
Awakenings
- 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.
- Directed by
- Penny Marshall
- Written by
- Steven Zaillian
- Based on
- Oliver Sacks
Cast
Robert De Niro
Robin Williams
John Heard- Julie Kavner
- Penelope Ann Miller
- Ruth Nelson
Max von Sydow- Anne Meara
- Dexter Gordon
- George Martin
- Alice Drummond
- Richard Libertini
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