Drama
Beautiful Dreamers
"The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World."
User Score6 votes
52%5.2/10
Release1990→
Runtime1H 45M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Colm Feore
Dr. Maurice Bucke
Rip Torn
Walt Whitman
Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke
Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop
Colin Fox
Rev. Haines
David Gardner
Dr. Lett
Tom McCamus
Leonard Thomas
Albert Schultz
Dr. John Burgys
Media2
Posters
Director
John Kent Harrison
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Keywords
poetinsane asylum19th centurywalt whitmanamerican poets
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Countries:Canada
Production:ONF | NFB