Friday Firehouse Films: "Dead Poet's Society" September 5, 2008

Academy Award winning Robin Williams stars as an English teacher (John Keating) 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. Director Peter Weir ("The Truman Show") adds layers of emotional depth to the script 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.

This movie, released in 1989, is Rated PG and runs 128 minutes.Tickets are $5 at the door, and a fully transferable, no expiration "10-Pass" is $40. Doors open at 6:30 and the film begins promptly at 7. Seating is open.

Jack Attridge of William Raveis Real Estate is generously underwriting the Fall schedule of Friday Firehouse Films.

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