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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.
- (153K)
- Penny Marshall
- PG-13
- Biography, Drama
Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film directed by Penny Marshall. It was written by Steven Zaillian, who based his screenplay on Oliver Sacks 's 1973 memoir, Awakenings. It tells the story of neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer ( Robin Williams ), based on Sacks, who discovers the beneficial effects of the drug L -DOPA in 1969.
- $29 million
- Randy Newman
- December 20, 1990 (United States)
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Show all movies in the JustWatch Streaming Charts. Streaming charts last updated: 9:17:12 AM, 04/28/2024 . Awakenings is 1522 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 508 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Moonlight but less popular than Jacob's Ladder.
- Leonard Lowe; Malcolm Sayer; Dr. Kaufman
- PG-13
- 1990
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. After attending a lecture at a conference on the subject of the L-Dopa drug and its success with patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease, Sayer believes the drug may offer a breakthrough ...
Dec 20, 1990 · 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 ...
Awakenings. A dedicated New York doctor (Robin Williams) uses his gift for groundbreaking research to bring a long-comatose patient (Robert De Niro) back to life. 4,634 IMDb 7.8 2h 1991. X-Ray PG-13. Drama · Heartwarming · Sad · Cerebral. Free trial of Paramount+, rent, or buy. Watch with Paramount+. Start your 7-day free trial.
Rated: 2/4 • May 9, 2023. Jan 20, 2023. Oct 22, 2021. The story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital ...
