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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Colm Feore
Dr. Maurice Bucke
Rip Torn
Walt Whitman
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Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke
Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop
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Colin Fox
Rev. Haines
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David Gardner
Dr. Lett
Tom McCamus
Leonard Thomas
Barbara Gordon
Agatha Haines
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Marsha Moreau
Birdie Bucke
Albert Schultz
Dr. John Burgys
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Lawrence Shragge
Composer
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François Protat
Cinematographer