Beautiful Dreamers (1990)

Beautiful Dreamers (1990)

The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World. 1990-06-05 Canada 105 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Colm Feore is Dr. Maurice Bucke
Dr. Maurice Bucke
Rip Torn is Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Wendel Meldrum is Jessie Bucke
Jessie Bucke
Sheila McCarthy is Molly Jessop
Molly Jessop
Colin Fox is Rev. Haines
Rev. Haines
David Gardner is Dr. Lett
Dr. Lett
Tom McCamus is Leonard Thomas
Leonard Thomas
Albert Schultz is Dr. John Burgys
Dr. John Burgys
J. Winston Carroll is Henderson
Henderson
Barbara Gordon is Agatha Haines
Agatha Haines
Marsha Moreau is Birdie Bucke
Birdie Bucke
Roland Hewgill is Timothy Pardee
Timothy Pardee

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