Awakenings (1990)

7	Listal rating
7.5	IMDB rating

Drama (12), Illness (5), True Story (4), Usa (2), Medical (2), 1990s (2), Biographical (1), Mind (1), Contact (1), # Eng (1), Biography (1), Special Population (1), 90s (1), Transformations (1), Classy (1), MMG (1), English (1), Growth/healing (1), Robin Williams (1), (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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