''Dead Poets Society,'' Crew

''Dead Poets Society,'' which has been rated PG (''Parental Guidance Suggested''), would probably bore and confuse very young audiences. Subversive Verse DEAD POETS SOCIETY, directed by Peter Weir; written by Tom Schulman; director of photography, John Seale; edited by William Anderson; music by Maurice Jarre; production designer, Wendy Stites; produced by Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas; released by Touchstone Pictures. At Cinema 1, Third Avenue and 60th Street, and other theaters. Running time: 124 minutes. This film is rated PG. John Keating ... Robin Williams Neil Perry ... Robert Sean Leonard Todd Anderson ... Ethan Hawke Knox Overstreet ... Josh Charles Charlie Dalton ... Gale Hansen Mr. Nolan ... Norman Lloyd Richard Cameron ... Dylan Kussman Steven Meeks ... Allelon RuggieroThe time is 1959 and the place is the Welton Academy in Vermont. Welton is one of those expensive, tradition-bound boys' preparatory schools somewhat more beloved in, and more significant to, English literature than American.

The time is 1959 and the place is the Welton Academy in Vermont. Welton is one of those expensive, tradition-bound boys' preparatory schools somewhat more beloved in, and more significant to, English literature than American.

This being 1959, Welton has not yet been pressured into accepting young women or blacks. Its world is insular, that of the privileged white male who, if he is not already a scion of Old Money, will probably marry it. Into this rarefied atmosphere comes John Keating (Robin Williams), himself a Welton alumnus, who returns to teach English and to shake up the old school with his enthusiasm for poetry and his unconventional teaching methods.