neil. Neil. 471 00:32:58,903 --> 00:33:01,363 Oh, shut up, will you? 472 00:33:03,533 --> 00:33:06,201 That's for my asthma, okay? Could you give that back, please? 473 00:33:06,369 --> 00:33:07,452 Could you give that back? 474 00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:09,830 What's the matter? Don't you like snakes? 475 00:33:09,998 --> 00:33:11,665 - You're in. - Get away from me, okay? 476 00:33:11,833 --> 00:33:14,376 Spaz, why don't you check your pockets? 477 00:33:15,628 --> 00:33:17,254 Come on, Spaz. I have to brush my teeth. 478 00:33:17,422 --> 00:33:19,131 Hurry up, get off. 479 00:33:19,298 --> 00:33:22,259 Cut out that racket in there. 480 00:34:05,386 --> 00:34:06,553 Let's go. 481 00:34:10,308 --> 00:34:13,185 Let's go, let's go, come on. 482 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,827 - Let's get out of here. - Go. Shh. 483 00:36:03,296 --> 00:36:05,505 - Yarr! I'm a dead poet. - Jesus, Charlie. 484 00:36:05,673 --> 00:36:09,384 - Guys, over here. Ha, ha, ha. - You're funny. You're real funny. 485 00:36:10,136 --> 00:36:11,887 It's too wet. 486 00:36:12,054 --> 00:36:13,847 God, you trying to smoke us out of here? 487 00:36:14,015 --> 00:36:15,932 No, the smoke's going right up this opening. 488 00:36:19,270 --> 00:36:21,354 - You okay? - Arghh. 489 00:36:21,522 --> 00:36:23,815 - Oh, God. - Clod. 490 00:36:23,983 --> 00:36:26,735 - All right, all right, forget the fire. - Forget it, forget it. 491 00:36:26,903 --> 00:36:29,988 - Let's go, gentlemen. - It's like trying to light a swamp. 492 00:36:30,406 --> 00:36:33,325 I hereby reconvene the Dead Poets Society. 493 00:36:33,492 --> 00:36:35,243 Yay. 494 00:36:35,411 --> 00:36:36,494 Welton Chapter. 495 00:36:36,662 --> 00:36:38,371 The meetings will be conducted by myself 496 00:36:38,539 --> 00:36:40,707 and the other new initiates now present. 497 00:36:40,875 --> 00:36:42,709 Todd Anderson, because he prefers not to read, 498 00:36:42,919 --> 00:36:45,253 will keep minutes of the meetings. 499 00:36:45,463 --> 00:36:47,297 I'll now read the traditional opening message 500 00:36:47,465 --> 00:36:50,383 by society member Henry David Thoreau. 501 00:36:51,052 --> 00:36:53,553 "I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. 502 00:36:53,721 --> 00:36:56,181 I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life." 503 00:36:56,390 --> 00:36:57,849 I'll second that. 504 00:36:58,476 --> 00:37:00,435 "To put to rout all that was not life, 505 00:37:00,603 --> 00:37:04,814 and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived." 506 00:37:07,401 --> 00:37:10,028 And Keating's marked a bunch of other pages. 507 00:37:10,196 --> 00:37:11,446 All right, intermission. 508 00:37:11,656 --> 00:37:13,740 Dig deep, right here. Right here, lay it down. 509 00:37:13,908 --> 00:37:15,867 On the mud? We're gonna put our food on the mud? 510 00:37:16,077 --> 00:37:18,161 Meeks, put your coat down. Picnic blanket. 511 00:37:18,371 --> 00:37:21,081 - Use Meeks' coat. - "Use Meeks' coat." 512 00:37:21,249 --> 00:37:23,041 Don't keep anything back, either. 513 00:37:23,209 --> 00:37:25,168 You guys are always bumming my smokes. 514 00:37:25,336 --> 00:37:26,920 - Raisins? - Yeah. 515 00:37:27,088 --> 00:37:28,129 Wait a minute. 516 00:37:28,297 --> 00:37:31,091 - Who gave us half a roll? - I'm eating the other half. 517 00:37:31,259 --> 00:37:34,094 - Come on. - What, you want me to put it back? 518 00:37:34,303 --> 00:37:36,012 It was a dark and rainy night. 519 00:37:36,180 --> 00:37:39,557 And this old lady who had a passion for jigsaw puzzles 520 00:37:39,725 --> 00:37:44,145 sat by herself in her house at her table to complete a new jigsaw puzzle. 521 00:37:44,855 --> 00:37:49,025 As she pieced the puzzle together, she realized to her astonishment 522 00:37:49,193 --> 00:37:52,654 that the image that was formed was her very own room, 523 00:37:52,822 --> 00:37:56,366 and the figure in the center of the puzzle, as she completed it, 524 00:37:56,534 --> 00:37:57,617 was herself. 525 00:37:57,827 --> 00:38:01,955 And with trembling hands, she placed the last four pieces 526 00:38:02,123 --> 00:38:03,915 and stared in horror 527 00:38:04,083 --> 00:38:08,253 at the face of a demented madman at the window. 528 00:38:08,421 --> 00:38:10,672 The last thing that this old lady ever heard 529 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,091 was the sound of breaking glass. 530 00:38:13,259 --> 00:38:14,718 - No shit. - Yes. 531 00:38:14,885 --> 00:38:17,012 This is true. This is true. 532 00:38:17,179 --> 00:38:19,639 I've got one that's even better than that. 533 00:38:19,807 --> 00:38:21,683 I do. There's a young married couple, 534 00:38:21,851 --> 00:38:24,519 and they're driving through the forest at night from a long trip. 535 00:38:24,687 --> 00:38:26,438 They run out of gas, and there's a madman... 536 00:38:26,605 --> 00:38:29,274 - That thing with the hands? - And he cuts her husband's head off? 537 00:38:29,442 --> 00:38:31,359 - I love that story. - I told you that one. 538 00:38:31,569 --> 00:38:34,070 You did not. I got that in, uh, camp in sixth grade. 539 00:38:34,238 --> 00:38:38,700 In a mean abode in the Shanking road Lived a man named William Bloat; 540 00:38:38,868 --> 00:38:41,036 Now, he had a wife The plague of his life. 541 00:38:41,203 --> 00:38:43,163 Who continually got his goat. 542 00:38:43,331 --> 00:38:45,665 And one day at dawn With her night shift on. 543 00:38:45,833 --> 00:38:47,876 He slit her bloody throat. 544 00:38:49,086 --> 00:38:52,047 - Oh, and it gets worse. - You want to hear a real poem? 545 00:38:52,256 --> 00:38:54,591 - Want this? - No, I don't need it. Get this out of here. 546 00:38:54,759 --> 00:38:56,509 - Did you bring one? - You memorized a poem? 547 00:38:56,677 --> 00:38:58,970 I didn't memorize a poem. Move up. 548 00:38:59,138 --> 00:39:01,681 - An original piece by Charlie Dalton. - An original piece. 549 00:39:01,849 --> 00:39:04,100 - Take center stage. - You know this is history, right? 550 00:39:04,268 --> 00:39:05,477 This is history. 551 00:39:13,736 --> 00:39:15,487 Where did you get that? 552 00:39:19,116 --> 00:39:24,204 Teach me to love? Go teach thy self more wit; 553 00:39:24,372 --> 00:39:26,456 I chief Professor am of it. 554 00:39:26,624 --> 00:39:30,335 The God of Love If such a thing there be. 555 00:39:30,503 --> 00:39:32,962 May learn to love from me. 556 00:39:33,130 --> 00:39:35,882 Wow. Did you write that? 557 00:39:40,096 --> 00:39:41,971 Abraham Cowley. 558 00:39:42,181 --> 00:39:43,973 Okay, who's next? 559 00:39:44,183 --> 00:39:46,518 Alfred Lord Tennyson. 560 00:39:46,685 --> 00:39:48,895 Come, my friends. 561 00:39:49,063 --> 00:39:51,940 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. 562 00:39:52,108 --> 00:39:55,443 For my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset. 563 00:39:55,611 --> 00:39:56,945 And though we are not now. 564 00:39:57,113 --> 00:40:01,574 That strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; 565 00:40:01,742 --> 00:40:03,827 That which we are, we are. 566 00:40:03,994 --> 00:40:08,206 One equal temper of heroic hearts. 567 00:40:08,374 --> 00:40:12,043 Made weak by time and fate But strong in will. 568 00:40:12,211 --> 00:40:16,464 To strive, to seek, to find. 569 00:40:17,466 --> 00:40:19,717 And not to yield. 570 00:40:20,886 --> 00:40:23,346 Then I had religion And then I had a vision. 571 00:40:23,514 --> 00:40:25,890 I could not turn From their revel in derision. 572 00:40:26,058 --> 00:40:28,643 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black. 573 00:40:28,811 --> 00:40:31,479 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 574 00:40:31,689 --> 00:40:34,107 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black. 575 00:40:34,275 --> 00:40:36,693 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 576 00:40:36,861 --> 00:40:39,320 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black. 577 00:40:39,488 --> 00:40:41,990 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 578 00:40:42,199 --> 00:40:44,576 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black. 579 00:40:44,743 --> 00:40:47,036 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 580 00:40:47,204 --> 00:40:49,622 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black. 581 00:40:49,790 --> 00:40:52,375 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 582 00:40:52,585 --> 00:40:54,586 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black. 583 00:40:54,753 --> 00:40:57,046 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 584 00:40:57,214 --> 00:40:59,424 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black. 585 00:40:59,592 --> 00:41:01,926 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 586 00:41:02,094 --> 00:41:04,429 Then I saw the Congo Creeping through the black. 587 00:41:04,597 --> 00:41:06,931 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 588 00:41:07,099 --> 00:41:09,392 Take it, Meeks. Take it away. 589 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,853 Cutting through the forest With a golden track. 590 00:41:12,021 --> 00:41:14,689 Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black. 591 00:41:23,449 --> 00:41:26,117 A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. 592 00:41:26,285 --> 00:41:30,455 And don't use "very sad," use... Come on, Mr. Overstreet, you twerp. 593 00:41:30,623 --> 00:41:34,125 - Morose? - Exactly, morose. 594 00:41:34,293 --> 00:41:37,337 Now, language was developed for one endeavor, and that is? 595 00:41:37,505 --> 00:41:41,090 Mr. Anderson? Come on, are you a man or an amoeba? 596 00:41:45,012 --> 00:41:46,846 Mr. Perry? 597 00:41:49,308 --> 00:41:53,394 - To communicate. - No. To woo women. 598 00:41:54,813 --> 00:41:57,065 Today we're gonna be talking about William Shakespeare. 599 00:41:57,233 --> 00:41:59,651 - Oh, God. - I know. 600 00:41:59,818 --> 00:42:01,152 A lot of you look forward to this 601 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,780 about as much as you look forward to root canal work. 602 00:42:03,948 --> 00:42:05,365 We're gonna talk about Shakespeare 603 00:42:05,533 --> 00:42:08,034 as someone who writes something very interesting. 