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Beautiful Dreamers

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Beautiful Dreamers

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

5.2

1h 45m

1990

“The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

John Kent Harrison

Drama

poetinsane asylum19th centurywalt whitmanamerican poets

Cast & Crew

Colm Feore

Colm Feore

as Dr. Maurice Bucke

Rip Torn

Rip Torn

as Walt Whitman

Wendel Meldrum

Wendel Meldrum

as Jessie Bucke

Sheila McCarthy

Sheila McCarthy

as Molly Jessop

Colin Fox

Colin Fox

as Rev. Haines

David Gardner

as Dr. Lett

Tom McCamus

Tom McCamus

as Leonard Thomas

Albert Schultz

as Dr. John Burgys

J. Winston Carroll

as Henderson

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