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Awakenings is a 1990 American biographical 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.
Awakenings: Directed by Penny Marshall. With Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson. Dr. Sayer is a pioneering neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from encephalitis a drug used for Parkinson's Disease.
Dec 14, 2023 · The 1990 movie Awakenings is a dramatization of Dr. Oliver Sacks' 1973 memoir of the same name — and the true story behind the semi-fictional Dr. Sayer is just as fascinating.
Dec 20, 1990 · It is this fate that is lifted, that summer of 1969, when the doctor gives the experimental new drug to his patients, and in a miraculous rebirth their bodies thaw and they begin to move and talk once again, some of them after 30 years of self-captivity. The movie follows Leonard through the stages of his rebirth.
Currently you are able to watch "Awakenings" streaming on Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Showtime Apple TV Channel. It is also possible to buy "Awakenings" on Apple TV, Microsoft Store, Amazon Video as download or rent it on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Microsoft Store online.
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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Synopsis. In 1969, Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a dedicated and caring physician at a local hospital in the New York City borough of The Bronx.