604 00:42:08,244 --> 00:42:11,788 Now, many of you have seen Shakespeare done very much like this: 605 00:42:11,956 --> 00:42:15,291 O, Titus, bring your friend hither. 606 00:42:15,459 --> 00:42:18,086 But if any of you have seen Mr. Marlon Brando, 607 00:42:18,254 --> 00:42:20,630 you know Shakespeare can be different. 608 00:42:20,798 --> 00:42:26,052 Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. 609 00:42:27,471 --> 00:42:30,223 You can also imagine John Wayne as Macbeth going: 610 00:42:30,391 --> 00:42:33,851 "Well, is this a dagger I see before me?" 611 00:42:36,522 --> 00:42:38,439 "Dogs, sir?" 612 00:42:38,607 --> 00:42:39,857 "Oh, not just now." 613 00:42:41,402 --> 00:42:44,445 "I do enjoy a good dog once in a while, sir." 614 00:42:44,613 --> 00:42:48,241 You can have yourself a three-course meal from one dog. 615 00:42:48,409 --> 00:42:51,160 Start with your canine crudités, 616 00:42:51,328 --> 00:42:56,958 go to your Fido flambé for main course, and for dessert, a Pekingese parfait. 617 00:42:57,126 --> 00:42:59,043 "And you can pick your teeth with a little paw." 618 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:04,716 Why do I stand up here? Anybody? 619 00:43:04,883 --> 00:43:06,217 - To feel taller. - No. 620 00:43:07,303 --> 00:43:09,345 Thank you for playing, Mr. Dalton. 621 00:43:09,513 --> 00:43:11,806 I stand upon my desk to remind myself 622 00:43:11,974 --> 00:43:16,019 that we must constantly look at things in a different way. 623 00:43:21,358 --> 00:43:24,277 You see, the world looks very different from up here. 624 00:43:24,445 --> 00:43:25,528 You don't believe me? 625 00:43:26,113 --> 00:43:28,448 Come see for yourselves. Come on. 626 00:43:29,283 --> 00:43:30,617 Come on. 627 00:43:30,784 --> 00:43:32,702 Just when you think you know something, 628 00:43:32,870 --> 00:43:34,454 you have to look at it in another way. 629 00:43:34,622 --> 00:43:39,167 Even though it may seem silly or wrong, you must try. 630 00:43:39,335 --> 00:43:41,919 Now, when you read, don't just consider what the author thinks. 631 00:43:42,087 --> 00:43:44,255 Consider what you think. 632 00:43:46,091 --> 00:43:49,510 Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. 633 00:43:49,678 --> 00:43:53,848 Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. 634 00:43:54,058 --> 00:43:57,268 Thoreau said, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." 635 00:43:57,436 --> 00:44:00,855 Don't be resigned to that. Break out. 636 00:44:01,482 --> 00:44:04,275 Don't just walk off the edge like lemmings, look around you. 637 00:44:05,694 --> 00:44:08,863 There. There you go, Mr. Priske. Thank you, yes. 638 00:44:10,115 --> 00:44:13,701 Dare to strike out and find new ground. 639 00:44:14,703 --> 00:44:16,162 Now, in addition to your essays, 640 00:44:16,330 --> 00:44:20,541 I would like you to compose a poem of your own. An original work. 641 00:44:25,297 --> 00:44:26,589 That's right. 642 00:44:26,757 --> 00:44:31,177 You have to deliver it aloud in front of the class on Monday. 643 00:44:31,345 --> 00:44:33,513 Bonne chance, gentlemen. 644 00:44:34,682 --> 00:44:36,557 Mr. Anderson? 645 00:44:37,267 --> 00:44:38,434 Don't think that I don't know 646 00:44:38,602 --> 00:44:41,729 that this assignment scares the hell out of you, you mole. 647 00:44:55,869 --> 00:44:57,745 Take a power train in two. 648 00:44:59,540 --> 00:45:00,790 Three. 649 00:45:00,958 --> 00:45:03,793 - Keep your eyes in the boat. - Stroke. 650 00:45:03,961 --> 00:45:05,128 - Quick, captain. - Let's go. 651 00:45:05,838 --> 00:45:07,338 We got it, Pittsie, we got it. 652 00:45:10,175 --> 00:45:12,844 Radio Free America. 653 00:45:26,734 --> 00:45:28,901 Let's do it again. 654 00:45:40,956 --> 00:45:42,498 - I found it. - You found what? 655 00:45:42,666 --> 00:45:45,918 What I want to do right now. What's really, really inside of me. 656 00:45:46,128 --> 00:45:48,254 - "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? - This is it. 657 00:45:48,422 --> 00:45:50,423 - What is that? - It's a play, dummy. 658 00:45:50,591 --> 00:45:53,801 I know that. What does it have to do with you? 659 00:45:54,011 --> 00:45:55,970 All right, they're putting it on at Henley Hall. 660 00:45:56,138 --> 00:45:58,347 Open tryouts. Open tryouts. 661 00:45:58,557 --> 00:46:00,349 - Yes, so? - So... 662 00:46:01,894 --> 00:46:02,977 I'm gonna act. 663 00:46:03,479 --> 00:46:04,937 Aha! 664 00:46:05,272 --> 00:46:07,440 Yes, yes, I'm gonna be an actor. 665 00:46:07,608 --> 00:46:09,692 Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to try this. 666 00:46:09,860 --> 00:46:12,111 I even tried to go to summer stock auditions last year, 667 00:46:12,279 --> 00:46:14,238 but, of course, my father wouldn't let me. 668 00:46:14,406 --> 00:46:17,450 For the first time in my whole life, I know what I want to do. 669 00:46:17,618 --> 00:46:20,036 And for the first time, I'm gonna do it! 670 00:46:20,245 --> 00:46:23,873 Whether my father wants me to or not. Carpe diem! 671 00:46:24,082 --> 00:46:25,416 Neil, Neil, hold on. 672 00:46:25,584 --> 00:46:28,920 How are you gonna be in a play if your father won't let you? 673 00:46:29,129 --> 00:46:31,714 First, I gotta get the part, then I can worry about that. 674 00:46:31,882 --> 00:46:35,051 Won't he kill you if he finds out you went to an audition and didn't tell him? 675 00:46:35,219 --> 00:46:38,054 No. As far as I'm concerned, he won't have to know about any of this. 676 00:46:38,222 --> 00:46:40,848 - That's impossible. - Bullshit, nothing's impossible. 677 00:46:41,016 --> 00:46:43,559 Why don't you just call him and ask him? Maybe he'll say yes. 678 00:46:43,727 --> 00:46:45,144 That's a laugh. 679 00:46:47,731 --> 00:46:49,982 If I don't ask him, at least I won't be disobeying him. 680 00:46:50,150 --> 00:46:53,694 - Yeah, but if he said no... - Jesus, Todd, whose side are you on? 681 00:47:03,872 --> 00:47:06,624 I mean, I haven't even gotten the part yet. 682 00:47:07,751 --> 00:47:11,003 Can't I even enjoy the idea for a little while? 683 00:47:20,764 --> 00:47:22,557 You're coming to the meeting this afternoon? 684 00:47:22,724 --> 00:47:24,892 I don't know. Maybe. 685 00:47:25,310 --> 00:47:29,146 Nothing Mr. Keating has to say means shit to you, does it, Todd? 686 00:47:29,982 --> 00:47:31,774 - What does that mean? - You're in the club. 687 00:47:31,942 --> 00:47:34,652 Being in the club means being stirred up by things. 688 00:47:34,820 --> 00:47:36,654 You look about as stirred up as a cesspool. 689 00:47:36,822 --> 00:47:39,323 - So you want me out? - No, I want you in. 690 00:47:39,491 --> 00:47:41,284 But being in means you gotta do something, 691 00:47:41,451 --> 00:47:42,535 not just say you're in. 692 00:47:43,078 --> 00:47:44,287 Well, listen, Neil. 693 00:47:44,454 --> 00:47:49,625 I appreciate this concern, but I'm not like you, all right? 694 00:47:49,835 --> 00:47:52,420 You say things and people listen. 695 00:47:52,588 --> 00:47:55,172 - I'm not like that. - Don't you think you could be? 696 00:47:55,340 --> 00:47:56,966 No. I... 697 00:47:57,426 --> 00:47:59,093 I don't know, but that's not the point. 698 00:47:59,261 --> 00:48:01,679 The point is that there's nothing you can do about it. 699 00:48:01,847 --> 00:48:05,641 So you can just butt out. I can take care of myself just fine. 700 00:48:05,851 --> 00:48:07,685 All right? 701 00:48:10,647 --> 00:48:11,856 No. 702 00:48:15,277 --> 00:48:16,736 What do you mean, no? 703 00:48:19,364 --> 00:48:20,907 No. 704 00:48:21,450 --> 00:48:24,452 - Give me... Neil, give that back. - What is this? "We are dreaming of a..." 705 00:48:24,620 --> 00:48:27,455 What it this? Poetry. I'm being chased by Walt Whitman. 706 00:48:28,999 --> 00:48:31,125 Okay, okay. 707 00:48:31,293 --> 00:48:34,128 What are you guys doing? I'm trying... You see this chemistry...? 708 00:48:34,296 --> 00:48:37,423 Hey, give me... Neil, give me... Don't be immature. 709 00:48:37,591 --> 00:48:39,508 Come on, I need my... 710 00:48:39,676 --> 00:48:41,177 Give it to me. Give it to me. 711 00:48:41,345 --> 00:48:43,596 Charlie, help me. 712 00:48:43,764 --> 00:48:45,890 Grab that book. I need... 713 00:48:49,144 --> 00:48:50,186 Whoo. 714 00:49:15,170 --> 00:49:17,046 Whoo! 715 00:50:17,232 --> 00:50:19,400 Okay, everybody on the bus. 716 00:50:19,609 --> 00:50:21,569 Let's go, boys. 717 00:50:22,529 --> 00:50:26,907 Come on, let's go. On the bus, boys, now. 718 00:50:29,453 --> 00:50:32,455 Now, devotees may argue that one sport or game 719 00:50:32,622 --> 00:50:35,291 is inherently better than another. 720 00:50:35,459 --> 00:50:37,960 For me, sport is actually a chance for us 721 00:50:38,128 --> 00:50:41,213 to have other human beings push us to excel. 722 00:50:41,882 --> 00:50:44,884 I want you all to come over here and take a slip of paper 723 00:50:45,093 --> 00:50:47,428 and line up single file. 724 00:50:48,013 --> 00:50:50,389 Mr. Meeks, time to inherit the earth. 725 00:50:50,557 --> 00:50:53,851 Mr. Pitts, rise above your name. 726 00:50:54,019 --> 00:50:57,480 I want you to hand these out to the boys, one apiece. 727 00:51:00,317 --> 00:51:01,984 You know what to do, Pitts. 728 00:51:02,152 --> 00:51:05,488 O to struggle against great odds To meet enemies undaunted. 729 00:51:05,655 --> 00:51:08,491 Sounds to me like you're daunted. Say it like you're undaunted. 730 00:51:08,658 --> 00:51:11,702 O to struggle against great odds To meet enemies undaunted. 731 00:51:11,870 --> 00:51:13,704 Now, go on. 732 00:51:14,206 --> 00:51:16,415 Yes. Next. 733 00:51:17,209 --> 00:51:21,253 To be a sailor of the world Bound for all ports. 734 00:51:22,005 --> 00:51:24,006 Next. Louder. 735 00:51:24,174 --> 00:51:27,885 O while I live to be the ruler of life Not a slave. 736 00:51:29,137 --> 00:51:30,262 To mount the scaffolds. 737 00:51:30,430 --> 00:51:33,516 To advance to the muzzles of guns With perfect nonchalance! 738 00:51:39,147 --> 00:51:40,981 Come on, Meeks. Listen to the music. 