On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:51:03 -0400 Ron Hoffman wrote:
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> A faculty member at our university recently requested any info on films
> that use poetry in some manner.  For example, the use of Frost in Dead
> Poets' Society; Rodney Dangerfield reciting and interpreting "Do not go
> gentle into that good night." in "Back to School."  First priority would be
> films that refer to established poetry; second priority to films which use
> "original" poetry.  Thanks in advance.
>
> Ron Hoffman
>
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Does the Bard count?  I can no longer remember, but didn't DeVito teach
Shakespeare in "Renaissance Man"?

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