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Awakenings

Columbia Pictures (1990)

Biography | Drama | Family | Special Interest

USA | English | Color | 02:00

7.8

159,932

Deluxe Widescreen Presentation

PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)

043396505698

| 1 disc

Region 1

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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.

Cast View all

	Robert De Niro	Leonard Lowe
	Robin Williams	Dr. Malcolm Sayer
	Julie Kavner	Eleanor Costello
	Ruth Nelson	Mrs. Lowe
	John Heard	Dr. Kaufman
	Penelope Ann Miller	Paula
	Alice Drummond	Lucy
	Judith Malina	Rose
	Barton Heyman	Bert
	George Martin	Frank
	Anne Meara	Miriam
	Richard Libertini	Sidney
	Laura Esterman	Lolly
	Dexter Gordon	Rolando
	Jayne Haynes	Frances
	Le Clanché du Rand	Magda
	Yusef Bulos	Joseph
	Steven Randazzo	Luis
	Gloria Harper	Dottie
	Gwyllum Evans	Desmond
	Mary Catherine Wright	Nurse Beth
	Mary Alice	Nurse Margaret
	Keith Diamond	Anthony
	Steve Vinovich	Ray
	Tiger Haynes	Janitor

Crew View all

Director	Penny Marshall
Writer	Oliver Sacks, Steven Zaillian
Producer	Elliot Abbott, Lawrence Lasker, Amy Lemisch, Penny Marshall, Walter F. Parkes, Arne Schmidt
Musician	Randy Newman
Photography	Miroslav Ondricek