Beautiful Dreamers

Beautiful Dreamers
1990-06-05
105
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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.



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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

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