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   Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film based on the 1973 non-fiction book of the same name. ... Awakenings skirts the edges of melodrama, then soars above it." ...

   • Budget: $29 million
   • Music by: Randy Newman

   • Release date: December 20, 1990 (United States)

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   Feb 1, 2007 · An ultimately therapeutic melodrama, based on the experiences of the real-life Dr. Oliver Sacks, “Awakenings” is overly sentimental and too uplifting for its own good. These two weaknesses mark all of Penny Marshall’s movies (“A League of Their Own”), as well as those of her brother-director, Garry Marshall, perhaps due to the fact ...

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   Is Awakenings a melodrama?

   • Elevated by some of Robin Williams' finest non-comedic work and a strong performance from Robert De Niro, Awakenings skirts the edges of melodrama, then soars above it. 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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   Is 'Awakenings' a good movie?

   • "Awakenings" both sentimentalizes its story and oversimplifies it beyond recognition. At no point does the film express more than one idea at a time. And the idea expressed, more often than not, is as banal as the reality was bizarre.

   Review/Film; From a Living Death To Life in 'Awakenings'

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   What happened to Leonard in Awakenings?

   • Leonard, as well as many other patients, initially had a positive reaction to the drug and fully awoke, but just like in the movie version of Awakenings, Leonard began to become paranoid and developed severe tics, eventually regressing to his earlier catatonic state and passing away in 1981.

   Awakenings True Story: Real Life Doctor & Drug Experiments Explained

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   Is Leonard still alive in 'Awakenings'?

   • Of course not, a neurologist says in Penny Marshall 's new film "Awakenings." Why not? "Because the implications of that would be unthinkable." Ah, but the expert is wrong, and inside the immobile shell of his body, Leonard is still there. Still waiting.

   Awakenings movie review & film summary (1990) | Roger Ebert

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   A melodrama which will make your heart melt. I love everything about "Awakenings". The story, the acting, how it can be sad but it isn't too manipulative and Randy Newman's score tears your heart to pieces.

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   Elevated by some of Robin Williams' finest non-comedic work and a strong performance from Robert De Niro, Awakenings skirts the edges of melodrama, then soars above it. The story of a doctor's ...

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   • Director: Penny Marshall

   • Content Rating: PG-13
   • Actors: Robert De Niro

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   Dec 14, 2023 · 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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7. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › awakenings-1990Awakenings movie review & film summary (1990) | Roger Ebert

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   He talks without hope to one of the women, who looks blankly back at him, her head and body frozen. But then he turns away, and when he turns back she has changed her position -- apparently trying to catch her eyeglasses as they fell. He tries an experiment. He holds her glasses in front of her, and then drops them.

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   Dec 20, 1990 · Her "Awakenings" is a fairy tale forged uneasily out of facts, despite the facts' overwhelming strangeness and weight. "Awakenings" both sentimentalizes its story and oversimplifies it beyond ...