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Awakenings

Cast

Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner View All


Crew

Steven Zaillian (Screenplay), Penny Marshall (Director) View All

Release: Dec. 4th, 1990
Runtime: 2 hours, 1 minute
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.
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Sexy Celebrity
With the help of a drug that was used to treat people with Parkinson's Disease -- called L-DOPA -- Robin Williams is able to bring Robert De Niro back to life, along with the rest of the catatonic people, who have been suffering from a meningitis related illness.
Gideon58
Dealing up close and personal with actual people is virgin territory for Sayer, who is initially frightened by his patients but he does manage to find a common thread in the illness of a group of patients and reaches out to one in particular, a Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro), who has been in a catato....


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