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Patient Leonard Lowe seems to remain unmoved, but Sayer learns that Leonard is able to communicate with him by using a Ouija board. After attending a lecture at a conference on the drug L -DOPA and its success for patients with Parkinson's disease , Sayer believes that the drug may offer a breakthrough for his own group of patients.
Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) proves elusive in this regard, but Sayer soon discovers that Leonard is able to communicate with him by using a Ouija board.
Apr 5, 2016 · Sayer discovers that Leonard can communicate by pointing to letters on a Ouija board. After Sayer tests an altered drug used for Parkinson’s patients, he is able to ‘awaken’ Leonard and then the others, giving them back their lives, at least in some respects.
The film follows some 15 of those patients, particularly Leonard, who is played by Robert De Niro in a virtuoso performance. Because this movie is not a tearjerker but an intelligent examination of a bizarre human condition, it's up to De Niro to make Leonard not an object of sympathy, but a person who helps us wonder about our own tenuous ...
Dec 20, 1990 · When the real Leonard returned to life, he began by kissing flowers. (The film, which allows him a dewy crush on a young woman played by Penelope Ann Miller, captures the flower-kissing aspects...
- Penny Marshall
Dec 14, 2023 · De Niro's character is perhaps the closest to their literary counterpart, but even Lowe has some moments in the Awakenings movie that don't appear in the book. Again, these are flirtatious moments that are clearly added to inject some Hollywood drama and keep audiences engaged.
Leonard Lowe : When l spoke and you understood me. Leonard Lowe : Don't give up on me. Dr. Sayer : I won't.
