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Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches but his charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. The script is well-meaning but a little trite, though director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) adds layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids and adults. (A subplot involving one father's terrible pressure on his son--played by Robert Sean Leonard--to drop his interest in the theatre reaches heartbreaking proportions). Williams is given plenty of latitude to work in his brand of improvisational humour, though it is all well-woven into his character's style of instruction. --Tom Keogh
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Robin Williams stars as an English teacher who doesn't fit into the conservative prep school where he teaches, but whose charisma and love of poetry inspires several boys to revive a secret society with a bohemian bent. The script is well meaning but a little trite, though director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) adds layers of emotional depth in scenes of conflict between the kids and adults. (A subplot involving one father's terrible pressure on his son--played by Robert Sean Leonard--to drop his interest in theater reaches heartbreaking proportions.) Williams is given plenty of latitude to work in his brand of improvisational humor, though it is all well-woven into his character's style of instruction. --Tom Keogh
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This review is from: Dead Poets Society (DVD)
This is one thing I don't understand about amazon. All 262 reviews of this film to date here pre-date this dvd version, including the product reviews provided by amazon. They are about the 2003 disc or even the vhs version. How is this "special edition" version different from the previously available disc(s)? I thought I might get some guidance as to why paying $20 for this new version is more worthwhile than buying a previous version now available for as little as $8.I was perhaps spoiled by the reviews of Who Framed Roger Rabbit where there is a highly informative discussion of scenes that have been deleted and altered in various incarnations from vhs to a couple of different dvd versions. From reading those reviews I know I want to hold out for a dvd version to finally become available that is an unabridged/unsanitized version of that original. If you read through the lowest star ratings for the Indiana Jones films, you will see what I mean too. The dvd quality of those discs was poor. A "new edition" which I purchased this year (2008) has all the same poor transfer quality issues mentioned, despite it supposedly being a "new edition." Sound quality there is especially uneven and poorly done. In the third installment of that series, e.g., when Sean Connery and Harrison Ford go into the fireplace (where there is no fire) to escape from the fire in the room, the sound of the fire actually gets so loud you can hardly hear the dialogue, where in real life the sheltering effect of the stone fireplace would actually muffle the fire sound somewhat, and at least you would think that they would want to keep the dialogue intelligible. Throughout those discs in many scenes, it is not because of poor sound balances. These dvds too are ones to avoid until finally the flaws are cleaned up. Here, with The Dead Poets Society discs (a very fine film which I remember from its theatre release, hence the four stars when it perhaps rates story: 5; disc transcription: 1), no such information to make an intelligent decision, so I guess I buy the less expensive version and this possible studio scam to simply attempt to wring higher profits out of an older product can languish in the dust heap where possibly it belongs for now with the Roger Rabbit disc(s) and the Indiana Jones discs, but who knows? If someone (or amazon or the studio) does know the differences, please provide a review of them for us all.
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This review is from: Dead Poets Society [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Dead Poets Society (1989)Drama, 128 minutes Directed by Peter Weir Starring Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard Why do I like Dead Poets Society? One of the characters dies and another loses his job. I have never been to a school like the one portrayed in the film. Something keeps me coming back and I recently upgraded when it was released on Blu-ray for the first time. Robin Williams as John Keating holds the whole thing together with his unconventional style of teaching. The film proves that Williams is a genuine acting talent and not just a gifted comedian. Many of the scenes are moving and some of the prominent themes include friendship, parenting, romance and individuality. Peter Weir gets some good performances out of the (mainly) young cast and the situations in which they find themselves feel authentic for the most part. My favorite scenes include the moment when Todd Anderson (Hawke) finally overcomes his excessive shyness and also Neil Perry's (Leonard) realization that he was born to act. If you strip down the subject material there's not a whole lot there, but the atmosphere of the movie draws me in and makes me feel as though I am a part of that group of boys. We have all been to school and you will smile in recognition at some of the boys' personalities and quirks.
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This review is from: Dead Poets Society (DVD)
A powerful performance by Robin Williams who I think is one of the most diverse actors of our time. It's an amazing story of a brilliant teacher who touches and changes the lives of his students lives by encouraging them to live life to its fullest.
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