Beautiful dreamers /

A young doctor meets Walt Whitman in 1880 at a medical conference and invites him to visit the asylum for the mentally ill in the doctor's home town of London, Canada. At first Whitman angers the town people with his radical ideas about individuality and guiltless sexuality, but gradually they...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Hemdale Film Corporation, Cinexus (Firm), Famous Players, Inc
Other Authors:	Harrison, John Kent, Torn, Rip, 1931-2019, Feore, Colm, 1958-, Meldrum, Wendel, McCarthy, Sheila, Fox, Colin
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	Los Angeles, CA : Hemdale Home Video, [1992]
Subjects:	Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Drama. Mental illness > Drama. Psychiatric hospitals > Drama. Biographical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Motion pictures, Canadian. Feature films.

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Summary:	A young doctor meets Walt Whitman in 1880 at a medical conference and invites him to visit the asylum for the mentally ill in the doctor's home town of London, Canada. At first Whitman angers the town people with his radical ideas about individuality and guiltless sexuality, but gradually they are won over by Whitman's compassion and the liberating magic his ideas work on the asylum inmates.
Item Description:	Videocassette release of the 1990 motion picture. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (108 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS Hi-fi stereo; Dolby stereo.
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG-13.
Production Credits:	Produced by Michael Maclear and Martin Walters ; written & directed by John Harrison ; music composed by Lawrence Shragge ; edited by Ron Wisman.