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This is one of my best films and here is a summery of it:

This is the story of students at the respected "Welton Academy," a preparatory
school in Vermont. Such schools were (and often still are) very conservative
institutions that serve as high schools for parents who insist on sending their
children to the best universities. Welton, like many prep schools, admitted only
boys. The movie takes place in 1959.

The plot centers on the influence of Mr. Keating, a young and exciting English
and poetry teacher, who is determined to teach his students to live life with
absolute passion. Mr. Keating, using poetry as his vehicle, teaches his students
to challenge the institutions around them.

Inspired by Mr. Keating's philosophy of life, many of his students recreate the
"Dead Poet's Society," a secret club which meets in a cave in order to discuss
poetry, philosophy and other topics. The club, which Mr. Keating had created many
years earlier when he was a student at Welton, would be completely unacceptable
to the conservative school, which discourages students from "thinking for
themselves." Indeed, Welton students should be in their rooms, studying only
the prescribed materials that their teachers assign.

This movie is about what happens when these students decide to pursue their own
desires, and to live life with the passion that Mr. Keating encouraged. Ultimately,
it is about what happens when a few idealistic students find themselves confronted
against conservative forces that resist all change, including the drive for personal
self-determination.