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Forget them, forget them.

Stay with the blanket.

Tell me about that blanket.

You can push it, stretch it, it’ll never be enough.

You kick at it, beat it, it’ll never cover any of us.

From the moment we enter crying to the moment we leave dying, it’ll just cover your face as you wail and cry and scream.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Don’t you forget this.

Atta boy, Pittsie, inhale deeply.

My dad collects a lot of pipes.

Really?

Mine’s got 30.

Your parents collect pipes?

Oh, that’s really interesting.

Come on, Knox.

Join in.

We’re from the government.

We’re here to help.

What’s wrong?

It’s Chris.

Here’s a picture of Chris for you.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

That’s not funny.

Knock it off.

Smoke your pipes.

Okay.

Neil.

Friends, scholars, Welton men.

What is that, Neil?

Duh.

It’s a lamp, Meeks.

No, this is the god of the cave.

The god of the cave?

Charlie, what are you doing?

What do you say we start this meeting?

Yeah, just.

I need a light.

Who’s got a light?

Did you bring the earplugs?

Gentlemen, “Poetrusic,” by Charles Dalton.

Oh, boy.

He’s gonna play.

Oh, no.

Laughing, crying, tumbling, mumbling.

Gotta do more.

Gotta be more.

Chaos screaming, chaos dreaming, Gotta do more, gotta be more.

Wow.

That was nice.

That was great.

Where did you learn to play like that?

My parents made me take the clarinet for years.

I love the clarinet.

I hated it.

The saxophone.

The saxophone is more sonorous.

Ooh.

Vocabulary.

Look at him.

I can’t take it anymore.

If I don’t have Chris, I’m gonna kill myself.

Knoxious, you’ve gotta calm down.

No, Charlie.

That’s just my problem.

I’ve been calm all my life.

I’m gonna do something about that.

Where you going?

What are you gonna do?

I’m gonna call her.

Yeah.

Hello?

She’s gonna hate me.

The Danburrys will hate me.

My parents will kill me.

All right, goddamn it.

You’re right.

Carpe diem.

Even if it kills me.

Hello?

Hello, Chris?

Yes?

Hi, this is Knox Overstreet.

Oh, yes, Knox.

Glad you called.

She’s glad I called.

Listen, Chet’s parents are going out of town this weekend and he’s having a party.

Would you like to come?

Would I like to come to a party?

Yes.

Say yes.

Friday?

Well, sure.

About 7?

Okay, great.

I’ll be there, Chris.

Okay.

Friday night at the Danburrys.

Okay, thank you.

Okay, bye.

Thank you.

I’ll see you.

Bye.

Yawp!

Can you believe it?

She was gonna call me.

She invited me to a party with her.

At Chet Danburry’s house?

Yeah.

Well?

So?

So you don’t really think she means you’re going with her?

Well, of course not, Charlie, but that’s not the point.

That’s not the point at all.

What is the point?

The point, Charlie, is, uh.

Yeah?

that she was thinking about me.

I’ve only met her once, and already, she’s thinking about me.

Damn it.

It’s gonna happen, guys.

I feel it.

She is going to be mine.

Carpe.

Carpe.

No grades at stake, gentlemen.

Just take a stroll.

There it is.

I don’t know, but I’ve been told

I don’t know, but I’ve been told

Doing poetry is old

Doing poetry is old

Left, left, left, right, left.

Left, halt.

Thank you, gentlemen.

If you noticed, everyone started off with their own stride, their own pace.

Mr. Pitts, taking his time.

He knew he’ll get there one day.

Mr. Cameron, you could see him thinking,

“Is this right?

It might be right.

I know that.

Maybe not.

I don’t know.

Mr. Overstreet’s, driven by deeper force.

Yes, we know that.

All right, now, I didn’t bring them up here to ridicule them.

I brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity.

The difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others.

Now, those of you, I see the look in your eyes like, “I would have walked differently.

