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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Colm Feore, Rip Torn, Wendel Meldrum, Sheila McCarthy, Colin Fox, David Gardner
Crew: François Protat (Director of Photography), John Kent Harrison (Director), Lawrence Shragge (Music), Walt Whitman (Poem), John Kent Harrison (Screenplay), Seamus Flannery (Production Design)
Country: Canada
Language: English
Studio: ONF | NFB
Runtime: 105 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 05, 1990
IMDb: 5.8
