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* Dawson Casting: Largely averted, most of the Dead Poets were between the ages of 18-20 with the exception of Gale Hansen (Charlie Dalton) who was 29.
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* DyeingForYourArt: All the cast were taken for short, 50s-style haircuts. According to the "Look Back" special on the DVD, Creator/EthanHawke [[TraumaticHaircut found this upsetting]].
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** Creator/DustinHoffman was offered the role ofMr. Keating.John Keating and the film would have been his directorial debut before he dropped out. Creator/BillMurray was also considered, while Creator/MickeyRourke passed when Peter Weir refused to make script changes.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: The two most prominently featured students in Robin's class are played by [[Series/{{House}} Robert Sean Leonard]] and Ethan Hawke while they were still "that guy"'s. Or put another way, [[Series/{{House}} Doctor Wilson]] "cancels" his plans of a future medical career after a brutal putting down from his asshat [[Creator/KurtwoodSmith father]] [[Film/RoboCop1987 Clarence Boddicker]]. He is only ''slightly'' nicer to his other son, [[Series/That70sShow Eric]]!
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** An earlier draft of the script included Ginny Danbury, Chet's sister and a friend of Chris's. Along with giving Chris more screentime, Ginny also had the role of Hermia in the play and the actress who played her, Lara Flynn Boyle, still appears in those scenes even though the scenes with her as Ginny were cut. Even though those scenes weren't technically necessary for the rest of the movie, it would've been nice for Chris to have a friend outside of her love triangle with Chet and Knox.
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** An earlier draft of the script included Ginny Danbury, Chet's sister and a friend of Chris's. Along with giving Chris more screentime, Ginny also had the role of Hermia in the play and the actress who played her, Lara Flynn Boyle, still appears in those scenes even though the scenes with her as Ginny were cut. Even though those scenes weren't technically necessary for the rest of the movie, it would've been nice for Chris to have a friend outside of her love triangle with Chet and Knox. There's even a hint at the character, when Chris mentions her to Knox at the party as if wanting to set them up.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Delaware for Vermont.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Minor example. Most parodies of the ending scene have every character shout "O Captain, my Captain" when they stand up. In the film, Todd and Knox say the phrase while everyone else stands without saying anything.
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** Originally, Cameron was supposed to stand on his desk in the final scene like the rest of the Society. However, Dylan Kussman, the actor who portrayed him, felt that this would be [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and said so to Peter Weir. Weir agreed and so they changed it to Cameron remaining seated.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: The two most prominently featured students in Robin's class are played by [[Series/{{House}} Robert Sean Leonard]] and Ethan Hawke while they were still "that guy"'s. Or put another way, [[Series/{{House}} Doctor Wilson]] "cancels" his plans of a future medical career after a brutal putting down from his asshat father [[Creator/KurtwoodSmith father]] [[Film/RoboCop1987 Clarence Boddicker]]. He is only ''slightly'' nicer to his other son, [[Series/That70sShow Eric]]!
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* HarsherInHindsight: At the climax of the movie [[spoiler: Neil commits suicide, due to his father's inability to accept who he is.]] On August 11 2014, Robin Williams, the actor who played Mr. Keating is assumed to have committed suicide.
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** An earlier draft of the script included Ginny Danbury, Chet's sister and a friend of Chris's. Along with giving Chris more screentime, Ginny also had the role of Hermia in the play and the actress who played her, Lara Flynn Boyle, still appears in those scenes even though the scenes with her as Ginny were cut. Even though those scenes weren't technically necessary for the rest of the movie, it would've been nice for Chris to have a friend outside of her love triangle with Chet and Knox.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An earlier draft of the script included Ginny Danbury, Chet's sister and a friend of Chris's. Along with giving Chris more screentime, Ginny also had the role of Hermia in the play and the actress who played her, Lara Flynn Boyle, still appears in those scenes even though the scenes with her as Ginny were cut. Even though those scenes weren't technically necessary for the rest of the movie, it would've been nice for Chris to have a friend outside of her love triangle with Chet and Knox.Knox.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Features RobinWilliams in one of [[TomHanksSyndrome his earlier "serious" roles]].
* TrueCompanions: The members of the Dead Poet's Society were made to share a room before and during filming to strengthen the bond between them and make them believable friends.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An earlier draft of the script included Ginny Danburry, Chet's sister and a friend of Chris's. Along with giving Chris more screentime, Ginny also had the role of Hermia in the play and the actress who played her, Lara Flynn Boyle, still appears in those scenes even though the scenes with her as Ginny were cut. Even though those scenes weren't technically necessary for the rest of the movie, it would've been nice for Chris to have a friend outside of her love triangle with Chet and Knox.
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* TraumaticHaircut : All the cast were taken for short, 50s-style haircuts. According to the "Look Back" special on the DVD, Ethan Hawke found this upsetting.
* TrueCompanions: The members of the DeadPoet's Poets' Society were made to share a room before and during filming to strengthen the bond between them and make them believable friends.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An earlier draft of the script included GinnyDanburry, Danbury, Chet's sister and a friend of Chris's. Along with giving Chris more screentime, Ginny also had the role of Hermia in the play and the actress who played her, Lara Flynn Boyle, still appears in those scenes even though the scenes with her as Ginny were cut. Even though those scenes weren't technically necessary for the rest of the movie, it would've been nice for Chris to have a friend outside of her love triangle with Chet and Knox.
* TraumaticHaircut : All the cast were taken for short, 50s-style haircuts. According to the "Look Back" special on the DVD, Ethan Hawke found this upsetting.
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** Or put another way,[[{{House}} [[Series/{{House}} Doctor Wilson]] [[spoiler: "cancels" his plans of a future medical career]] after a brutal putting down from his asshat father [[{{Robocop}} Clarence Boddicker]].
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