Dread Poets' Society [991670] Released: 1992-09-23 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 30 mins Popularity: 0.5478 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 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! Cast [6] Benjamin ZephaniahSelf Timothy SpallDerek Emma FieldingMary Shelley Alan CummingShelley Alex JenningsByron Dexter FletcherKeats Trailers