Beautiful Dreamers (1990)
The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World.
1990 · 1h 45m · Drama
Genres: 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.
Director: John Kent Harrison
Writers: John Kent Harrison
Music by: Lawrence Shragge
Cinematography: François Protat
Cast
Colm Feore as Dr. Maurice BuckeRip Torn as Walt WhitmanWendel Meldrum as Jessie BuckeSheila McCarthy as Molly JessopColin Fox as Rev. HainesDavid Gardner as Dr. LettTom McCamus as Leonard ThomasAlbert Schultz as Dr. John BurgysJ. Winston Carroll as HendersonBarbara Gordon as Agatha HainesMarsha Moreau as Birdie BuckeRoland Hewgill as Timothy PardeeMore like this
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