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Awakenings(Movie, 1990)

PG-13
| 2h | Genre: Drama
AwakeningsRating: 3.9/5 (with 10541,054 votes)
Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film directed by Penny Marshall. It was written by Steven Zaillian, who based his screenplay on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir, Awakenings. It tells the story of neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams), based on Sacks, who discovers the beneficial effects of the drug L-DOPA in 1969. He administers it to catatonic patients who survived the 1919–1930 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) and the rest of the patients are awakened after decades, and have to deal with a new life in a new time. Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Stormare an... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Awakenings

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

About Awakenings

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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Awakenings (1990) Trailer #1 | Classic Trailers(Trailer, 2:55)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Oliver Sacks ("Awakenings")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 30 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 12/19/1990 (World premiere: 12/04/1990)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Despertares"
"L'Éveil"
"Przebudzenia"
"Пробуждение"
"ตื่นเถิดเพื่อนถ้าใจยังมีฝัน"
Budget: 31,000,000 USD
Revenue: 52,096,475 USD (= 168%)

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