739 00:51:41,733 --> 00:51:47,071 To dance, clap hands, exult Shout, skip, roll on, float on! 740 00:51:47,239 --> 00:51:48,864 Yes. 741 00:51:50,325 --> 00:51:55,037 O to have life henceforth A poem of new joys. 742 00:51:55,705 --> 00:51:57,873 Aw, pbbt. Boo. 743 00:51:58,041 --> 00:52:00,251 Come on, Charlie, let it fill your soul. 744 00:52:00,877 --> 00:52:03,796 To indeed be a god. 745 00:52:05,006 --> 00:52:08,342 Charlie, I got the part. Rah! 746 00:52:08,510 --> 00:52:10,511 I'm gonna play Puck. I'm gonna play Puck. 747 00:52:10,679 --> 00:52:12,096 - What did he say? - Puck? 748 00:52:12,264 --> 00:52:13,556 - The main part. - Great, Neil. 749 00:52:13,723 --> 00:52:14,765 Charlie, I got it. 750 00:52:14,933 --> 00:52:18,185 - Congratulations. - Good for you, Neil. Good for you. 751 00:52:18,770 --> 00:52:21,272 Okay, okay, okay. 752 00:52:21,982 --> 00:52:24,233 Neil, how are you gonna do this? 753 00:52:24,401 --> 00:52:28,112 They need a letter of permission from my father and Mr. Nolan. 754 00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:31,073 - You're not gonna write it. - Oh, yes, I am. 755 00:52:31,241 --> 00:52:33,117 Oh, Neil, you're crazy. 756 00:52:35,328 --> 00:52:36,370 Okay. 757 00:52:36,538 --> 00:52:40,249 "I am writing to you" 758 00:52:40,417 --> 00:52:46,297 on behalf of my son, 759 00:52:46,464 --> 00:52:49,884 "Neil Perry." 760 00:52:51,720 --> 00:52:53,137 This is great. 761 00:53:43,438 --> 00:53:46,106 - "To Chris." - Who's Chris? 762 00:53:46,274 --> 00:53:48,984 Mmm. Chris. 763 00:53:49,569 --> 00:53:52,363 I see a sweetness in her smile. 764 00:53:52,781 --> 00:53:55,658 Bright light shines from her eyes. 765 00:53:57,077 --> 00:54:00,788 But life is complete Contentment is mine. 766 00:54:00,956 --> 00:54:02,248 Just knowing that... 767 00:54:04,918 --> 00:54:06,752 Just knowing that. 768 00:54:08,255 --> 00:54:10,089 She's alive. 769 00:54:10,257 --> 00:54:12,800 - Sorry, captain, it's stupid. - No, no, it's not stupid. 770 00:54:12,968 --> 00:54:14,343 It's a good effort. 771 00:54:14,511 --> 00:54:17,012 It touched on love. 772 00:54:17,639 --> 00:54:20,140 A major theme not only in poetry, but life. 773 00:54:20,850 --> 00:54:24,603 Mr. Hopkins, you were laughing. You're up. 774 00:54:34,197 --> 00:54:37,950 The cat sat on the mat. 775 00:54:44,124 --> 00:54:45,374 Congratulations, Mr. Hopkins. 776 00:54:45,542 --> 00:54:48,794 You have the first poem to ever have a negative score on the Pritchard scale. 777 00:54:50,338 --> 00:54:52,423 We're not laughing at you, we're laughing near you. 778 00:54:52,674 --> 00:54:54,591 I don't mind that your poem had a simple theme. 779 00:54:54,759 --> 00:54:56,885 The most beautiful poetry can be about simple things 780 00:54:57,053 --> 00:54:59,722 like a cat, or a flower, or rain. 781 00:54:59,889 --> 00:55:03,058 You see, poetry can come from anything with the stuff of revelation in it. 782 00:55:03,226 --> 00:55:05,394 Just don't let your poems be ordinary. 783 00:55:08,064 --> 00:55:10,524 Now, who's next? 784 00:55:11,484 --> 00:55:15,154 Mr. Anderson, I see you sitting there in agony. 785 00:55:15,864 --> 00:55:18,324 Come on, Todd, step up. Let's put you out of your misery. 786 00:55:21,286 --> 00:55:23,245 I didn't do it. I didn't write a poem. 787 00:55:27,167 --> 00:55:29,168 Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him 788 00:55:29,336 --> 00:55:31,962 is worthless and embarrassing. 789 00:55:32,130 --> 00:55:35,299 Isn't that right, Todd? Isn't that your worst fear? 790 00:55:36,885 --> 00:55:38,135 Well, I think you're wrong. 791 00:55:38,303 --> 00:55:42,222 I think you have something inside of you that is worth a great deal. 792 00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:45,225 "I sound" 793 00:55:46,186 --> 00:55:51,523 my barbaric 794 00:55:52,567 --> 00:55:54,234 yawp 795 00:55:57,364 --> 00:56:02,034 "over the rooftops of the world." 796 00:56:04,329 --> 00:56:07,956 W.W., Uncle Walt again. 797 00:56:08,124 --> 00:56:12,669 Now, for those of you who don't know, a yawp is a loud cry or yell. 798 00:56:12,837 --> 00:56:17,091 Now, Todd, I would like you to give us a demonstration of a barbaric yawp. 799 00:56:18,885 --> 00:56:22,930 Come on, you can't yawp sitting down. Let's go. Come on, up. 800 00:56:23,098 --> 00:56:25,224 Gotta get in yawping stance. 801 00:56:27,394 --> 00:56:30,646 - A yawp. - No, not just a yawp. A barbaric yawp. 802 00:56:30,814 --> 00:56:31,939 Yeah, yeah, right. 803 00:56:32,107 --> 00:56:35,109 - Yawp. - Come on, louder. 804 00:56:35,276 --> 00:56:36,443 - Yawp. - Oh, that's a mouse. 805 00:56:36,611 --> 00:56:38,487 - Come on, louder. - Yawp. 806 00:56:38,655 --> 00:56:40,114 - God, boy, yell like a man. - Yawp! 807 00:56:40,281 --> 00:56:43,367 There it is. You see, you have a barbarian in you after all. 808 00:56:43,535 --> 00:56:46,870 Now, you don't get away that easy. There's a picture of Uncle Walt up there. 809 00:56:47,038 --> 00:56:50,457 What does he remind you of? Don't think, answer. Go on. 810 00:56:50,625 --> 00:56:52,167 - A madman. - What kind of madman? 811 00:56:52,335 --> 00:56:54,586 - Don't think about it, answer again. - A crazy madman. 812 00:56:54,754 --> 00:56:57,172 You can do better. Free up your mind, use your imagination. 813 00:56:57,340 --> 00:57:00,175 Say the first thing that pops into your head, even if it's gibberish. 814 00:57:00,343 --> 00:57:01,927 A sweaty-toothed madman. 815 00:57:02,095 --> 00:57:04,680 Good God, boy, there's a poet in you after all. 816 00:57:04,848 --> 00:57:07,433 There, close your eyes. Close your eyes, close them. 817 00:57:07,600 --> 00:57:10,394 Now describe what you see. 818 00:57:10,562 --> 00:57:13,522 - I close my eyes. - Yes? 819 00:57:13,690 --> 00:57:16,442 - And this image floats beside me. - A sweaty-toothed madman. 820 00:57:16,609 --> 00:57:19,570 A sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brain. 821 00:57:19,737 --> 00:57:22,406 Oh, that's excellent. Now give him action. Make him do something. 822 00:57:22,574 --> 00:57:25,492 - His hands reach out and choke me. - That's it, wonderful, wonderful. 823 00:57:25,660 --> 00:57:27,911 - And all the time he's mumbling. - What's he mumbling? 824 00:57:28,079 --> 00:57:31,331 Mumbling truth. Truth, like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold. 825 00:57:32,834 --> 00:57:34,793 Forget them, forget them. Stay with the blanket. 826 00:57:34,961 --> 00:57:36,295 Tell me about that blanket. 827 00:57:36,463 --> 00:57:39,089 You can push it, stretch it, it'll never be enough. 828 00:57:39,257 --> 00:57:41,800 You kick at it, beat it, it'll never cover any of us. 829 00:57:41,968 --> 00:57:44,803 From the moment we enter crying to the moment we leave dying, 830 00:57:44,971 --> 00:57:49,766 it'll just cover your face as you wail and cry and scream. 831 00:57:56,691 --> 00:57:58,233 - Yeah. - Yeah. 832 00:57:58,860 --> 00:58:01,153 Don't you forget this. 833 00:59:03,841 --> 00:59:07,052 - Atta boy, Pittsie, inhale deeply. - My dad collects a lot of pipes. 834 00:59:07,262 --> 00:59:10,180 - Really? Mine's got 30. - Your parents collect pipes? 835 00:59:10,348 --> 00:59:12,182 Oh, that's really interesting. 836 00:59:12,684 --> 00:59:15,352 Come on, Knox. Join in. 837 00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:17,354 We're from the government. We're here to help. 838 00:59:17,522 --> 00:59:19,773 - What's wrong? - It's Chris. 839 00:59:19,941 --> 00:59:23,652 - Here's a picture of Chris for you. - Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 840 00:59:23,820 --> 00:59:25,612 - That's not funny. - Knock it off. 841 00:59:25,780 --> 00:59:27,364 - Smoke your pipes. - Okay. 842 00:59:27,532 --> 00:59:28,907 Neil. 843 00:59:29,075 --> 00:59:32,244 Friends, scholars, Welton men. 844 00:59:33,121 --> 00:59:35,706 - What is that, Neil? - Duh. It's a lamp, Meeks. 845 00:59:35,873 --> 00:59:38,959 No, this is the god of the cave. 846 00:59:39,127 --> 00:59:40,210 The god of the cave? 847 00:59:43,673 --> 00:59:44,840 Charlie, what are you doing? 848 00:59:45,008 --> 00:59:46,633 What do you say we start this meeting? 849 00:59:46,801 --> 00:59:48,218 Yeah, just... I need a light. 850 00:59:48,386 --> 00:59:50,804 - Who's got a light? - Did you bring the earplugs? 851 00:59:51,931 --> 00:59:55,809 Gentlemen, "Poetrusic," by Charles Dalton. 852 00:59:55,977 --> 00:59:57,769 - Oh, boy. - He's gonna play. 853 00:59:59,981 --> 01:00:01,523 Oh, no. 854 01:00:01,691 --> 01:00:04,318 Laughing, crying, tumbling, mumbling. 855 01:00:04,485 --> 01:00:07,321 Gotta do more. Gotta be more. 856 01:00:11,826 --> 01:00:15,370 Chaos screaming, chaos dreaming Gotta do more, gotta be more. 857 01:00:48,321 --> 01:00:49,363 Wow. 858 01:00:49,530 --> 01:00:50,906 - That was nice. - That was great. 859 01:00:51,074 --> 01:00:52,699 Where did you learn to play like that? 860 01:00:52,867 --> 01:00:55,786 My parents made me take the clarinet for years. 861 01:00:55,953 --> 01:00:58,038 - I love the clarinet. - I hated it. 862 01:00:59,916 --> 01:01:01,291 The saxophone. 863 01:01:01,459 --> 01:01:05,212 The saxophone is more sonorous. 864 01:01:05,421 --> 01:01:06,672 Ooh. 865 01:01:06,839 --> 01:01:08,632 - Vocabulary. - Look at him. 866 01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:12,928 I can't take it anymore. If I don't have Chris, I'm gonna kill myself. 867 01:01:13,096 --> 01:01:14,888 Knoxious, you've gotta calm down. 868 01:01:15,056 --> 01:01:16,973 No, Charlie. 869 01:01:17,308 --> 01:01:21,311 That's just my problem. I've been calm all my life. 870 01:01:21,479 --> 01:01:23,772 - I'm gonna do something about that. - Where you going? 871 01:01:24,399 --> 01:01:27,609 - What are you gonna do? - I'm gonna call her. Yeah. 872 01:01:33,783 --> 01:01:35,492 Hello? 873 01:01:37,537 --> 01:01:38,620 She's gonna hate me. 874 01:01:40,790 --> 01:01:42,666 The Danburrys will hate me. 875 01:01:42,875 --> 01:01:45,585 My parents will kill me. 876 01:01:50,174 --> 01:01:52,426 All right, goddamn it. 877 01:01:52,593 --> 01:01:56,179 You're right. Carpe diem. 878 01:01:56,389 --> 01:01:58,640 Even if it kills me. 879 01:02:07,150 --> 01:02:08,859 - Hello? - Hello, Chris? 880 01:02:09,026 --> 01:02:12,654 - Yes? - Hi, this is Knox Overstreet. 881 01:02:13,614 --> 01:02:16,992 Oh, yes, Knox. Glad you called. 882 01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:18,285 She's glad I called. 883 01:02:18,494 --> 01:02:20,954 Listen, Chet's parents are going out of town this weekend 884 01:02:21,122 --> 01:02:22,289 and he's having a party. 885 01:02:22,457 --> 01:02:24,916 - Would you like to come? - Would I like to come to a party? 886 01:02:25,084 --> 01:02:26,793 - Yes. Say yes. - Friday? 