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Dread Poets' Society

1992 · 30 min Drama TV Movie

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!

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Year 1992
Country United Kingdom
Genre Drama, TV Movie
Director Andy Wilson
Runtime 30 min.

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Dread Poets' Society is an acquired taste at 0.0/10. We recommend checking the trailer and synopsis before diving in.

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A classic from 1992. They don't make them like this anymore — which is exactly why you should watch it. Best for: genre fans and those open to something unconventional.

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