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 ...
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| Colm Feore | ... | Dr. Maurice Bucke | |
| Rip Torn | ... | Walt Whitman | |
| Wendel Meldrum | ... | Jessie Bucke | |
| Sheila McCarthy | ... | Molly Jessop | |
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Colin Fox | ... | Rev. Haines |
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David Gardner | ... | Dr. Lett |
| Tom McCamus | ... | Leonard Thomas | |
| Barbara Gordon | ... | Agatha Haines | |
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Marsha Moreau | ... | Birdie Bucke |
| Albert Schultz | ... | Dr. John Burgys | |
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Angelo Rizacos | ... | Wallace |
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Gordon Master | ... | John Carver |
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Gerry Quigley | ... | John Freeman |
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Roland Hewgill | ... | Timothy Pardee |
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Roger Clown | ... | Kenneth |
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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. Written by Anonymous
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5 June 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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This little film had long been on my "keeper" list. Do people realize how stressed out, menopausal, emotionally abused women (as well as the mentally retarded) were REALLY treated by the medical profession at the turn of the century??!! All of the pious uptight Christian attitudes of that time were deadly to exploring TRUE emotional feelings that would allow us to embrace suffering souls, let alone explore what it means to embrace our humanity. Can you really imagine (by today's standards) that Walt Whitman's books were banned because he acknowledged women as having feelings and emotional responses as great as a mans? Think about that! The sensitivity of this movie still gets me and I give credit to the director for capturing this through his eyes.