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Beautiful Dreamers

52 %|Jun 5, 1990|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

John Kent Harrison
Director
Lawrence Shragge
Music
John Kent Harrison
Screenplay
Walt Whitman
Poem
Seamus Flannery
Production Design
François Protat
Director of Photography

Cast

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Colm Feore
Dr. Maurice Bucke
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Rip Torn
Walt Whitman
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Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke
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Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop
actor
Colin Fox
Rev. Haines
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Tom McCamus
Leonard Thomas
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Albert Schultz
Dr. John Burgys
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Barbara Gordon
Agatha Haines
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Marsha Moreau
Birdie Bucke