Beautiful Dreamers (1990)
1h 45m
Running Time
June 5, 1990Release Date
Beautiful Dreamers (1990)
1h 45m
Running Time
June 5, 1990Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
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 & Crew.

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

François Protat
Director of Photography

Michael Maclear
Producer

John Kent Harrison
Director / Screenplay

Lawrence Shragge
Music

Martin Walters
Producer

Walt Whitman
Poem

Seamus Flannery
Production Design

Ron Wisman
Editor

Charles Bowers
Sound Editor

Ellen Adams
Dialogue Editor

Deirdre Bowen
CastingDirector
Details.
This Movie Is About.
poet
insane asylum
walt whitman
1880s
american poets
Wiki.
Beautiful Dreamers is a 1990 Canadian film directed by John Kent Harrison. It stars Colm Feore and Rip Torn. It was nominated for four Genie Awards in 1991.
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