Beautiful Dreamers [290738] Released: 1990-06-05 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 105 mins Popularity: 0.8651 Vote Average: 5.2 Vote Count: 5 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. Cast [12] Colm FeoreDr. Maurice Buck Rip TornWalt Whitman Wendel MeldrumJessie Bucke Sheila McCarthyMolly Jessop Colin FoxRev. Haines David GardnerDr. Lett Tom McCamusLeonard Thomas Albert SchultzDr. John Burgys J. Winston CarrollHenderson Barbara GordonAgatha Haines Marsha MoreauBirdie Bucke Roland HewgillTimothy Pardee Trailers