887 01:02:26,961 --> 01:02:28,128 - Well, sure. - About 7? 888 01:02:28,296 --> 01:02:30,130 - Okay, great. I'll be there, Chris. - Okay. 889 01:02:30,298 --> 01:02:31,840 Friday night at the Danburrys. 890 01:02:32,008 --> 01:02:33,467 - Okay, thank you. - Okay, bye. 891 01:02:33,634 --> 01:02:35,761 Thank you. I'll see you. Bye. 892 01:02:36,471 --> 01:02:39,306 Yawp! 893 01:02:39,932 --> 01:02:41,433 Can you believe it? 894 01:02:41,601 --> 01:02:44,269 She was gonna call me. 895 01:02:44,437 --> 01:02:46,772 She invited me to a party with her. 896 01:02:46,939 --> 01:02:49,649 - At Chet Danburry's house? - Yeah. 897 01:02:49,817 --> 01:02:52,235 - Well? - So? 898 01:02:52,403 --> 01:02:55,947 So you don't really think she means you're going with her? 899 01:02:57,158 --> 01:03:00,452 Well, of course not, Charlie, but that's not the point. 900 01:03:00,620 --> 01:03:04,331 - That's not the point at all. - What is the point? 901 01:03:05,541 --> 01:03:09,252 The point, Charlie, 902 01:03:10,505 --> 01:03:12,422 is, uh... 903 01:03:13,508 --> 01:03:16,843 - Yeah? - ... that she was thinking about me. 904 01:03:17,720 --> 01:03:22,474 I've only met her once, and already, she's thinking about me. 905 01:03:22,642 --> 01:03:25,310 Damn it. It's gonna happen, guys. 906 01:03:25,478 --> 01:03:27,437 I feel it. 907 01:03:28,105 --> 01:03:32,275 She is going to be mine. 908 01:03:34,195 --> 01:03:37,072 Carpe. Carpe. 909 01:03:39,200 --> 01:03:43,036 No grades at stake, gentlemen. Just take a stroll. 910 01:03:49,544 --> 01:03:51,419 There it is. 911 01:04:00,680 --> 01:04:02,347 I don't know, but I've been told 912 01:04:02,515 --> 01:04:04,266 I don't know, but I've been told. 913 01:04:04,433 --> 01:04:06,184 Doing poetry is old. 914 01:04:06,352 --> 01:04:07,644 Doing poetry is old. 915 01:04:07,812 --> 01:04:14,776 Left, left, left, right, left. 916 01:04:14,944 --> 01:04:16,444 Left, halt. 917 01:04:17,238 --> 01:04:19,155 Thank you, gentlemen. 918 01:04:20,283 --> 01:04:24,077 If you noticed, everyone started off with their own stride, their own pace. 919 01:04:24,245 --> 01:04:26,538 Mr. Pitts, taking his time. 920 01:04:26,706 --> 01:04:28,498 He knew he'll get there one day. 921 01:04:28,666 --> 01:04:30,292 Mr. Cameron, you could see him thinking, 922 01:04:30,459 --> 01:04:34,045 "Is this right? It might be right. I know that... Maybe not. I don't know." 923 01:04:34,213 --> 01:04:37,632 Mr. Overstreet's, driven by deeper force. 924 01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:39,926 Yes, we know that. 925 01:04:40,094 --> 01:04:42,637 All right, now, I didn't bring them up here to ridicule them. 926 01:04:42,805 --> 01:04:45,307 I brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity. 927 01:04:45,474 --> 01:04:48,935 The difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others. 928 01:04:49,103 --> 01:04:51,229 Now, those of you, I see the look in your eyes like, 929 01:04:51,397 --> 01:04:53,481 "I would have walked differently." 930 01:04:53,649 --> 01:04:56,318 Well, ask yourselves why you were clapping. 931 01:04:57,403 --> 01:04:59,613 Now, we all have a great need for acceptance. 932 01:04:59,780 --> 01:05:02,574 But you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own. 933 01:05:02,742 --> 01:05:05,160 Even though others may think them odd or unpopular. 934 01:05:05,328 --> 01:05:08,747 Even though the herd may go, "That's baa-d." 935 01:05:09,916 --> 01:05:13,752 Robert Frost said, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, 936 01:05:13,920 --> 01:05:17,797 I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference." 937 01:05:17,965 --> 01:05:20,425 Now, I want you to find your own walk right now. 938 01:05:20,593 --> 01:05:24,262 Your own way of striding, pacing. Any direction, anything you want. 939 01:05:24,430 --> 01:05:27,015 Whether it's proud, whether it's silly, anything. 940 01:05:27,224 --> 01:05:30,769 Gentlemen, the courtyard is yours. 941 01:05:33,022 --> 01:05:36,942 You don't have to perform, just make it for yourself. 942 01:05:37,860 --> 01:05:40,820 Mr. Dalton, you be joining us? 943 01:05:40,988 --> 01:05:43,156 Exercising the right not to walk. 944 01:05:44,241 --> 01:05:47,577 Thank you, Mr. Dalton. You just illustrated the point. 945 01:05:47,745 --> 01:05:50,121 Swim against the stream. 946 01:06:01,092 --> 01:06:02,842 Todd? 947 01:06:05,012 --> 01:06:06,763 - Hey. - Hey. 948 01:06:06,931 --> 01:06:09,849 - What's going on? - Nothing. 949 01:06:12,144 --> 01:06:15,105 - Today's my birthday. - Is today your birthday? 950 01:06:15,314 --> 01:06:17,190 - Happy birthday. - Thanks. 951 01:06:17,358 --> 01:06:20,068 - What'd you get? - My parents gave me this. 952 01:06:21,153 --> 01:06:22,362 Isn't this the same desk...? 953 01:06:22,530 --> 01:06:25,573 Yeah, they gave me the same thing as last year. 954 01:06:27,952 --> 01:06:30,245 - Oh. - Oh. 955 01:06:31,622 --> 01:06:33,456 Maybe they thought you needed another one. 956 01:06:35,042 --> 01:06:37,043 Maybe they weren't thinking about anything at all. 957 01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:44,551 The funny thing is about this is, I didn't even like it the first time. 958 01:06:47,096 --> 01:06:50,682 Todd, I think you're underestimating the value of this desk set. 959 01:06:52,435 --> 01:06:57,981 I mean, who would want a football, or a baseball, or...? 960 01:06:58,190 --> 01:06:59,315 Or a car? 961 01:06:59,483 --> 01:07:02,694 Or a car, if they could have a desk set as wonderful as this one? 962 01:07:02,862 --> 01:07:06,823 I mean, if I were ever going to buy a desk set twice, 963 01:07:06,991 --> 01:07:10,702 I would probably buy this one both times. 964 01:07:12,455 --> 01:07:16,249 In fact, its shape is... 965 01:07:17,877 --> 01:07:20,086 It's rather aerodynamic, isn't it? 966 01:07:22,048 --> 01:07:23,506 I can feel it. 967 01:07:23,841 --> 01:07:25,300 Phew. 968 01:07:25,551 --> 01:07:28,636 This desk set wants to fly. 969 01:07:31,307 --> 01:07:32,891 Todd? 970 01:07:33,642 --> 01:07:37,562 The world's first unmanned flying desk set. 971 01:07:40,441 --> 01:07:41,900 Whew. Ha, ha. 972 01:07:42,485 --> 01:07:44,527 Oh, my. 973 01:07:44,695 --> 01:07:47,197 Well, I wouldn't worry. 974 01:07:47,364 --> 01:07:48,698 You'll get another one next year. 975 01:07:50,826 --> 01:07:54,037 To live deep And suck out all the marrow of life. 976 01:07:54,205 --> 01:07:55,914 To put to rout all that was not life. 977 01:07:58,709 --> 01:08:00,210 Oh, my God. 978 01:08:01,378 --> 01:08:04,214 - Is this it? - Yeah, this is it. 979 01:08:04,381 --> 01:08:06,674 Go ahead, go on in. It's my cave. 980 01:08:06,842 --> 01:08:08,676 - Watch your step. - We're not gonna slip, are we? 981 01:08:08,844 --> 01:08:10,220 Uh-oh. 982 01:08:11,097 --> 01:08:12,138 Hi. 983 01:08:12,598 --> 01:08:13,723 - Unh. - Hello. 984 01:08:13,933 --> 01:08:15,934 - Hello. - Hi, guys. 985 01:08:16,102 --> 01:08:19,020 Meet, uh, Gloria and... 986 01:08:19,188 --> 01:08:20,772 - Tina. - Tina. 987 01:08:20,981 --> 01:08:23,858 This is the pledge class of the Dead Poets Society. 988 01:08:24,026 --> 01:08:25,401 - Hello. - Hey, how do you do? 989 01:08:25,569 --> 01:08:26,820 - Hello. - Hi. 990 01:08:27,029 --> 01:08:28,738 Guys, move, move. 991 01:08:28,906 --> 01:08:31,699 Come on, folks, it's Friday night. Let's get on with the meeting. 992 01:08:31,867 --> 01:08:32,909 Excuse me. 993 01:08:33,077 --> 01:08:34,911 Guys, I have an announcement to make. 994 01:08:35,079 --> 01:08:38,873 In keeping with the spirit of passionate experimentation of the Dead Poets, 995 01:08:39,041 --> 01:08:41,167 I'm giving up the name Charles Dalton. 996 01:08:41,335 --> 01:08:43,878 From now on, call me Nuwanda. 997 01:08:44,088 --> 01:08:46,464 - Nuwanda? - Nuwanda? 998 01:08:48,634 --> 01:08:50,510 Okay. 999 01:08:58,894 --> 01:09:02,105 Hello? Hello, Chris? 1000 01:09:08,070 --> 01:09:09,195 - Knox. - Hi. 1001 01:09:09,363 --> 01:09:11,281 You made it, great. 1002 01:09:11,448 --> 01:09:12,782 - Bring anybody? - No. 1003 01:09:12,950 --> 01:09:15,702 No? Ginny Danburry's here. 1004 01:09:15,870 --> 01:09:17,036 Look, I have to go find Chet. 1005 01:09:17,204 --> 01:09:19,455 Why don't you go downstairs? That's where everybody is. 1006 01:09:19,623 --> 01:09:21,207 - But, Chris... - Make yourself at home. 1007 01:09:21,375 --> 01:09:22,792 But I... 1008 01:09:37,766 --> 01:09:39,350 Hey, guys. 1009 01:09:43,981 --> 01:09:47,192 Hey, you Mutt Sanders' brother? 1010 01:09:47,776 --> 01:09:50,361 Bubba, this guy look like Mutt Sanders to you, or what? 1011 01:09:50,529 --> 01:09:52,530 You're his brother? 1012 01:09:53,490 --> 01:09:55,867 No relation. Never heard of him. Sorry, guys. 1013 01:09:56,035 --> 01:09:57,076 Where's your manners? 1014 01:09:57,244 --> 01:09:59,829 There's Mutt Sanders' brother, we don't even offer him a drink. 1015 01:09:59,997 --> 01:10:02,457 - Have some whisky, pal. - Yeah. 1016 01:10:02,625 --> 01:10:04,167 I don't really drink... 1017 01:10:04,335 --> 01:10:07,128 - To Mutt. - To Mutt. 1018 01:10:07,796 --> 01:10:09,380 To Mutt. 1019 01:10:12,426 --> 01:10:13,927 Now, how the hell is old Mutt anyway? 1020 01:10:14,094 --> 01:10:16,012 Yeah, what's old Mutter been up to, huh? 1021 01:10:17,389 --> 01:10:19,390 I don't really know Mutt. 1022 01:10:19,892 --> 01:10:23,353 - To the Mighty Mutt. - To Mighty Mutt. 1023 01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:25,563 To Mighty Mutt. 1024 01:10:29,985 --> 01:10:32,528 Well, listen, I gotta go find Patsy. 1025 01:10:32,696 --> 01:10:35,782 Say hello to Mutt for me, okay? 1026 01:10:35,950 --> 01:10:39,369 - Will do. - Hell of a guy, your old brother, Mutt. 1027 01:10:40,996 --> 01:10:43,957 Are we gonna have a meeting, or what? 1028 01:10:44,124 --> 01:10:47,460 Yeah, if you guys don't have a meeting, how do we know if we want to join? 1029 01:10:48,379 --> 01:10:50,088 Join? 1030 01:10:50,756 --> 01:10:53,341 Shall I compare thee To a summer's day? 1031 01:10:53,509 --> 01:10:56,010 Thou art more lovely And more temperate. 1032 01:10:56,178 --> 01:10:59,847 - That's so sweet. - I made that up just for you. 1033 01:11:00,015 --> 01:11:01,808 You did? 1034 01:11:02,685 --> 01:11:05,019 I'll write one for you too, Gloria. 1035 01:11:08,065 --> 01:11:15,738 She walks in beauty like the night. 