Awakenings (1990)

6.9	Listal rating
7.6	IMDB rating

Drama (12), Illness (5), True Story (4), Medical (3), Usa (2), 1990s (2), Classy (1), Wheelchair (1), Based On Novel (1), Catatonia (1), Biography (1), 1930s (1), One Word Title (1), 90s (1), Biographical (1), MMG (1), Doctor (1), Growth/healing (1), (1), English (1)

Description

Awakenings is the true story of a new doctor who finds himself with a ward full of long-term catatonic patients for whom there seems no hope of a cure. Eventually, the doctor gets permission to try a new experimental drug which offers the prospect of reviving the afflicted. As the patients awaken from their years of sleep, they and their families m ... (more)

Directed by

Penny Marshall

Starring (View all) :

Leonard Lowe

Dr. Malcolm Sayer

Eleanor Costello

Mrs. Lowe

Dr. Kaufman

Paula

Lucy

Rose

Bert

Frank

Written by (View all) :

Oliver Sacks

Steven Zaillian

(screenplay)

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