Continuity mistake: When Neil is talking to Todd about doing the play, Neil takes off his jacket. In the next shot, he's holding the jacket differently.
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Peter Weir
Starring: Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Kurtwood Smith, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles
Genres: Drama
Neil's play is a huge success, but his father realises he lied about quitting the play, and pulls him out of Welton Academy. Neil commits suicide, leaving his friends distraught and the Welton administration to believe that Mr. Keating was at fault. Charlie punches Cameron and gets kicked out of school. The headmaster forces the boys to sign a paper saying it was all Keating's fault, he gets fired, but as he leaves, the remaining students shout "O Captain My Captain" and stand on their desks to salute him.
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John Keating: We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life! Of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... Of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
Question: Just before Todd Anderson has his emotional breakdown about Neil's death, one of his friends grabs a handful of snow and shoves it at his mouth. Why did he do that? It makes no sense.
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Chosen answer: He is just trying to get something to help wash the taste of vomit out of Todd's mouth.
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