Movie Description
Dread Poets' Society
(1992)Overview
Benjamin Zephaniah, renowned Rastafarian poet/rapper is traveling by train from Birmingham to Cambridge to receive his Creative Arts Fellowship sharing a carriage with a racist and philistine car spares salesman played by Timothy Spall; by chance the poets Keats, Byron, Shelley and writer Mary Shelley are transported from a séance they are conducting in The Villa Como by a freak electrical storm. A battle of wits, drug taking and poetry performance ensues!
Featured Crew
- Director : Andy Wilson
- Producer : Estelle Daniel
- Writer : David Stafford,Benjamin Zephaniah
- Cast : Benjamin Zephaniah,Timothy Spall,Emma Fielding,Alan Cumming,Alex Jennings,Dexter Fletcher
Cast
Self
Derek
Mary Shelley
Shelley
Byron
Keats
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Facts
Original TitleDread Poets' Society
Status Released
Release Information
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1992-09-23
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 30m
Production CompaniesBBC
Genres
- Drama
- TV Movie
