Beautiful Dreamers

Beautiful Dreamers

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

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.

CA

Made in CA

5/10

1990

Drama
ONF | NFB

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Cast

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

David Gardner

As Dr. Lett

Tom McCamus

Tom McCamus

As Leonard Thomas

Albert Schultz

Albert Schultz

As Dr. John Burgys

J. Winston Carroll

J. Winston Carroll

As Henderson

Barbara Gordon

Barbara Gordon

As Agatha Haines

Marsha Moreau

Marsha Moreau

As Birdie Bucke

Roland Hewgill

Roland Hewgill

As Timothy Pardee

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