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Dec 14, 2023 · According to an article by AP News back in 1991, De Niro's character, Leonard Lowe, is a real person based on a real patient of Sacks, described as “an exceptionally well-read man, freely quoting philosophers and writing insightful book reviews.”
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Jan 25, 2024 · Penny Marshall’s drama Awakenings (1990) centres on Dr Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) and his patient Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro). In the film, Sayer uses a drug designed to treat Parkinson’s Disease to awaken catatonic patients in a Bronx hospital.
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Sep 25, 2015 · Based on the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, Penny Marshall’s drama Awakenings (1990) centers on Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) and his patient Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro).
Sep 25, 2023 · In the final scenes of “Awakenings,” we see Leonard Lowe, portrayed by Robert De Niro, slowly regressing back into his catatonic state. This heartbreaking regression is a result of his body building up a tolerance to L-Dopa, rendering it ineffective over time.
Apr 5, 2016 · Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner. A closer look at a significant moment in the 1990 drama, Awakenings, where a former catatonic patient under treatment demands he be filmed for research.
Dec 20, 1990 · A moment of genuine humor in Penny Marshall's film version of "Awakenings" finds the ward nurses at a Bronx hospital for chronic mental patients annoyed at having to stop watching a soap opera on...
Dec 19, 1990 · Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
