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Dead Poet's Society with Kurt Leitner

I Was There Too

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The Final Shot of Keating's Exit

The director had us enter the classroom And he planted certain key actors In certain key desks About five or six All setting up the final scene Where people stood on their desks. He knew where each student Was going to be standing in the final shot of the film So on the first day of shooting He set up the last shot Of Keating's exit Ah and by doing that Everyone, those chosen few Including Ethan Hawke Who's legs who's um His point of view is at the final moment With Mr. Keating Yeah Um They planted all the people in their desks And uh One student had us They were shooting between his legs Then After they planted those guys Those guys sat down Then Mr. Weir

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