Beautiful Dreamers
6.9
“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.
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Cast
26 people
Colm Feore
Dr. Maurice Bucke
Known for
The Umbrella Academy
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Rip Torn
Walt Whitman
Known for
Men in Black II
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
John Kent Harrison
Lawrence Shragge
Sally Bochner
Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke
Known for
Blast from the Past
Michael Maclear
François Protat
Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop
Known for
The Umbrella Academy
The Day After Tomorrow
Seamus Flannery
Colin Neale
Colin Fox
Rev. Haines
Known for
Daylight
Silver Surfer
John Kent Harrison Director · François Protat Cinematographer Seamus Flannery Production designer
United States release June 5, 1990 · Produced in Canada
Production
ONF | NFB
Production
Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 5, 1990
Theatrical
Canada · September 22, 1990
Theatrical
Portugal
April 23, 1993 · TV premiere
Sweden
January 22, 1995 · TV premiere
United Kingdom
January 18, 1991
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