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Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film based on the 1973 non-fiction book of the same name. Directed by Penny Marshall, it was written for the screen by Steven Zaillian, who based his screenplay on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir of the same name.
Jan 11, 1991 · Based on a true story, the film follows Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) who tries to revive his catatonic patients with a new drug. Starring Robert De Niro, Julie Kavner and John Heard, the film explores the challenges and joys of awakening the human spirit.
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- Biography, Drama
- Penny Marshall
- 1991-01-11
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Dec 14, 2023 · Awakenings follows neurologist Malcolm Sayer (played by Robin Williams), who, in 1969 while working at a hospital in the Bronx, began extensive research on catatonic patients who survived the 1917-1928 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica.
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A movie about a neurologist who gives a drug to patients with a rare condition that has frozen them for decades. The film explores the joy and challenges of their rebirth, and the human questions raised by their fate.
The story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital.
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- Drama
- PG-13
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