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Dread Poets' Society

Plot: 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!
Release Date: Wednesday, September 23 1992
32 years ago
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Portrait of Benjamin ZephaniahBenjamin ZephaniahBenjamin Zephaniah was 34 in Dread Poets' Society as 'Self'.
Birthday: Tue, Apr 15 1958 –
Thu, Dec 07 2023
Portrait of Timothy SpallTimothy SpallTimothy Spall was 35 in Dread Poets' Society as 'Derek'.
Birthday: Wed, Feb 27 1957
Portrait of Emma FieldingEmma FieldingEmma Fielding was 26 in Dread Poets' Society as 'Mary Shelley'.
Birthday: Sun, Jul 10 1966
Portrait of Alan CummingAlan CummingAlan Cumming was 27 in Dread Poets' Society as 'Shelley'.
Birthday: Wed, Jan 27 1965
Portrait of Alex JenningsAlex JenningsAlex Jennings was 35 in Dread Poets' Society as 'Byron'.
Birthday: Fri, May 10 1957
Portrait of Dexter FletcherDexter FletcherDexter Fletcher was 26 in Dread Poets' Society as 'Keats'.
Birthday: Mon, Jan 31 1966

Crew

Portrait of Andy WilsonAndy WilsonAndy Wilson was 34 in Dread Poets' Society as 'Director'
Birthday: Thu, May 01 1958
Portrait of Benjamin ZephaniahBenjamin ZephaniahBenjamin Zephaniah was 34 in Dread Poets' Society as 'Writer'
Birthday: Tue, Apr 15 1958 –
Thu, Dec 07 2023
Portrait of David StaffordDavid StaffordDavid Stafford was >> in Dread Poets' Society as 'Writer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday –
Wed, Oct 25 2023
Portrait of Estelle DanielEstelle DanielEstelle Daniel was >> in Dread Poets' Society as 'Producer'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday