Beautiful Dreamers
The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World.
1990 | 105m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | John Kent Harrison |
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| Writer: | John Kent Harrison |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 05, 1990 |
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| Director: | John Kent Harrison |
| Writer: | John Kent Harrison |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | insane asylum, poet, 19th century, walt whitman, american poets |
| Production Companies | ONF | NFB |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Walt Whitman | Poem |
| John Kent Harrison | Director, Screenplay |
| Lawrence Shragge | Music |
| Seamus Flannery | Production Design |
| François Protat | Director of Photography |
| Charles Bowers | Sound Editor |
| Ellen Adams | Dialogue Editor |
| Terry Burke | Sound Effects |
| Tony Currie | Dialogue Editor |
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