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Dec 14, 2023 · Awakenings is a fictionalized adaptation of Dr. Oliver Sacks' book about his research on catatonic patients with encephalitis lethargica. The movie features Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer, who uses L-DOPA to awaken some patients, but faces ethical and medical challenges.
- Adrienne Tyler
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. He administers it to catatonic patients who survived the 1919–1930 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica .
- $29 million
- Randy Newman
- December 20, 1990 (United States)
Apr 25, 2023 · The 1990 movie 'Awakenings' is based on the book by Oliver Sacks, a neurologist who treated patients with encephalitis lethargica, a disease that caused catatonia. The movie shows how he used L-dopa to cure some patients, but the effects were temporary and had side effects.
Jan 25, 2024 · The film is based on the memoir of neurologist Oliver Sacks, who used a drug to awaken catatonic patients with Parkinson's disease. Learn how the drug worked, its effects, and the challenges faced by the patients and the doctor.
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
Aug 30, 2015 · A man who mistakes his wife for a hat, an artist who can no longer see colors, a hospital full of patients gloriously but fleetingly “awakened” from years-long catatonia: In each case, Dr. Sacks...
