Beautiful Dreamers

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Colm Feore

Dr. Maurice Bucke

Age : 65 | Popularity : 18%

Rip Torn

Walt Whitman

Age : 88 | Popularity : 27%

Wendel Meldrum

Jessie Bucke

Age : 66 | Popularity : 7%

Sheila McCarthy

Molly Jessop

Age : 68 | Popularity : 13%

Colin Fox

Rev. Haines

Age : 85 | Popularity : 11%

David Gardner

Dr. Lett

Age : 95 | Popularity : 7%

Tom McCamus

Leonard Thomas

Age : 68 | Popularity : 4%

Albert Schultz

Dr. John Burgys

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Lawrence Shragge
Camera	Director of Photography	François Protat
Writing	Screenplay	John Kent Harrison
Directing	Director	John Kent Harrison
Art	Production Design	Seamus Flannery
Crew	Poem	Walt Whitman
Department	Role	Name

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