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Awakenings

PG-13
Movie
1990
2h 0m
English
Drama
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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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Cast

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Robert De Niro
Leonard Lowe
Robin Williams
Malcolm Sayer
John Heard
Dr. Kaufman
Julie Kavner
Eleanor Costello
Penelope Ann Miller
Ruth Nelson
Mrs. Lowe
Max von Sydow
Peter Ingham
Anne Meara
Dexter Gordon
George Martin
Alice Drummond
Lucy Fishman
Richard Libertini
Laura Esterman
Barton Heyman
Judith Malina
Mary Alice
Nurse Margaret
Keith Diamond
Bradley Whitford
John Christopher Jones
Mary Catherine Wright
Jayne Haynes
Le Clanch du Rand
Yusef Bulos
Steven Randazzo
Gloria Harper
Directed By: Penny Marshall
Written By: Steven Zaillian (Screenplay)

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caponeorso says...
12 years ago
Drama emocionante, recomendado, pipoca, refri e lenço de papel, sim lagrimas, haverão lagrimas....
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CinemanicBonkers says...
5 years ago
Magnificent film based on a true story with a spectacular main cast and it was even better the second time around and Robert De Niro &robin Williams made a great team!
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nmahoney416 says...
6 years ago
Robert De Niro gives a terrific performance here and Robin Williams is pretty great too. The story takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions.
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Caitriona says...
2 years ago
great movie and some amazing acting by Robert De Niro. But, I would advise stop before the last 30 minutes... the movie hits a lovely cinema like peak... but you must remember that this is a true story and it ends with a deary ending
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Wuchak
5 years ago
***A ‘hospital film’ with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, based on a true story***

A shy doctor (Robin Williams) gets a job at a Bronx hospital in 1969 where he attends to several patients in a catatonic state after the encephalitis epidemic of 1917–28. He experiments with a new drug tha More
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Fr3d1
6/10  2 years ago
One of the maxims I maintain in my film viewing of "stories based on true events" is that, if I don't know the story, I don't research it until after the viewing. It takes the fun out of the experience (like knowing the ending beforehand) and allows you to enjoy the personal vision of the director a More
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