Beautiful Dreamers

1990

1h 45m

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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.

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John Kent Harrison(screenplay by)
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Colm Feore
Dr. Maurice Bucke
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Rip Torn
Walt Whitman
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Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke
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Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop
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Colin Fox
Rev. Haines
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Tom McCamus
Leonard Thomas
Albert Schultz
Dr. John Burgys
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Barbara Gordon
Agatha Haines
Marsha Moreau
Birdie Bucke
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Roland Hewgill
Timothy Pardee

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John Kent Harrison(screenplay by)

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Release date

June 5, 1990 (United States)

Country of origin

Canada

Language

English

Production company

ONF | NFB

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