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Beautiful Dreamers

The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World.
1990 | 105m | English

(223 votes)

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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
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
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Name Character
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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