Dead Poets Society
Tue, Feb 03
|Hopkins Center for the Arts
Taking place in a rigidly traditional New England boarding school, a passionate English teacher (Robin Williams) inspires his students to think for themselves, rebel against convention, and seize the day.
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Feb 03, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343, USA
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Dead Poets Society is a 1989 drama film directed by Peter Weir, starring Robin Williams as the unconventional English teacher John Keating. Set in 1959 at the prestigious and rigid Welton Academy, the movie follows a group of students who find their lives transformed by Keating's unorthodox teaching methods. He encourages them to "seize the day" (carpe diem) and think for themselves, challenging the school's strict pillars of tradition, honor, discipline, and excellence.
Inspired by Keating's past, the boys secretly resurrect an old literary club called the "Dead Poets Society," meeting to read poetry and rebel against conformity. As the students, including the shy Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke) and the ambitious Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard), begin to express their individuality, their newfound freedom comes into conflict with the oppressive authority of the school and their families, leading to a tragic and powerful climax. The film is a poignant exploration of…
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