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. View more details
Directed : John Kent Harrison
Written : John Kent Harrison
Stars : Colm Feore Rip Torn Sheila McCarthy Wendel Meldrum
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 28, 1990
Countries of origin : Canada
Official sites : NFB (english)
Language : English
Filming locations : Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies : National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Starway Films Inc.
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. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 28, 1990
Countries of origin : Canada
Official sites : NFB (english)
Language : English
Filming locations : Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies : National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Starway Films Inc.