1036 01:11:15,948 --> 01:11:19,617 Of cloudless climes and starry skies. 1037 01:11:19,785 --> 01:11:22,912 All that's best of dark and bright. 1038 01:11:23,080 --> 01:11:25,790 Meet in her aspect and her eyes; 1039 01:11:25,958 --> 01:11:27,333 That's beautiful. 1040 01:11:28,669 --> 01:11:31,462 There's plenty more where that came from. 1041 01:12:14,715 --> 01:12:16,841 God help me. 1042 01:12:30,814 --> 01:12:33,232 Carpe diem. 1043 01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:06,057 What, you don't remember? 1044 01:13:06,225 --> 01:13:07,475 What, are you kidding? 1045 01:13:07,684 --> 01:13:11,687 - Chet, Chet, look. - What? 1046 01:13:12,523 --> 01:13:14,232 It's Mutt Sanders' brother. 1047 01:13:14,441 --> 01:13:15,608 Huh? 1048 01:13:15,776 --> 01:13:17,276 - Knox...? - He's feeling up your girl. 1049 01:13:17,444 --> 01:13:19,570 What are you doing? 1050 01:13:20,114 --> 01:13:21,656 - What the hell are you doing? - Chet. 1051 01:13:21,824 --> 01:13:24,617 - Chet, don't. - Chet, I know this looks bad, but... 1052 01:13:24,785 --> 01:13:26,327 - Ahh! - Chet, no, you'll hurt him. 1053 01:13:26,537 --> 01:13:28,371 No, Chet, stop it. 1054 01:13:28,539 --> 01:13:30,331 - Jesus. - Leave him alone. 1055 01:13:30,499 --> 01:13:32,458 - Goddamn. - Chet, stop it. 1056 01:13:32,626 --> 01:13:34,335 Bastard. 1057 01:13:34,545 --> 01:13:37,505 - Knox, are you all right? - Chris, get the hell away from him. 1058 01:13:37,673 --> 01:13:38,881 - Chet, you hurt him. - Good. 1059 01:13:39,049 --> 01:13:42,176 - I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. - It's okay. It's okay. 1060 01:13:42,344 --> 01:13:44,220 Next time I see you, you die. 1061 01:13:47,349 --> 01:13:49,767 Go ahead, pass it around. 1062 01:13:58,652 --> 01:14:02,196 Me and Pitts are working on a hi-fi system. 1063 01:14:02,990 --> 01:14:05,575 It shouldn't be that hard to put together. 1064 01:14:05,742 --> 01:14:09,495 Yeah, I might be going to Yale. 1065 01:14:09,997 --> 01:14:12,165 But I might not. 1066 01:14:12,624 --> 01:14:14,667 Don't you guys miss having girls around here? 1067 01:14:15,210 --> 01:14:16,335 - Yeah. - Yeah. 1068 01:14:16,545 --> 01:14:18,838 That's part of what this club is about. 1069 01:14:19,006 --> 01:14:21,174 In fact, I'd like to announce 1070 01:14:21,341 --> 01:14:24,594 I published an article in the school paper in the name of the Dead Poets. 1071 01:14:25,095 --> 01:14:26,220 What? 1072 01:14:26,388 --> 01:14:28,764 - Demanding girls be admitted to Welton. - You didn't. 1073 01:14:28,932 --> 01:14:31,851 - So we can all stop beating off. - How did you do that? 1074 01:14:32,019 --> 01:14:34,020 I'm one of the proofers. I slipped the article in. 1075 01:14:34,188 --> 01:14:37,315 - Look, it's over now. - Why? Nobody knows who we are. 1076 01:14:37,524 --> 01:14:39,692 Don't you think they're gonna figure out who wrote it? 1077 01:14:39,860 --> 01:14:43,362 They're gonna come to you and ask to know what the Dead Poets Society is. 1078 01:14:43,530 --> 01:14:45,907 Charlie, you had no right to do something like that. 1079 01:14:46,074 --> 01:14:48,367 It's Nuwanda, Cameron. 1080 01:14:48,577 --> 01:14:51,287 That's right, it's Nuwanda. 1081 01:14:51,497 --> 01:14:54,457 And are we just playing around out here, or do we mean what we say? 1082 01:14:54,625 --> 01:14:57,585 If all we do is come together and read a bunch of poems to each other, 1083 01:14:57,753 --> 01:14:58,878 what the hell are we doing? 1084 01:14:59,046 --> 01:15:01,506 All right, but you still shouldn't have done it, Charlie. 1085 01:15:01,673 --> 01:15:04,050 This could mean trouble. You don't speak for the club. 1086 01:15:04,218 --> 01:15:06,719 Hey, would you not worry about your precious little neck? 1087 01:15:06,887 --> 01:15:10,139 If they catch me, I'll tell them I made it up. 1088 01:15:24,905 --> 01:15:26,656 Fine. 1089 01:15:37,167 --> 01:15:38,793 Sit. 1090 01:15:44,550 --> 01:15:46,008 This week's issue of Welton Honor, 1091 01:15:46,176 --> 01:15:49,679 there appeared a profane and unauthorized article. 1092 01:15:50,180 --> 01:15:54,976 Rather than spend my valuable time ferreting out the guilty persons... 1093 01:15:55,769 --> 01:15:57,728 And let me assure you, I will find them. 1094 01:15:58,522 --> 01:16:01,857 I'm asking any and all students who know anything about this article 1095 01:16:02,025 --> 01:16:05,194 to make themselves known here and now. 1096 01:16:07,155 --> 01:16:09,448 Whoever the guilty persons are, 1097 01:16:09,616 --> 01:16:13,077 this is your only chance to avoid expulsion from this school. 1098 01:16:19,501 --> 01:16:20,918 Welton Academy, hello? 1099 01:16:22,129 --> 01:16:23,546 Yes, he is. Just a moment. 1100 01:16:24,548 --> 01:16:26,674 Mr. Nolan, it's for you. 1101 01:16:27,509 --> 01:16:30,761 It's God. He says we should have girls at Welton. 1102 01:16:47,029 --> 01:16:48,696 Wipe that smirk off your face. 1103 01:16:50,532 --> 01:16:52,575 If you think, Mr. Dalton, that you're the first 1104 01:16:52,743 --> 01:16:55,036 to try to get thrown out of this school, think again. 1105 01:16:55,203 --> 01:16:56,787 Others have had similar notions 1106 01:16:56,997 --> 01:16:59,415 and have failed just as surely as you will fail. 1107 01:16:59,583 --> 01:17:00,791 Assume the position. 1108 01:17:14,556 --> 01:17:16,182 Count aloud, Mr. Dalton. 1109 01:17:20,687 --> 01:17:22,355 One. 1110 01:17:24,358 --> 01:17:25,900 Two. 1111 01:17:31,948 --> 01:17:33,658 Three. 1112 01:17:34,868 --> 01:17:36,243 Four. 1113 01:17:37,954 --> 01:17:38,996 Five. 1114 01:17:39,164 --> 01:17:41,499 What is this Dead Poets Society? I want names. 1115 01:18:11,363 --> 01:18:12,988 - You kicked out? - No. 1116 01:18:13,156 --> 01:18:15,157 So, what happened? 1117 01:18:18,537 --> 01:18:21,539 I'm to turn everybody in, apologize to the school, 1118 01:18:21,707 --> 01:18:23,749 and all will be forgiven. 1119 01:18:23,917 --> 01:18:25,960 So, what are you gonna do? 1120 01:18:26,169 --> 01:18:29,422 - Charlie. - Damn it, Neil. 1121 01:18:29,589 --> 01:18:32,091 The name is Nuwanda. 1122 01:18:38,098 --> 01:18:39,682 Excuse me. 1123 01:18:39,850 --> 01:18:43,060 - May we have a word, Mr. Keating? - Certainly. 1124 01:18:49,609 --> 01:18:53,070 This was my first classroom, John. Did you know that? 1125 01:18:54,156 --> 01:18:57,992 - My first desk. - I didn't know you taught, Mr. Nolan. 1126 01:18:58,160 --> 01:18:59,994 English. 1127 01:19:00,162 --> 01:19:02,663 Long before your time. 1128 01:19:02,831 --> 01:19:05,458 It was hard giving it up, I can tell you. 1129 01:19:09,463 --> 01:19:11,172 I'm hearing rumors, John, 1130 01:19:11,339 --> 01:19:14,175 about some unorthodox teaching methods in your classroom. 1131 01:19:14,342 --> 01:19:18,804 I'm not saying they've had anything to do with the Dalton boy's outburst, 1132 01:19:18,972 --> 01:19:23,601 but I don't think I have to warn you, boys his age are very impressionable. 1133 01:19:23,769 --> 01:19:27,104 Well, your reprimand made quite an impression, I'm sure. 1134 01:19:30,025 --> 01:19:32,693 What was going on in the courtyard the other day? 1135 01:19:32,861 --> 01:19:33,903 Courtyard? 1136 01:19:34,070 --> 01:19:35,863 Yeah, boys marching, clapping in unison. 1137 01:19:36,031 --> 01:19:38,491 Oh, that. That was an exercise to prove a point. 1138 01:19:38,658 --> 01:19:39,909 Dangers of conformity. 1139 01:19:40,076 --> 01:19:42,787 Well, John, the curriculum here is set. It's proven, it works. 1140 01:19:42,954 --> 01:19:45,539 If you question it, what's to prevent them from doing the same? 1141 01:19:45,707 --> 01:19:48,459 I thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself. 1142 01:19:48,627 --> 01:19:50,669 At these boys' age? Not on your life. 1143 01:19:51,379 --> 01:19:55,132 Tradition, John. Discipline. 1144 01:19:55,509 --> 01:19:59,136 Prepare them for college and the rest will take care of itself. 1145 01:20:04,059 --> 01:20:05,518 Creak. 1146 01:20:07,103 --> 01:20:10,773 He starts walking around towards my left. Creak. 1147 01:20:11,900 --> 01:20:13,108 Creak. 1148 01:20:13,276 --> 01:20:16,779 "Assume the position, Mr. Dalton." 1149 01:20:17,656 --> 01:20:19,323 It's all right, gentlemen. 1150 01:20:19,491 --> 01:20:22,284 - Mr. Keating. - Mr. Dalton. 1151 01:20:22,452 --> 01:20:24,745 That was a pretty lame stunt you pulled today. 1152 01:20:24,913 --> 01:20:26,622 You're siding with Mr. Nolan? 1153 01:20:26,790 --> 01:20:29,250 What about carpe diem, sucking all the marrow out of life...? 1154 01:20:29,417 --> 01:20:33,170 Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone. 1155 01:20:34,548 --> 01:20:38,259 Sure, there's a time for daring, and there's a time for caution. 1156 01:20:38,426 --> 01:20:40,344 And a wise man understands which is called for. 1157 01:20:41,471 --> 01:20:44,723 - But I thought you'd like that. - No. 1158 01:20:44,891 --> 01:20:47,685 You being expelled from school is not daring to me, it's stupid. 1159 01:20:48,895 --> 01:20:50,729 Because you'll miss some golden opportunities. 1160 01:20:50,897 --> 01:20:52,690 Yeah, like what? 1161 01:20:52,858 --> 01:20:55,943 Like if nothing else, the opportunity to attend my classes. 1162 01:20:59,531 --> 01:21:01,323 Got it, Ace? 1163 01:21:01,908 --> 01:21:03,033 Aye, aye, captain. 1164 01:21:03,952 --> 01:21:05,578 Keep your head about you. 1165 01:21:07,205 --> 01:21:08,622 That goes for the lot of you. 1166 01:21:08,790 --> 01:21:11,667 - Yes, captain. - Yes, captain. 1167 01:21:12,294 --> 01:21:13,544 Phone call from God. 1168 01:21:15,630 --> 01:21:18,173 If it had been collect, it would have been daring. 1169 01:21:21,386 --> 01:21:24,054 All right. Go on, play. 1170 01:21:34,441 --> 01:21:36,901 We're trying to rehearse, okay? 1171 01:21:37,235 --> 01:21:39,236 A good persuasion. Therefore, hear me, Hermia. 1172 01:21:39,404 --> 01:21:43,157 Wait, please. Excitement. I don't hear any excitement about this play. 1173 01:21:43,325 --> 01:21:45,784 And take her hand. 1174 01:21:45,952 --> 01:21:51,916 Bring her down the stage and stop, and, "There, gentle Hermia." Try again. 1175 01:21:53,293 --> 01:21:55,753 - What's for dinner? - Spaghetti and meatballs. 1176 01:21:58,632 --> 01:22:00,966 Save some for me. 1177 01:22:02,594 --> 01:22:05,554 But, room, fairy! Here comes Oberon. 