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      • Awakenings is a fictionalized retelling of Dr. Oliver Sacks' groundbreaking work on catatonic patients, featuring a powerful performance by Robin Williams. The movie stays true to the essence of Sacks' book, depicting the devastating effects of encephalitis lethargica and the potential of L-DOPA, despite some changes for dramatic purposes.
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  2. Nov 11, 2011 · The Awakening: Directed by Nick Murphy. With Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hempstead Wright. In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.

  3. Dec 14, 2023 · Link copied to clipboard. Summary. Awakenings is a fictionalized retelling of Dr. Oliver Sacks' groundbreaking work on catatonic patients, featuring a powerful performance by Robin Williams. The movie stays true to the essence of Sacks' book, depicting the devastating effects of encephalitis lethargica and the potential of L-DOPA, despite some ...

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  4. Contents. Here are links to the key aspects of the movie: – The Awakening Ending Explained: The Spoiler. – Does Florence die at the end of The Awakening? – Are there ghosts in The Awakening real? – Plot Explained. – What is Florence’s profession? – What is Mowa-Zee and the story about Africa? – Who is Robert Mallory? – Who is Maud?

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    Box office. $108.7 million. 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.

    • December 20, 1990 (United States)
  6. The Awakening is a 2011 British supernatural drama film directed by Nick Murphy (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Stephen Volk and Murphy. The film stars Rebecca Hall as a writer and ghost hunter who investigates the haunting of a boys' boarding school in post-World War I England.

  7. Dec 20, 1990 · The film, directed with intelligence and heart by Penny Marshall, is based on a famous 1972 book by Oliver Sacks, the British-born New York neurologist whose (ital) The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (unital) is a classic of medical literature.

  8. Jan 11, 1991 · Awakenings: Directed by Penny Marshall. With Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson. The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

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    • Penny Marshall
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    • Biography, Drama
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