Basic Info
Release: June 05, 1990
Runtime: 105 min
Rating: ⭐ 5.2/10 (6 votes)
Status: Released
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
105 min
⭐ 5.2/10
6 votes
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.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- Canada
Spoken Languages
- English en
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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. Haines
David Gardner
Dr. Lett
Tom McCamus
Leonard Thomas
Albert Schultz
Dr. John Burgys
J. Winston Carroll
Henderson
Barbara Gordon
Agatha Haines
Marsha Moreau
Birdie Bucke
Roland Hewgill
Timothy Pardee
Crew
John Kent Harrison
Director
Lawrence Shragge
Music
John Kent Harrison
Screenplay
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