1178 01:22:08,558 --> 01:22:11,685 - Father. - Neil. 1179 01:22:13,688 --> 01:22:17,691 - Before you say anything, please let me... - Don't you dare talk back to me. 1180 01:22:19,694 --> 01:22:22,237 It's bad enough that you've wasted your time 1181 01:22:22,405 --> 01:22:25,699 with this absurd acting business. 1182 01:22:26,618 --> 01:22:28,994 But you deliberately deceived me. 1183 01:22:30,288 --> 01:22:32,623 How did you expect to get away with this? 1184 01:22:35,377 --> 01:22:37,086 Answer me. 1185 01:22:38,046 --> 01:22:41,590 Who put you up to it? Was it this new man, this, uh, Mr. Keating? 1186 01:22:41,758 --> 01:22:44,510 No, nobody... 1187 01:22:44,678 --> 01:22:46,387 I thought I'd surprise you. 1188 01:22:46,596 --> 01:22:49,932 - I've gotten all A's in every class. - So did you think I wasn't gonna find out? 1189 01:22:50,642 --> 01:22:53,769 "Oh, my niece is in a play with your son," says Mrs. Marks. 1190 01:22:53,937 --> 01:22:55,104 "No, no, no," I say. 1191 01:22:55,271 --> 01:22:58,232 "You must be mistaken. My son's not in a play." 1192 01:22:58,400 --> 01:22:59,733 You made a liar out of me, Neil. 1193 01:23:03,738 --> 01:23:08,659 Now, tomorrow, you go to them and you tell them that you're quitting. 1194 01:23:09,160 --> 01:23:12,454 No, I can't. I have the main part. The performance is tomorrow night. 1195 01:23:12,664 --> 01:23:16,917 I don't care if the world comes to an end tomorrow. You are through with that play. 1196 01:23:17,961 --> 01:23:22,464 Is that clear? 1197 01:23:23,299 --> 01:23:25,050 Yes, sir. 1198 01:23:33,351 --> 01:23:36,895 I made a great many sacrifices to get you here, Neil. 1199 01:23:37,564 --> 01:23:39,940 And you will not let me down. 1200 01:23:41,359 --> 01:23:43,110 No, sir. 1201 01:24:05,633 --> 01:24:07,426 It's open. 1202 01:24:17,562 --> 01:24:19,271 Neil, what's up? 1203 01:24:19,439 --> 01:24:22,608 - Can I speak to you a minute? - Certainly. Sit down. 1204 01:24:25,320 --> 01:24:28,363 - I'm sorry, here. - Excuse me. 1205 01:24:30,283 --> 01:24:33,869 - Get you some tea? - Tea, sure. 1206 01:24:34,746 --> 01:24:37,998 - Like some milk or sugar in that? - No, thanks. 1207 01:24:38,374 --> 01:24:40,334 Gosh, they don't give you much room around here. 1208 01:24:40,502 --> 01:24:42,252 No, it's part of the monastic oath. 1209 01:24:42,420 --> 01:24:45,923 They don't want worldly things distracting me from my teaching. 1210 01:24:49,010 --> 01:24:51,553 - She's pretty. - She's also in London. 1211 01:24:51,721 --> 01:24:53,722 Makes it a little difficult. 1212 01:24:53,890 --> 01:24:56,141 - How can you stand it? - Stand what? 1213 01:24:56,309 --> 01:24:57,976 You can go anywhere. You can do anything. 1214 01:24:58,144 --> 01:25:00,979 - How can you stand being here? - Because I love teaching. 1215 01:25:01,147 --> 01:25:03,357 I don't want to be anywhere else. 1216 01:25:06,820 --> 01:25:08,487 What's up? 1217 01:25:08,947 --> 01:25:10,864 I just talked to my father. 1218 01:25:11,032 --> 01:25:13,575 He's making me quit the play at Henley Hall. 1219 01:25:16,162 --> 01:25:20,124 Acting's everything to me. I... 1220 01:25:20,917 --> 01:25:22,584 But he doesn't know, he... 1221 01:25:22,752 --> 01:25:25,671 I can see his point. We're not a rich family like Charlie's. 1222 01:25:25,839 --> 01:25:26,922 And we... 1223 01:25:28,007 --> 01:25:30,134 But he's planning the rest of my life for me, 1224 01:25:30,301 --> 01:25:32,594 and he's never asked me what I want. 1225 01:25:33,304 --> 01:25:35,556 Have you ever told your father what you just told me? 1226 01:25:35,765 --> 01:25:38,267 About your passion for acting. You ever show him that? 1227 01:25:38,434 --> 01:25:40,853 - I can't. - Why not? 1228 01:25:41,771 --> 01:25:46,400 - I can't talk to him this way. - Then you're acting for him too. 1229 01:25:46,568 --> 01:25:48,485 You're playing the part of the dutiful son. 1230 01:25:49,821 --> 01:25:52,239 I know this sounds impossible, but you have to talk to him. 1231 01:25:52,407 --> 01:25:54,366 Show him who you are, what your heart is. 1232 01:25:54,576 --> 01:25:56,869 I know what he'll say. 1233 01:25:57,203 --> 01:26:00,247 He'll tell me that acting's a whim and I should forget it. 1234 01:26:00,874 --> 01:26:02,708 That they're counting on me. 1235 01:26:02,876 --> 01:26:05,627 He'll just tell me to put it out of my mind for my own good. 1236 01:26:05,795 --> 01:26:09,464 You are not an indentured servant. If it's not a whim for you, 1237 01:26:09,632 --> 01:26:12,217 you prove it to him by your conviction and your passion. 1238 01:26:12,385 --> 01:26:14,803 You show him that, and if he still doesn't believe you, 1239 01:26:14,971 --> 01:26:17,931 well, by then, you'll be out of school and you can do anything you want. 1240 01:26:20,101 --> 01:26:21,560 No. 1241 01:26:24,564 --> 01:26:26,481 What about the play? The show's tomorrow night. 1242 01:26:26,649 --> 01:26:29,651 Then you have to talk to him before tomorrow night. 1243 01:26:32,155 --> 01:26:33,780 I... 1244 01:26:34,282 --> 01:26:36,408 - Isn't there an easier way? - No. 1245 01:26:41,915 --> 01:26:43,832 I'm trapped. 1246 01:26:44,417 --> 01:26:46,418 No, you're not. 1247 01:27:02,644 --> 01:27:04,811 I need my notebook. 1248 01:27:05,438 --> 01:27:07,564 I'll see you later, Brian. 1249 01:27:10,026 --> 01:27:11,693 Chris. 1250 01:27:13,571 --> 01:27:14,988 Hey, Chris. 1251 01:27:15,156 --> 01:27:18,075 - Chris Noel, do you know where she is? - I think she's in Room 111. 1252 01:27:18,243 --> 01:27:19,868 Thanks. 1253 01:27:22,455 --> 01:27:24,248 I know. 1254 01:27:27,460 --> 01:27:28,543 Oh, no. 1255 01:27:30,672 --> 01:27:34,132 - Excuse me. Chris. - Knox, what are you doing here? 1256 01:27:34,300 --> 01:27:36,134 I came to apologize for the other night. 1257 01:27:36,344 --> 01:27:38,262 I brought you these and a poem I wrote for you. 1258 01:27:41,891 --> 01:27:44,559 Knox, don't you know that if Chet finds you here, he'll kill you? 1259 01:27:44,727 --> 01:27:46,395 I don't care. 1260 01:27:46,562 --> 01:27:48,522 - I love you, Chris. - Knox, you're crazy. 1261 01:27:48,690 --> 01:27:51,149 - Look, I acted like a jerk, and I know it. - Hey. 1262 01:27:51,317 --> 01:27:54,987 - Please accept these. Please? - No, I... I can't. 1263 01:27:55,154 --> 01:27:57,072 Just forget it. 1264 01:28:12,797 --> 01:28:15,716 - Knox, I don't believe this. - All I'm asking you to do is listen. 1265 01:28:18,428 --> 01:28:20,178 The heavens made a girl named Chris. 1266 01:28:21,848 --> 01:28:23,765 With hair and skin of gold. 1267 01:28:24,976 --> 01:28:29,146 To touch her would be paradise. 1268 01:28:44,454 --> 01:28:46,997 - Uhh. - Get out of here. 1269 01:28:47,165 --> 01:28:49,583 Cameron, you fool. 1270 01:28:49,751 --> 01:28:52,461 - Hey, how'd it go? Did you read it to her? - Yeah. 1271 01:28:54,339 --> 01:28:57,382 - What'd she say? - Nothing. 1272 01:28:57,550 --> 01:28:59,551 Nothing? What do you mean, nothing? 1273 01:28:59,719 --> 01:29:02,888 Nothing. But I did it. 1274 01:29:03,056 --> 01:29:06,558 What did she say? She had to say something. 1275 01:29:06,726 --> 01:29:09,644 - Come here, Knox. - Seize the day. Whoo-hoo-hoo. 1276 01:29:19,364 --> 01:29:21,740 - Did you talk to your father? - Uh, yeah. 1277 01:29:21,908 --> 01:29:23,742 He didn't like it one bit, 1278 01:29:23,910 --> 01:29:26,453 but at least he's letting me stay in the play. 1279 01:29:26,621 --> 01:29:29,706 He won't be able make it. He's in Chicago. 1280 01:29:30,166 --> 01:29:33,043 But I think he's gonna let me stay with acting. 1281 01:29:34,003 --> 01:29:37,381 Really? You told him what you told me? 1282 01:29:37,590 --> 01:29:39,549 Yeah. 1283 01:29:40,343 --> 01:29:42,219 He wasn't happy. 1284 01:29:42,387 --> 01:29:46,473 But he'll be gone at least four days. 1285 01:29:46,641 --> 01:29:48,767 I don't think he'll make the show, 1286 01:29:51,270 --> 01:29:53,855 but I think he'll let me stay with it. 1287 01:29:54,023 --> 01:29:55,357 Keep up the school work. 1288 01:29:59,195 --> 01:30:00,320 Thanks. 1289 01:30:05,076 --> 01:30:06,618 - Baby. - Beautiful baby. 1290 01:30:06,786 --> 01:30:11,248 - Henley Hall, here I come. - Excuse me, just a moment. 1291 01:30:11,416 --> 01:30:14,000 Yes, you. 1292 01:30:14,168 --> 01:30:15,752 Come on, Todd, I'm trying to fix this. 1293 01:30:15,920 --> 01:30:18,171 Come on, Nuwanda, we're gonna miss Neil's entrance. 1294 01:30:18,339 --> 01:30:20,715 He said something about getting red before we left. 1295 01:30:20,883 --> 01:30:22,926 Getting red? What does that mean? 1296 01:30:23,094 --> 01:30:25,971 I... Well, you know Charlie. 1297 01:30:27,640 --> 01:30:30,976 So, Charlie, what's this "getting red" bit? 1298 01:30:36,190 --> 01:30:37,983 What is that? 1299 01:30:38,151 --> 01:30:40,944 It's an Indian warrior symbol for virility. 1300 01:30:41,112 --> 01:30:44,614 Makes me feel potent. Like it can drive girls crazy. 1301 01:30:44,782 --> 01:30:47,075 Oh, come on, Charlie. The girls are waiting. 1302 01:30:48,035 --> 01:30:50,662 - Henley Hall. - Whoa. 1303 01:30:56,836 --> 01:30:58,503 Chris. 1304 01:31:00,882 --> 01:31:03,800 - What are you doing here? - Gentlemen, let's go. 1305 01:31:03,968 --> 01:31:07,596 - Go ahead, guys, I'll catch up. - Yeah, come on, guys. 1306 01:31:08,598 --> 01:31:09,890 Chris, you can't be in here. 1307 01:31:10,057 --> 01:31:11,975 If they catch you, we're gonna be in trouble. 1308 01:31:12,143 --> 01:31:13,435 - Come on. - Oh, but it's fine... 1309 01:31:13,603 --> 01:31:14,978 Chris. 1310 01:31:16,898 --> 01:31:20,775 It's fine for you to come into my school and make a complete fool out of me? 1311 01:31:20,943 --> 01:31:24,404 - I didn't mean to make a fool out of you. - Well, you did. 1312 01:31:24,572 --> 01:31:26,573 Chet found out, and it took everything I could do 1313 01:31:26,741 --> 01:31:29,284 to keep him from coming here and killing you. 1314 01:31:29,452 --> 01:31:31,661 Knox, you have got to stop this stuff. 1315 01:31:31,829 --> 01:31:33,914 I can't, Chris. I love you. 1316 01:31:34,081 --> 01:31:37,209 Knox, you say that over and over. 1317 01:31:37,376 --> 01:31:39,753 You don't even know me. 1318 01:31:39,921 --> 01:31:41,880 Will you be joining us, Mr. Overstreet? 