Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
- individual
- friendship
- philosophy
- poetry
- literature
- professor
- based on true story
- coming of age
- teacher
- school play
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Robin Williams
John Keating
Robert Sean Leonard
Neil Perry
Ethan Hawke
Todd Anderson
Josh Charles
Knox Overstreet
- Gale Hansen — Charlie Dalton
- Dylan Kussman — Richard Cameron
- Allelon Ruggiero — Steven Meeks
- James Waterston — Gerard Pitts
- Norman Lloyd — Mr. Nolan
- Kurtwood Smith — Mr. Perry
- Carla Belver — Mrs. Perry
- Leon Pownall — McAllister
- George Martin — Dr. Hager
- Joe Aufiery — Chemistry Teacher
- Matt Carey — Hopkins
- Directed
- Peter Weir
- Written
- Tom Schulman
Production
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 12,929 ratings
- Studio
- A Steven Haft Production, Witt/Thomas Productions, Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
