Description
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.
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Release Date1990
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Runtime1 hr 45 min
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Languageen
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Rating5.2 (6)
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Genres
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DirectorJohn Kent Harrison
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CastColm FeoreRip TornWendel MeldrumSheila McCarthyColin FoxDavid GardnerTom McCamusAlbert SchultzJ. Winston CarrollBarbara GordonMarsha MoreauRoland Hewgill
