Beautiful Dreamers

“The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World.”

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

Screenplay

John Kent Harrison

Status

Released

Release date

05/06/1990

Original language

English