"Dead Poets Society" is one of a choice number of films that's defined almost entirely by its ending. That iconic final scene isn't easy to forget, even for those who watched the film for the first time in 10th grade English class or some such equivalent. The image of once-timid prep school boys standing atop their desks to pay tribute to their recently-fired English teacher, Mr. Keating (Robin Williams), is meant to invoke a sense of purpose. It's meant to stir up your emotions and stay with you for the rest of your life, even as the broad strokes of the film eventually fade into hazy memory. Without that "O, Captain, my Captain" moment, "Dead Poets Society" might have been a very different film. But it's not the only one that shaped the film into the classic it became.
Like with all good stories, the ending is merely a culmination of moments.
Like with all good stories, the ending is merely a culmination of moments.
- 10/22/2022
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
Holy hell, has it really been twenty-five years since everyone stood up triumphantly on their desks saying "O captain! My captain!" and we all cried when Neil committed suicide in "Dead Poets Society"? Time really flies, but here's a capsule from the era that's well worth looking at for fans of the movie. Moviemaker Magazine has dug up a really vintage and interesting piece of footage circa filming of Peter Weir's movie. A travelogue of sorts, it finds Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Dylan Kussman, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, James Waterston and Allelon Ruggiero heading into New York City, where they were all (except two of them) auditioning for the forgotten Ted Danson/Jack Lemmon vehicle "Dad" (Hawke would eventually win the role, fyi). And it's a travelogue of sorts, of a bunch of very young, rising actors hanging out together and having the time of their lives. “Allelon Ruggiero...
- 7/3/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
What we have hear is a video more deserving of the 'Cool Videos' moniker than most. Back during the production of Dead Poets Society, the poets themselves, (Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Dylan Kussman, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, James Waterston and Allelon Ruggiero) took a break from filming to go audition in New York for a role in the film Dad (the part went to Hawke). Only five of them were auditioning, but the entire crew went and they took a camera with them to chronicle the...
- 7/3/2014
- by Sean Wist
- JoBlo.com
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