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Beautiful Dreamers

Beautiful Dreamers

1h 45 min

1990

Canada

6.9

PG-13

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

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

David Gardner

Dr. Lett

Tom McCamus

Tom McCamus

Leonard Thomas

Barbara Gordon

Barbara Gordon

Agatha Haines

Marsha Moreau

Marsha Moreau

Birdie Bucke

Albert Schultz

Albert Schultz

Dr. John Burgys

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