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Beautiful Dreamers

Beautiful Dreamers

# The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World.
Drama
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1990-06-05
⌚ Running Time: 105 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.2

Beloved Cast

Colm Feore original image
Dr. Maurice Bucke
Colm Feore
Rip Torn original image
Walt Whitman
Rip Torn
Wendel Meldrum original image
Jessie Bucke
Wendel Meldrum
Sheila McCarthy original image
Molly Jessop
Sheila McCarthy
Colin Fox original image
Rev. Haines
Colin Fox
David Gardner original image
Dr. Lett
David Gardner
Tom McCamus original image
Leonard Thomas
Tom McCamus
Albert Schultz original image
Dr. John Burgys
Albert Schultz
J. Winston Carroll original image
Henderson
J. Winston Carroll
Barbara Gordon original image
Agatha Haines
Barbara Gordon
Marsha Moreau original image
Birdie Bucke
Marsha Moreau
Roland Hewgill original image
Timothy Pardee
Roland Hewgill

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