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Awakenings

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The film tells the story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital. Under his painstaking guidance, they begin responding to certain stimuli. He is then given permission to test a new drug on one of his patients.

Genre:

Drama, Biography

Actors:

Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Alice Drummond, Judith Malina, Barton Heyman, George Martin, Anne Meara, ...»

Director:

Penny Marshall

Country:

United States

Release:

1990

IMDb:

7.8

Quality:

Duration:

121 min

KEYWORDS:

#Awakenings (1990) #Julie Kavner #Penny Marshall #Robert De Niro #Robin Williams

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Robert De Niro

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Robin Williams

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Julie Kavner

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Ruth Nelson

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John Heard

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Penelope Ann Miller

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Alice Drummond

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Judith Malina

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Barton Heyman

24 January 1937, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

George Martin

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Anne Meara

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Richard Libertini

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Laura Esterman

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Dexter Gordon

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Jayne Haynes

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Yusef Bulos

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Steven Randazzo

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Mary Catherine Wright

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Mary Alice

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Keith Diamond

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Steve Vinovich

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Tiger Haynes

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John Christopher Jones

Bradley Whitford

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Max von Sydow

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Harvey Miller

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Tanya Berezin

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Peter Stormare

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Shane Fistell

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Charles Keating

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Heather Rose Dominic

Tom Farrell

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Michael Hurley

Doris McCarthy

Jack Mulcahy

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Sherry Pagán

Jan Saint

DIRECTORS OF "Awakenings"

Penny Marshall

15 October 1943, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

CREATORS OF "Awakenings"

Steven Zaillian

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Oliver Sacks

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HEROES OF "Awakenings"

Leonard Lowe

Played by: Robert De Niro

Dr. Malcolm Sayer

Played by: Robin Williams

Eleanor Costello

Played by: Julie Kavner

Mrs. Lowe

Played by: Ruth Nelson

Dr. Kaufman

Played by: John Heard

Frank

Played by: George Martin

CRITICS OF "Awakenings"

Nitrate Online

Solid medical drama. Williams is terrific in a straight role.

May 23, 2004

Quickflix

a curiously-underloved film... Awakenings will get a re-evaluation in the wake of Williams' passing, and that's great. It's just a tragedy it took a tragedy to precipitate it.

August 17, 2014

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Moviehole

Tour-de-force performances and one memorable storyline

March 10, 2005

EmanuelLevy.Com

A potentially intriguing story, based on the actual experiences of Dr. Sacks, gets a characteristically middling, sentimental and uplifting from director Penny Marshall.

February 01, 2007

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Shadows on the Wall

Moving and over-sentimental - but Marshall's best film.

June 05, 2004

Nick's Flick Picks

I remember this film, which I saw 13 years ago, as a squishy article redeemed by two strong performances; I am not inclined to go back for a second opinion.

November 02, 2004

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Moving and well-acted.

May 20, 2003

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Utter goo.

August 14, 2003

FulvueDrive-in.com

A beautifully moving, life-affirming true story.

July 05, 2007

The New Republic

Williams gives his best "straight" performance, shorn of all his marvelous manic vaudeville. The man he plays here is not a performer, which he was even in Dead Poets Society, but simply a man.

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Maybe life affirming, but hardly life-changing.

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Common Sense Media

Nonfunny Robin Williams role in moving story.

December 22, 2010

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