Dead Poets Society

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Paul and Amy reopen the pages of Dead Poets Society, chatting about Robin Williams' shocking shift to dramatic acting, characters cut from the film, and the film's lasting legacy in the years since its release. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 1989.
0:03.4	They're not that different from you, are they?
0:06.4	Same haircuts, full of hormones, just like you.
0:12.0	Invincible, just like you feel.
0:14.9	The world is their oyster.
0:17.3	They believe they're destined for great things,
0:19.5	just like many of you.
0:20.5	Their eyes are full of hope, just like you.
0:23.3	The movie?
0:25.2	Dead Poets Society.
0:29.7	Ah, uh, I'm schools.
0:32.6	Uh, uh, uh, uh, schools.
0:36.0	It's time for Paul and 80 Cinematica takes and the 100 best will be shot in space.
0:42.7	Oh, Unspoo.
0:45.1	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Unspolled.
1:01.7	Welcome to Unspooled. This is a podcast about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, mustsies, and in case you missed them.
1:07.8	We have covered the AFI top 100. Now, we are checking out movies from three major lists.
1:13.8	The Letterbox top 250 films with the most fans, the IMDB top 250, and the New York Times one zero zero zero essential films. And we will also be chasing our own curiosity as well.
1:24.1	I am Paul Shear. I am an actor, a writer and director, and I'm going to maybe be in your neck of the woods this November because my other podcast, how did this get made? And my improv group Dinosaurs are going to be on the East Coast in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and D.C. With a great lineup of people. So I'm excited to see y'all out there. If you can, just go to my website and you can
1:44.8	get tickets. And I'm Amy Nicholson. I'm the film critic for the Los Angeles Times. And this
1:50.5	movie had me thinking that I would like to say that I would still stand on my desk very tall for my high
1:55.5	school art teacher, Louis Lubbering. He was the greatest teacher at an incarnate word, my weird Catholic school that I went to in San Antonio, Texas.
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