Beautiful Dreamers

Plot Summary

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 Cast

Colm Feore Dr. Maurice Bucke

Rip Torn Walt Whitman

Wendel Meldrum Jessie Bucke

Sheila McCarthy Molly Jessop

Colin Fox Rev. Haines