The top mistakes in Dead Poets Society http://www.moviemistakes.com/film337 en Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:55:03 +0000 2086 The film takes place in a private boarding school the 1950's, however one of the students is studying from a 1980's chemistry textbook. 77639 Before going to the theatre to watch Neil's performance, the boys are grooming themselves at the school. Todd has combed his hair backwards and styling remedies has been applied. But when the group are about to leave the theatre after the play and Neil and his father passes them at the entrance, Todd has his regular hairdo again. 86341 At the very end, about 14-15 students are seen stepping to the tops of their desks. The last shot before the credits, however, shows only 10-11 students on their desktops. 141279 When Chet is pummeling Knox, Chris pulls him off yelling "Stop it!", but her mouth doesn't move. 99257 In the scene where Todd is in the principal's office with his parents and the principal, and is is being asked to sign the paper, during the shot of Todd looking at the paper, his father's voice says," I've had enough, just sign it", and it is very obvious that line was added in because it sounded like it was very distant or over a radio or something.