Dead Poets Society Page #2
- PG
- Year:
- 1989
- 128 min
- 2,082 Views
In the audience, not far from Todd is Richard CAMERON, one of
the banner carriers, 16, his father's little clone. He stands
eagerly to attention. Too eagerly.
CAMERON:
Yes sir!
NOLAN:
What is Tradition?
CAMERON:
Tradition, Mr. Nolan, is love of school,
country, and family. Our tradition at
Welton is to be the best!
NOLAN:
Good, Mr. Cameron. Welton Society
Candidate George Hopkins. Honor.
Cameron sits. His father beams smugly.
HOPKINS (O.S.)
Honor is dignity and the fulfillment of
duty!
NOLAN:
Good, Mr. Hopkins. Honor Society
Candidate, Knox Overstress
Knox, as mentioned, is a banner-holder. He stands.
KNOX:
Yes sir.
NOLAN:
What is discipline?
KNOX:
Discipline is respect for parents,
teachers, headmaster. Discipline comes
from within.
NOLAN:
Thank you, Mr. Overstress. Honor
Candidate Neil Perry.
Knox sits. Knox's proud father and mother give him pats of
encouragement. NEIL PERRY stands. Whereas some boys have two
or three achievement pins an the lapels of their coats, Neil
has a huge cluster of them on the pocket of his jacket. Neil
is 16, intense, a born leader. However, there is more than a
hint of anger and dissatisfaction in his eyes. Beside him
sits his unsmiling father, MR. PERRY.
NOLAN:
Excellence, Mr. Perry.
NEIL (rote)
Excellence is the result of hard work.
Excellence is the key to all success, in
school and everywhere.
Neil sits. He doesn't look at his father nor does his father
look at him.
NOLAN:
Gentlemen, at Welton you will work
harder than you have ever worked in your
lives, and your reward will be the
success that all of us expect of you. I
would now like to call to the podium
Welton's oldest living graduate- Mr.
Alexander Carmichael, Jr., Class of 1866.
An octogenarian on stage shuns help from those beside him and
makes his way slowly--excruciatingly slowly--to the podium As
the audience rises to another standing ovation
DISSOLVE TO:
4 EXT. THE WELTON ACADEMY - MAIN LAWN - DAY 4
Welton Academy is a cluster of traditional weathered stone
buildings. The time is 1959 but at Welton this is irrelevant.
This school with its traditions is completely isolated from
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