Well, ask yourselves why you were clapping.

Now, we all have a great need for acceptance.

But you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own.

Even though others may think them odd or unpopular.

Even though the herd may go, “That’s baa-d.

Robert Frost said, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,..

I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.

Now, I want you to find your own walk right now.

Your own way of striding, pacing.

Any direction, anything you want.

Whether it’s proud, whether it’s silly, anything.

Gentlemen, the courtyard is yours.

You don’t have to perform, just make it for yourself.

Mr. Dalton, you be joining us?

Exercising the right not to walk.

Thank you, Mr. Dalton.

You just illustrated the point.

Swim against the stream.

Todd?

Hey.

Hey.

What’s going on?

Nothing.

Today’s my birthday.

Is today your birthday?

Happy birthday.

Thanks.

What’d you get?

My parents gave me this.

Isn’t this the same desk.

Yeah, they gave me the same thing as last year.

Oh.

Oh.

Maybe they thought you needed another one.

Maybe they weren’t thinking about anything at all.

The funny thing is about this is, I didn’t even like it the first time.

Todd, I think you’re underestimating the value of this desk set.

I mean, who would want a football, or a baseball, or.

Or a car?

Or a car, if they could have a desk set as wonderful as this one?

I mean, if I were ever going to buy a desk set twice,

I would probably buy this one both times.

In fact, its shape is.

It’s rather aerodynamic, isn’t it?

I can feel it.

Phew.

This desk set wants to fly.

Todd?

The world’s first unmanned flying desk set.

Whew.

Ha, ha.

Oh, my.

Well, I wouldn’t worry.

You’ll get another one next year.

To live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.

To put to rout all that was not life.

Oh, my God.

Is this it?

Yeah, this is it.

Go ahead, go on in.

It’s my cave.

Watch your step.

We’re not gonna slip, are we?

Uh-oh.

Hi.

Unh.

Hello.

Hello.

Hi, guys.

Meet, uh, Gloria and.

Tina.

Tina.

This is the pledge class of the Dead Poets Society.

Hello.

Hey, how do you do?

Hello.

Hi.

Guys, move, move.

Come on, folks, it’s Friday night.

Let’s get on with the meeting.

Excuse me.

CHRIS

Hello?

In keeping with the spirit of passionate experimentation of the Dead Poets,

I’m giving up the name Charles Dalton.

From now on, call me Nuwanda.

Nuwanda?

Nuwanda?

Okay.

Hello?

Hello, Chris?

Knox.

Hi.

You made it, great.

Bring anybody?

No.

No?

Ginny Danburry’s here.

Look, I have to go find Chet.

Why don’t you go downstairs?

That’s where everybody is.

But, Chris.

Make yourself at home.

But I.

Hey, guys.

Hey, you Mutt Sanders’ brother?

Bubba, this guy look like Mutt Sanders to you, or what?

You’re his brother?

No relation.

Never heard of him.

Sorry, guys.

Where’s your manners?

There’s Mutt Sanders’ brother, we don’t even offer him a drink.

Have some whisky, pal.

Yeah.

I don’t really drink.

To Mutt.

To Mutt.

To Mutt.

Now, how the hell is old Mutt anyway?

Yeah, what’s old Mutter been up to, huh?

I don’t really know Mutt.

To the Mighty Mutt.

To Mighty Mutt.

To Mighty Mutt.

Well, listen, I gotta go find Patsy.

Say hello to Mutt for me, okay?

Will do.

Hell of a guy, your old brother, Mutt.

Are we gonna have a meeting, or what?

Yeah, if you guys don’t have a meeting, how do we know if we want to join?

Join?

Shall I compare thee To a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely And more temperate.

That’s so sweet.

I made that up just for you.

You did?

I’ll write one for you too, Gloria.

She walks in beauty like the night

She walks in beauty like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies

All that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

That’s beautiful.

There’s plenty more where that came from.