Beautiful Dreamers(1990)

The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World.

52

1h 45m

  • Drama

Overview

When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radically changed. Like Dr. Bucke, Whitman has avant-garde ideas on the subject of mental illness. "Dreamers" is based on true events. Dr. Bucke became an important biographer of Walt Whitman.

Cast

  • Colm Feore

    Colm Feore

    Dr. Maurice Bucke

  • Rip Torn

    Rip Torn

    Walt Whitman

  • Wendel Meldrum

    Wendel Meldrum

    Jessie Bucke

  • Sheila McCarthy

    Sheila McCarthy

    Molly Jessop

  • Colin Fox

    Colin Fox

    Rev. Haines

  • Tom McCamus

    Tom McCamus

    Leonard Thomas

  • Barbara Gordon

    Barbara Gordon

    Agatha Haines

  • Roland Hewgill

    Roland Hewgill

    Timothy Pardee

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    Status

    Released (Jun 5, 1990)

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