Beautiful Dreamers
The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World.
5
7 votes
June 5, 1990
1h 45m
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.
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Cast
Colm Feore
Dr. Maurice Bucke
Rip Torn
Walt Whitman
Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke
Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop
Colin Fox
Rev. HainesDavid Gardner
Dr. Lett
Tom McCamus
Leonard Thomas
Albert Schultz
Dr. John BurgysJ. Winston Carroll
Henderson
Barbara Gordon
Agatha HainesMarsha Moreau
Birdie Bucke
Roland Hewgill
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