Beautiful Dreamers
Drama
5.2
Release Date
June 5, 1990
Duration
105 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Dr. Maurice Bucke
Colm Feore
Walt Whitman
Rip Torn
Jessie Bucke
Wendel Meldrum
Molly Jessop
Sheila McCarthy
Rev. Haines
Colin Fox
Dr. Lett
David Gardner
Leonard Thomas
Tom McCamus
Dr. John Burgys
Albert Schultz
Henderson
J. Winston Carroll
Agatha Haines
Barbara Gordon
Birdie Bucke
Marsha Moreau
Timothy Pardee
Roland Hewgill
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