Beautiful Dreamers (1990)
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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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Colm FeoreDr. Maurice Bucke
Rip TornWalt Whitman
Wendel MeldrumJessie Bucke
Sheila McCarthyMolly Jessop
Colin FoxRev. HainesDavid GardnerDr. Lett
Tom McCamusLeonard Thomas
Albert SchultzDr. John BurgysJ. Winston CarrollHenderson
Barbara GordonAgatha HainesMarsha MoreauBirdie BuckeMovie DNA
Genre affinityDramaDialogue densityDramaDirector preference279211Actor preference63212 · 41819 · 139984Country preferenceCaDecade preference1990
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What is Beautiful Dreamers about?
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.
How long is Beautiful Dreamers?
Beautiful Dreamers has a runtime of 105 minutes.