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Beautiful Dreamers
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.
Movie Stats
+5%
1h 45m
Runtime duration
Language
EN
Year
1990
Rating
5.2/10
5 votes • HD
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Duration: 1h 45m
Quality: HD
Subtitles: Available
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Cast & Crew
Directors:
John Kent Harrison
1.3
Colm Feore
Dr. Maurice Bucke
1.5
Rip Torn
Walt Whitman
0.3
Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke
0.6
Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop
0.4
Colin Fox
Rev. Haines
David Gardner
Dr. Lett
1.0
Tom McCamus
Leonard Thomas
Albert Schultz
Dr. John Burgys
J. Winston Carroll
Henderson
1.2
Barbara Gordon
Agatha Haines
Marsha Moreau
Birdie Bucke
0.4
Roland Hewgill
Timothy Pardee
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