DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989)
The other day I was watching the third installment of the Night at the Museum series and realized that this was one of the last movies Robin Williams appeared in before his tragic death in 2014. And although I own several DVDs of films he starred in, to my mind one of his best performances ever was that of Mr John Keating in Dead Poets Society.
For those who are not quite familiar with this masterpiece, in short it is the story of an English teacher, John Keating (Robin Williams), who inspires his students at a strict boys academy to discover their love for poetry and in the process how to seize the day (carpe diem). In this multi-award winning movie (among others, an Oscar) and directed by Peter Weir, Robin Williams underplays the role in such a brilliant way that you cannot but root for him despite his unorthodox teaching methods.
This is truly one of his greatest performances and it is a pity that he did not receive the Oscar which he was nominated for in this role. However, he did go on and eventually win an Oscar for his equally brilliant role in Good Will Hunting in 1994. His untimely death was for sure a great loss for all of us but fortunately he has been immortalized in the numerous films we have of him today. I rate Dead Poets Society a solid 4 out of 5 stars.
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Robin Williams and one of the many memorable quotes from the movie
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