1319 01:31:42,048 --> 01:31:43,465 Go ahead, captain. I'll walk. 1320 01:31:43,633 --> 01:31:50,388 Knox. Knox, if it just so happens that I could care less about you... 1321 01:31:53,518 --> 01:31:56,144 Then you wouldn't be here warning me about Chet. 1322 01:32:00,650 --> 01:32:03,360 I have to go. I'm gonna be late for the play. 1323 01:32:03,528 --> 01:32:07,656 - Are you going with him? - Chet, to a play? Are you kidding? 1324 01:32:07,823 --> 01:32:10,325 - Then come with me. - Knox, you are so infuriating. 1325 01:32:10,493 --> 01:32:13,078 Come on, Chris, just give me one chance. 1326 01:32:13,246 --> 01:32:15,872 If you don't like me after tonight, I'll stay away forever. 1327 01:32:16,040 --> 01:32:19,417 - Uh-huh. - I promise. Dead Poets' honor. 1328 01:32:19,585 --> 01:32:20,669 You come with me tonight, 1329 01:32:20,836 --> 01:32:23,296 then if you don't want to see me again, I swear, I'll bow out. 1330 01:32:23,506 --> 01:32:26,007 You know what would happen if Chet found out? 1331 01:32:26,175 --> 01:32:27,801 He won't know anything. 1332 01:32:27,969 --> 01:32:30,971 We'll sit in the back and sneak away as soon as it's over. 1333 01:32:31,138 --> 01:32:34,808 And I suppose you would promise that this would be the end of it. 1334 01:32:34,976 --> 01:32:36,226 Dead Poets' honor. 1335 01:32:36,769 --> 01:32:37,978 What is that? 1336 01:32:40,398 --> 01:32:41,523 My word. 1337 01:32:54,078 --> 01:32:57,038 You are so infuriating. 1338 01:33:19,103 --> 01:33:20,854 - Hey, there he is. - Hey, hey, hey. 1339 01:33:21,647 --> 01:33:23,481 Shh. Boys. 1340 01:33:30,573 --> 01:33:34,826 Either I mistake your shape or making quite, 1341 01:33:34,994 --> 01:33:39,080 Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite. 1342 01:33:39,248 --> 01:33:40,498 Called Robin Goodfellow. 1343 01:33:40,666 --> 01:33:44,461 Thou speak'st aright; I am that merry wanderer of the night. 1344 01:33:44,629 --> 01:33:47,380 I jest to Oberon and make him smile. 1345 01:33:47,548 --> 01:33:51,217 When I a fat and bean-fed horse, pbbt, beguile, 1346 01:33:51,427 --> 01:33:54,387 Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. 1347 01:33:54,597 --> 01:33:59,893 Sometime lurk I in a gossip's bowl, In very likeness of a roasted crab, 1348 01:34:00,061 --> 01:34:02,854 And when she drink, against her lips I bob. 1349 01:34:03,022 --> 01:34:05,607 And on her wither'd dewlap pour the ale. 1350 01:34:05,816 --> 01:34:07,776 He's good. He's really good. 1351 01:34:08,653 --> 01:34:11,488 Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me; 1352 01:34:11,656 --> 01:34:14,282 Then slip I from her bum, down topples she, 1353 01:34:14,450 --> 01:34:17,077 And 'tailor' cries, and falls into a cough; 1354 01:34:17,244 --> 01:34:20,121 And then the whole quire hold their hips and laugh, 1355 01:34:20,289 --> 01:34:24,668 And waxen in their mirth and neeze and swear. 1356 01:34:24,877 --> 01:34:27,921 A merrier hour was never wasted there. 1357 01:34:28,464 --> 01:34:31,341 But, room, fairy! here comes Oberon. 1358 01:34:31,509 --> 01:34:34,552 And here my mistress. Would that he were gone! 1359 01:34:38,808 --> 01:34:41,559 Then by your side no bed-room me deny; 1360 01:34:41,769 --> 01:34:44,646 For lying so, Hermia, I do not lie. 1361 01:34:47,650 --> 01:34:49,401 Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, 1362 01:34:49,568 --> 01:34:52,112 If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied. 1363 01:34:52,279 --> 01:34:55,115 But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy. 1364 01:34:55,282 --> 01:34:57,659 Lie further off; in human modesty, 1365 01:34:57,827 --> 01:35:01,788 Such separation as may well be said Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid, 1366 01:35:01,997 --> 01:35:03,790 and, good night, sweet friend: 1367 01:35:03,958 --> 01:35:06,167 Thy love ne'er alter till thy sweet life end! 1368 01:35:06,335 --> 01:35:10,088 Amen, amen, to that fair prayer, say I; 1369 01:35:10,256 --> 01:35:12,382 Neil. That's your cue, Neil. 1370 01:35:12,550 --> 01:35:15,677 Come on, Neil. Here's your crown. Let's go. 1371 01:36:21,660 --> 01:36:24,120 If we shadows have offended, 1372 01:36:25,915 --> 01:36:28,333 Think but this, and all is mended, 1373 01:36:28,501 --> 01:36:32,128 That you have but slumber' d here While these visions did appear. 1374 01:36:32,922 --> 01:36:36,508 And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, 1375 01:36:43,891 --> 01:36:47,393 And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck. 1376 01:36:47,561 --> 01:36:52,398 Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, We will make amends ere long; 1377 01:36:52,983 --> 01:36:54,442 Else the Puck a liar call; 1378 01:36:58,489 --> 01:37:02,575 So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, 1379 01:37:03,202 --> 01:37:06,204 And Robin shall restore amends. 1380 01:37:39,655 --> 01:37:41,447 Yeah! 1381 01:37:41,657 --> 01:37:43,366 Yeah, Neil. 1382 01:37:54,336 --> 01:37:56,421 Great job, Neil. 1383 01:37:56,755 --> 01:37:58,882 Great show, everyone. 1384 01:38:05,472 --> 01:38:08,850 Excuse me, I'm Neil's father. I need to see him. 1385 01:38:13,439 --> 01:38:16,274 Your father, he's... 1386 01:38:17,401 --> 01:38:18,568 What did you think of it? 1387 01:38:18,736 --> 01:38:23,531 Really, I thought you were all just wonderful. 1388 01:38:36,587 --> 01:38:38,838 Excuse me, please. Excuse me. 1389 01:38:39,006 --> 01:38:42,342 - Excuse me, please. - Neil. Neil. 1390 01:38:42,968 --> 01:38:45,303 - Neil. - We love you, wait. 1391 01:38:45,888 --> 01:38:47,472 - I can't, guys. - Neil. 1392 01:38:47,640 --> 01:38:49,849 - Neil. - Excuse me. 1393 01:38:50,517 --> 01:38:53,853 Neil. Neil. You have the gift. 1394 01:38:54,063 --> 01:38:57,065 What a performance. You left even me speechless. 1395 01:38:57,232 --> 01:38:58,733 - You have to stay... - Get in the car. 1396 01:38:58,901 --> 01:39:02,028 Keating, you stay away from my son. 1397 01:39:02,529 --> 01:39:06,908 Neil. Neil. Mr. Perry, come on. 1398 01:39:07,076 --> 01:39:09,327 Don't make it any worse than it is. 1399 01:39:21,840 --> 01:39:23,967 Is it okay if we walk back? 1400 01:39:24,635 --> 01:39:26,177 Captain? 1401 01:39:29,932 --> 01:39:31,516 Knox. 1402 01:39:32,393 --> 01:39:36,270 - We'll be home about 11:30 still. - I know where he gets it. 1403 01:40:12,850 --> 01:40:19,272 Ahem. We're trying very hard to understand why it is that you insist on defying us. 1404 01:40:20,691 --> 01:40:25,570 Whatever the reason, we're not gonna let you ruin your life. 1405 01:40:25,779 --> 01:40:27,405 Tomorrow I'm withdrawing you from Welton 1406 01:40:27,573 --> 01:40:29,365 and enrolling you in Braden Military School. 1407 01:40:29,950 --> 01:40:32,577 You're going to Harvard and you're gonna be a doctor. 1408 01:40:36,665 --> 01:40:37,915 But that's 10 more years. 1409 01:40:38,083 --> 01:40:40,168 - Father, that's a lifetime. - Oh, stop it. 1410 01:40:40,335 --> 01:40:43,963 Don't be so dramatic. You make it sound like a prison term. 1411 01:40:45,424 --> 01:40:47,508 You don't understand, Neil. 1412 01:40:47,676 --> 01:40:49,802 You have opportunities that I never even dreamt of. 1413 01:40:49,970 --> 01:40:53,222 - I am not going to let you waste them. - I've got to tell you what I feel. 1414 01:40:53,390 --> 01:40:56,601 - We've been so worried about... - What? What? Tell me what you feel. 1415 01:40:59,104 --> 01:41:00,521 What is it? 1416 01:41:09,364 --> 01:41:12,742 Is it more of this...? This acting business? 1417 01:41:13,577 --> 01:41:15,703 Because you can forget that. 1418 01:41:17,790 --> 01:41:19,123 What? 1419 01:41:24,213 --> 01:41:25,797 Nothing. 1420 01:41:39,645 --> 01:41:41,270 Nothing? 1421 01:41:45,192 --> 01:41:46,818 Well, then, let's go to bed. 1422 01:42:00,415 --> 01:42:02,291 I was good. 1423 01:42:03,252 --> 01:42:05,294 I was really good. 1424 01:42:10,300 --> 01:42:12,510 Go on, get some sleep. 1425 01:42:45,377 --> 01:42:48,379 It's all right. It's going to be all right. 1426 01:46:03,492 --> 01:46:05,785 - What was that? - What? 1427 01:46:07,621 --> 01:46:10,873 - That sound. - What sound? 1428 01:46:17,672 --> 01:46:19,215 Tom? 1429 01:46:23,345 --> 01:46:25,096 What is it? 1430 01:46:26,932 --> 01:46:28,682 What's wrong? 1431 01:46:38,693 --> 01:46:40,528 Neil? 1432 01:46:47,327 --> 01:46:49,245 Tom, what is it? 1433 01:46:50,372 --> 01:46:52,206 What's wrong? 1434 01:46:55,502 --> 01:46:56,585 Neil? 1435 01:47:01,716 --> 01:47:04,760 - Neil? - I'll look outside. 1436 01:47:06,471 --> 01:47:07,680 Neil? 1437 01:47:25,907 --> 01:47:29,910 No! 1438 01:47:30,120 --> 01:47:31,537 Oh, Neil! 1439 01:47:31,705 --> 01:47:34,123 - Oh, my God! - Oh, my God. 1440 01:47:34,291 --> 01:47:38,043 - No, no, no. He's all right. - Oh, my son. My son, my poor son. 1441 01:47:38,211 --> 01:47:42,339 - He's all right. He's all right. He's all right. - Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. 1442 01:47:43,800 --> 01:47:45,468 Stop it. 1443 01:47:52,851 --> 01:47:54,018 Todd? 1444 01:47:54,853 --> 01:47:58,481 - Todd. - Oh, Charlie. 1445 01:48:05,697 --> 01:48:07,281 What is it? 1446 01:48:16,500 --> 01:48:18,667 Neil's dead. 1447 01:48:56,915 --> 01:48:57,998 It's so beautiful. 1448 01:49:10,971 --> 01:49:13,347 Todd. It's okay, Todd. 1449 01:49:13,515 --> 01:49:14,974 - Calm down. - It's all right, Todd. 1450 01:49:16,351 --> 01:49:17,935 Todd, it's okay. It's okay, Todd. 1451 01:49:18,103 --> 01:49:19,937 It's all right. 1452 01:49:20,105 --> 01:49:21,855 - Now, listen. - He wouldn't have done it. 1453 01:49:22,023 --> 01:49:23,816 - You can't explain it. - It was his father. 1454 01:49:23,984 --> 01:49:26,652 - No. - He wouldn't have left us. 1455 01:49:27,320 --> 01:49:30,030 He wouldn't have. His dad was... 1456 01:49:30,198 --> 01:49:31,615 - Todd. - His father did it. 1457 01:49:31,783 --> 01:49:34,785 - His father killed him. - You can't explain it, Todd. 1458 01:49:37,122 --> 01:49:39,915 - Todd. - Leave him be. 1459 01:49:42,502 --> 01:49:45,004 Neil! 1460 01:52:19,367 --> 01:52:21,660 The death of Neil Perry is a tragedy. 1461 01:52:26,040 --> 01:52:28,041 He was a fine student. 1462 01:52:29,335 --> 01:52:31,712 One of Welton's best. 1463 01:52:33,715 --> 01:52:35,758 And he will be missed. 1464 01:52:39,846 --> 01:52:44,224 We've contacted each of your parents to explain the situation. 1465 01:52:44,392 --> 01:52:47,144 Naturally, they're all quite concerned. 