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Awakenings

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Awakenings
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PG13,2hrs 1min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1990
Director:
Penny Marshall
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, Julie Kavner  ...more
Synopsis: Based on a true story as related by neurologist Oliver Sacks, Awakenings stars Robin Williams as the Sacks counterpart, here named Dr. Malcolm Sayer. Something of a klutz and naif, Dr. Sayer takes a job at a Bronx psychiatric hospital in 1969. Here he's put in charge of several seemingly catatonic patients who, under Sayer's painstaking guidance, begin responding to certain stimulati. Apprised of the efficacy of a new drug called L-DOPA in treating degenerative-disease victims, Sayer is given permission ... Full Synopsis
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Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
After seeing Awakenings, I read it, to know more about what happened in that Bronx hospital. What both the movie and the book convey is the immense courage of the patients and the profound experience of their doctors, as in a small way they reexperienced what it means to be born, to open your eyes and discover to your astonishment that "you" are alive. Full Review
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74
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Based on 18 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Robin Williams
Dr. Malcolm Sayer
Robert De Niro
Leonard Lowe
Julie Kavner
Eleanor Costello
Ruth Nelson
Mrs. Lowe
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