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Beautiful Dreamers (1992) |
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Set in
Canada (c. 1880) The poet Walt Whitman and a |
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psychiatrist, Dr. Maurice Bucke tackle the cruel, inhuman |
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treatment
meted out to mental patients at an asylum in |
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London,
Ontario. Rip Torn plays Whitman, Colm Feore the |
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Doctor. Good
acting from the leads and patients. An |
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interesting
touch of history. |
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Whitman's
brother was mentally ill. |
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