1466 01:52:53,109 --> 01:52:56,111 At the request of Neil's family, 1467 01:52:56,905 --> 01:53:01,575 I intend to conduct a thorough enquiry into this matter. 1468 01:53:03,578 --> 01:53:07,289 Your complete cooperation is expected. 1469 01:53:17,592 --> 01:53:19,843 - You told him about this meeting? - Twice. 1470 01:53:20,011 --> 01:53:22,262 That's it, guys. We're all fried. 1471 01:53:22,430 --> 01:53:25,057 - How do you mean? - Cameron's a fink. 1472 01:53:25,225 --> 01:53:28,352 - He's in Nolan's office right now, finking. - About what? 1473 01:53:28,561 --> 01:53:31,647 The club, Pittsie. Think about it. 1474 01:53:31,815 --> 01:53:35,526 The board of directors, the trustees and Mr. Nolan. 1475 01:53:35,693 --> 01:53:39,321 Do you think for one moment they're gonna let this thing just blow over? 1476 01:53:39,489 --> 01:53:42,407 Schools go down because of things like this. 1477 01:53:42,575 --> 01:53:43,784 They need a scapegoat. 1478 01:53:59,968 --> 01:54:01,260 What's going on, guys? 1479 01:54:02,971 --> 01:54:04,888 You finked, didn't you, Cameron? 1480 01:54:05,223 --> 01:54:07,140 Finked? I don't know what you're talking about. 1481 01:54:07,308 --> 01:54:10,060 You told Nolan everything about the club is what I'm talking about. 1482 01:54:10,228 --> 01:54:11,854 Look, in case you hadn't heard, Dalton, 1483 01:54:12,021 --> 01:54:15,566 there's something called an honor code at this school, all right? 1484 01:54:15,733 --> 01:54:18,777 If a teacher asks you a question, you tell the truth or you're expelled. 1485 01:54:18,987 --> 01:54:20,529 - You little punk. - Charlie. 1486 01:54:21,197 --> 01:54:24,700 He's a rat! He's in it up to his eyes, so he ratted to save himself. 1487 01:54:24,868 --> 01:54:26,493 Don't touch him. You do and you're out. 1488 01:54:26,661 --> 01:54:28,662 - I'm out anyway. - You don't know that, not yet. 1489 01:54:28,830 --> 01:54:30,831 He's right there, Charlie. 1490 01:54:30,999 --> 01:54:34,751 And if you guys are smart, you will do exactly what I did and cooperate. 1491 01:54:35,837 --> 01:54:39,673 They're not after us. We're the victims. 1492 01:54:41,092 --> 01:54:42,426 Us and Neil. 1493 01:54:42,635 --> 01:54:44,845 What's that mean? Who are they after? 1494 01:54:45,054 --> 01:54:48,307 Why, Mr. Keating, of course. The "captain" himself. 1495 01:54:49,267 --> 01:54:52,394 I mean, you guys didn't really think he could avoid responsibility, did you? 1496 01:54:52,562 --> 01:54:54,688 Mr. Keating responsible for Neil? 1497 01:54:54,856 --> 01:54:58,150 - Is that what they're saying? - Well, who else do you think, dumb-ass? 1498 01:54:58,318 --> 01:55:01,028 The administration? Mr. Perry? 1499 01:55:01,195 --> 01:55:03,614 Mr. Keating put us up to all this crap, didn't he? 1500 01:55:04,741 --> 01:55:07,826 If it wasn't for Mr. Keating, Neil would be cozied up in his room right now 1501 01:55:07,994 --> 01:55:09,828 studying his chemistry and dreaming of being... 1502 01:55:09,996 --> 01:55:12,039 That is not true, Cameron. You know that. 1503 01:55:12,206 --> 01:55:15,125 He didn't put us up to anything. Neil loved acting. 1504 01:55:15,293 --> 01:55:18,837 Believe what you want, but I say let Keating fry. 1505 01:55:19,464 --> 01:55:22,090 I mean, why ruin our lives? 1506 01:55:23,343 --> 01:55:24,927 Charlie. 1507 01:55:25,136 --> 01:55:26,470 - You dummy. - Charlie. 1508 01:55:32,185 --> 01:55:35,145 You just signed your expulsion papers, Nuwanda. 1509 01:55:38,983 --> 01:55:42,235 And if the rest of you are smart, you'll do exactly what I did. 1510 01:55:43,905 --> 01:55:46,573 They know everything anyway. 1511 01:55:48,826 --> 01:55:51,286 You can't save Keating, 1512 01:55:52,246 --> 01:55:54,122 but you can save yourselves. 1513 01:56:27,573 --> 01:56:30,117 Knox Overstreet. 1514 01:56:56,894 --> 01:56:59,396 - Meeks. - Go away, I have to study. 1515 01:57:01,691 --> 01:57:05,569 - What happened to Nuwanda? - Expelled. 1516 01:57:08,364 --> 01:57:10,032 What'd you tell them? 1517 01:57:10,700 --> 01:57:13,201 Nothing they didn't already know. 1518 01:57:15,121 --> 01:57:17,205 Todd Anderson. 1519 01:57:38,895 --> 01:57:41,396 - Hello, son. - Hello, darling. 1520 01:57:43,608 --> 01:57:45,233 Mom. 1521 01:57:51,115 --> 01:57:53,241 Have a seat, Mr. Anderson. 1522 01:57:59,457 --> 01:58:02,918 Mr. Anderson, I think we've pretty well put together what's happened here. 1523 01:58:03,086 --> 01:58:08,256 You do admit to being a part of this Dead Poets Society? 1524 01:58:11,177 --> 01:58:13,261 Answer him, Todd. 1525 01:58:15,556 --> 01:58:17,057 Yes, sir. 1526 01:58:19,018 --> 01:58:24,439 I have here a detailed description of what occurred at your meetings. 1527 01:58:24,607 --> 01:58:26,358 It describes how your teacher, Mr. Keating, 1528 01:58:26,526 --> 01:58:28,944 encouraged you boys to organize this club 1529 01:58:29,112 --> 01:58:34,366 and to use it as a source of inspiration for reckless and self-indulgent behavior. 1530 01:58:34,534 --> 01:58:38,787 It describes how Mr. Keating, both in and out of the classroom, 1531 01:58:38,955 --> 01:58:43,083 encouraged Neil Perry to follow his obsession with acting 1532 01:58:43,918 --> 01:58:48,922 when he knew all along it was against the explicit orders of Neil's parents. 1533 01:58:49,465 --> 01:58:52,926 It was Mr. Keating's blatant abuse of his position as teacher 1534 01:58:53,136 --> 01:58:56,179 that led directly to Neil Perry's death. 1535 01:59:06,732 --> 01:59:08,942 Read that document carefully, Todd. 1536 01:59:11,237 --> 01:59:13,321 Very carefully. 1537 01:59:19,328 --> 01:59:22,080 If you've nothing to add or amend, sign it. 1538 01:59:23,416 --> 01:59:25,709 What's gonna happen to Mr. Keating? 1539 01:59:25,877 --> 01:59:30,046 I've had enough. Sign the paper, Todd. 1540 01:59:34,427 --> 01:59:38,346 Grass is garment or herbal. 1541 01:59:38,806 --> 01:59:41,099 Lapis is stone. 1542 01:59:41,267 --> 01:59:45,145 The entire building is aedificium. 1543 02:00:21,432 --> 02:00:22,891 Sit. 1544 02:00:24,727 --> 02:00:26,978 I'll be teaching this class through exams. 1545 02:00:27,146 --> 02:00:30,357 We'll find a permanent English teacher during the break. 1546 02:00:32,610 --> 02:00:35,737 Who will tell me where you are in the Pritchard textbook? 1547 02:00:42,370 --> 02:00:44,037 Mr. Anderson. 1548 02:00:46,207 --> 02:00:49,125 - In the... In the Pr... - I can't hear you, Mr. Anderson. 1549 02:00:49,293 --> 02:00:51,586 In the Pritchard? 1550 02:00:52,046 --> 02:00:53,880 Kindly inform me, Mr. Cameron. 1551 02:00:55,716 --> 02:00:58,385 We skipped around a lot, sir. We covered the romantics 1552 02:00:58,552 --> 02:01:01,263 and some of the chapters on post Civil War literature. 1553 02:01:01,931 --> 02:01:03,181 What about the realists? 1554 02:01:04,225 --> 02:01:06,726 I believe we skipped most of that, sir. 1555 02:01:07,937 --> 02:01:09,604 All right, then, we'll start over. 1556 02:01:13,067 --> 02:01:15,026 What is poetry? 1557 02:01:19,282 --> 02:01:20,865 Come. 1558 02:01:23,744 --> 02:01:25,328 Excuse me. 1559 02:01:27,623 --> 02:01:30,250 I came for my personals. 1560 02:01:30,710 --> 02:01:34,337 - Should I come back after class? - Get them now, Mr. Keating. 1561 02:01:37,633 --> 02:01:40,677 Gentlemen, turn to page 21 of the introduction. 1562 02:01:42,221 --> 02:01:43,430 Mr. Cameron, 1563 02:01:44,557 --> 02:01:48,852 read aloud the excellent essay by Dr. Pritchard 1564 02:01:49,020 --> 02:01:51,396 on "Understanding Poetry." 1565 02:01:53,524 --> 02:01:55,275 That page has been ripped out, sir. 1566 02:01:56,152 --> 02:01:59,738 - Well, borrow somebody else's book. - They're all ripped out, sir. 1567 02:01:59,947 --> 02:02:01,865 What do you mean, they're all ripped out? 1568 02:02:03,659 --> 02:02:06,703 - Sir, we... - Never mind. 1569 02:02:11,375 --> 02:02:13,043 Read. 1570 02:02:15,671 --> 02:02:19,966 "Understanding Poetry, by Dr. J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D." 1571 02:02:20,134 --> 02:02:21,301 To fully understand poetry, 1572 02:02:21,469 --> 02:02:25,138 we must first be fluent with its meter, rhyme and figures of speech, 1573 02:02:25,306 --> 02:02:26,598 then ask two questions. 1574 02:02:27,266 --> 02:02:30,268 How artfully has the objective of the poem been rendered? 1575 02:02:30,478 --> 02:02:32,103 And two: 1576 02:02:33,647 --> 02:02:36,608 How important is that objective? 1577 02:02:36,776 --> 02:02:40,487 Question one rates the poem's perfection. Question two rates its importance. 1578 02:02:40,654 --> 02:02:42,447 And once these questions have been answered, 1579 02:02:42,615 --> 02:02:45,575 determining the poem's greatness becomes a relatively simple matter. 1580 02:02:45,743 --> 02:02:48,912 "If the poem's score for perfection is plotted on the horizontal of a graph..." 1581 02:02:49,080 --> 02:02:51,247 - Mr. Keating, they made everybody sign it. - Quiet. 1582 02:02:51,415 --> 02:02:52,749 You gotta believe me, it's true. 1583 02:02:52,917 --> 02:02:54,918 - I do believe you, Todd. - Leave, Mr. Keating. 1584 02:02:55,086 --> 02:02:56,836 - But it wasn't his fault. - Sit down. 1585 02:02:57,046 --> 02:02:59,172 One more outburst from you or anyone else, 1586 02:02:59,340 --> 02:03:01,633 and you're out of this school. 1587 02:03:01,801 --> 02:03:03,843 Leave, Mr. Keating. 1588 02:03:05,805 --> 02:03:08,473 I said leave, Mr. Keating. 1589 02:03:24,281 --> 02:03:25,365 O Captain! my Captain! 1590 02:03:25,574 --> 02:03:28,451 Sit down, Mr. Anderson. 1591 02:03:30,246 --> 02:03:32,622 Do you hear me? Sit down. 1592 02:03:33,332 --> 02:03:35,417 Sit down. 1593 02:03:37,294 --> 02:03:40,338 This is your final warning, Anderson. 1594 02:03:40,965 --> 02:03:43,007 How dare you? 1595 02:03:43,175 --> 02:03:45,510 Do you hear me? 1596 02:03:45,678 --> 02:03:47,387 O Captain! my Captain! 1597 02:03:49,014 --> 02:03:52,600 Mr. Overstreet, I warn you. Sit down. 1598 02:03:55,229 --> 02:03:57,021 Sit down. 1599 02:03:57,231 --> 02:03:58,898 Sit down. All of you. 1600 02:03:59,442 --> 02:04:02,318 I want you seated. Sit down. 1601 02:04:02,486 --> 02:04:03,903 Leave, Mr. Keating. 1602 02:04:12,413 --> 02:04:14,914 All of you, down. I want you seated. 1603 02:04:15,583 --> 02:04:17,625 Do you hear me? 1604 02:04:23,424 --> 02:04:25,675 Sit down. 1605 02:05:06,133 --> 02:05:07,967 Thank you, boys. 1606 02:05:10,012 --> 02:05:11,429 Thank you.