Factual error: The film takes place in a private boarding school the 1950's, however one of the students is studying from a 1980's chemistry textbook. The obvious giveaway is that the spine of one book shows HBJ as the publisher. Jovanovich was not added to Harcourt Brace until the 1970s.
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Plot summary
Directed by: Peter Weir
Starring: Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Kurtwood Smith, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles
Genres: Drama
Painfully shy Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke) has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil (Robert Sean Leonard), although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating (Robin Williams), their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life.
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John Keating: No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.
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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