Beautiful Dreamers
Drama
⭐ 6.9 / 10(224)
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.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Released
- 1990
Details
Release year: 1990
Storyline
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.
Top credits
Directors
Writers
Cast
See all 29 credits →- Colm Feore — Dr. Maurice Bucke
- Rip Torn — Walt Whitman
- Wendel Meldrum — Jessie Bucke
- Sheila McCarthy — Molly Jessop