Beautiful Dreamers
5.2
1990-06-05
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.
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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.
Released
1990-06-05
Runtime
105
Director
John Kent Harrison
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Genres
Drama
Language
English
Production
ONF | NFB
Casts
Colm Feore
Colm Feore
Rip Torn
Rip Torn
Wendel Meldrum
Wendel Meldrum
Sheila McCarthy
Sheila McCarthy
Colin Fox
Colin Fox
David Gardner
David Gardner
Tom McCamus
Tom McCamusAlbert Schultz
Albert SchultzJ. Winston Carroll
J. Winston Carroll
Barbara Gordon
Barbara GordonMarsha Moreau
Marsha Moreau
Roland Hewgill
Roland Hewgill