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.
