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The World Changes Some People. Some People Change The World.Plot:
When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his... more | add synopsisAwards:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Colm Feore | ... | Dr. Maurice Bucke |
 | Rip Torn | ... | Walt Whitman |
 | Wendel Meldrum | ... | Jessie Bucke |
| Sheila McCarthy | ... | Molly Jessop |
| Colin Fox | ... | Rev. Haines |
| David Gardner | ... | Dr. Lett |
| Tom McCamus | ... | Leonard Thomas |
| Barbara Gordon | ... | Agatha Haines |
| Marsha Moreau | ... | Birdie Bucke |
| Albert Schultz | ... | Dr. John Burgys |
| Angelo Rizacos | ... | Wallace |
| Gordon Master | ... | John Carver |
| Gerry Quigley | ... | John Freeman |
| Roland Hewgill | ... | Timothy Pardee |
| Roger Clown | ... | Kenneth |
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Rip Torn does an excellent job bringing Walt Whitman to life in this fact-based story of his meeting with Dr. Bucke who ran a mental institution in London, Canada. Whitman the poet breaks the Victorian boundaries and causes Dr. Bucke to deal with the patients in an unconventional way.
The real-life Dr. Bucke was profoundly influenced by his encounter with Whitman. Dr. Bucke later wrote a book called COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS in which he discussed the great mystics throughout history -- and he thought Whitman was one of the greatest. This film shows us why he was so impressed with the poet.