Beautiful Dreamers (1990)

Movie"The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World."
Audience Score
52
Beautiful Dreamers
NR 1 hr 45 minJun 5th, 1990Drama
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.
StarringColm FeoreRip TornWendel Meldrum
DirectorJohn Kent Harrison

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:June 5th, 1990
Original Language:English
Production Companies:ONF | NFB
Movie Tags:
poetinsane asylum1880swalt whitman