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The film tells the story of a neurologist who uses L-DOPA to awaken catatonic patients who survived the 1919–1930 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. It stars Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner and others, and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
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.
- (161K)
- Biography, Drama
- Penny Marshall
- 1991-01-11
Dec 14, 2023 · Awakenings is a fictionalized adaptation of Dr. Oliver Sacks' memoir about his research on catatonic patients with encephalitis lethargica. The movie stars Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer, who uses L-DOPA to help some patients regain consciousness, but faces ethical and medical challenges.
- Adrienne Tyler
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.
The story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital.
- (37)
- Penny Marshall
- PG-13
- Robert De Niro
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.
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In 1969, a doctor tests an experimental drug on a man in an unresponsive state — who awakens after 30 years and must come to grips with life as an adult. Watch trailers & learn more.
