Awakenings
"There is no such thing as a simple miracle."
Drama
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
🎬 DirectorPenny Marshall
📅 Release1990-12-04
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioParkes/Lasker productions
🗳 Votes2,862
🔥 Popularity5
💰 Budget$31,000,000
💵 Revenue$52,096,475
🎭 Cast
Robert De Niro
Leonard Lowe
Robin Williams
Malcolm Sayer
John Heard
Dr. Kaufman
Julie Kavner
Eleanor Costello
Penelope Ann Miller
Paula
Ruth Nelson
Mrs. Lowe
Max von Sydow
Peter Ingham
Anne Meara
Miriam
Dexter Gordon
Rolando
George Martin
Frank
Alice Drummond
Lucy Fishman
Richard Libertini
Sidney
Laura Esterman
Lolly
Barton Heyman
Bert
Judith Malina
Rose
🎥 Crew
Director
Penny Marshall
Director of Photography
Miroslav Ondříček
Editor
Gerald B. Greenberg
Producer
Walter F. Parkes
Editor
Battle Davis
Producer
Lawrence Lasker
Screenplay
Steven Zaillian
Executive Producer
Elliot Abbott
Executive Producer
Arne Schmidt
Executive Producer
Penny Marshall
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🏷 Keywords
comaexperimentbased on novel or bookhopemiraclebased on true storyhospitalillnesswoman directorcomatosemedical drama
💬 Reviews
***A ‘hospital film’ with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, based on a true story*** A shy doctor (Robin Williams) gets a job at a Bronx hospital in 1969 where he attends to several patients in a catatonic state after the encephalitis epidemic of 1917–28. He experiments with a new drug that offers the hope of reviving them. Robert De Niro plays his key patient, Julie Kavner his nurse and…
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