Beautiful Dreamers

Information

Release DateJune 5, 1990
Runtime1h 45m
StatusReleased
ProductionONF | NFB
LanguagesEnglish
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Beautiful Dreamers

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

John Kent Harrison

Featured 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

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