Narcissus and Psyche
1980
Beautiful Dreamers
5/6/1990 1h 45m 5.2/10
Overview
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.
Director
John Kent Harrison
Top Billed Cast
Rip Torn
Walt Whitman
Colm Feore
Dr. Maurice Bucke
Sheila McCarthy
Molly Jessop
Colin Fox
Rev. Haines
Wendel Meldrum
Jessie Bucke
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David Gardner
Dr. Lett
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