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Dec 11, 2007 · A new movie brings anesthesia awareness, a rare phenomenon that doctors are still struggling to understand, to life.
While undergoing surgery, a wealthy young man experiences intraoperative awareness and discovers that the surgical team intended to murder him. 1,959 IMDb 6.5 1 h 24 min 2007. X-Ray R. Suspense · Drama · Cerebral · Tense. Freevee (with ads) More purchase.
"Awake" makes it crystal clear from the very beginning that 1 out of 300 people under anesthesia remains awake during surgery an unfathomable outcome. Hayden Christensen plays Clay Beresford, who discovers that he is awake during heart transplant surgery.
During surgery, more than 60,000 people domestically each year experience "anesthetical awareness," a condition when anesthesia fails during surgery, leaving one completely conscious and feeling every incision, but paralyzed and incapable of doing anything about it. This is what happens to Clay.
- Joby Harold
- Hayden Christensen
Nov 30, 2007 · Awake is a psychological thriller about a common occurrence called "anesthetic awareness," a horrifying phenomenon wherein a patient's failed anesthesia leaves him fully conscious but physically paralyzed during surgery.
Nov 30, 2007 · While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
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