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Beautiful Dreamers

Beautiful Dreamers

The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World.

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

5.2/10

Release Date

05 June 1990

Country

Canada

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

David Gardner

Dr. Lett

Tom McCamus

Tom McCamus

Leonard Thomas

Albert Schultz

Albert Schultz

Dr. John Burgys

J. Winston Carroll

J. Winston Carroll

Henderson

Barbara Gordon

Barbara Gordon

Agatha Haines

Marsha Moreau

Marsha Moreau

Birdie Bucke

Roland Hewgill

Roland Hewgill

Timothy Pardee

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