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Awakenings

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In Theaters: December 20, 1990

PG-13 | Drama | 2h 1m

Awakenings

By opening one man's eyes to the world... he opened his own. Robert De Niro (in an Oscar®-nominated performance) and Robin Williams star in this powerful, true story of a maverick doctor and the patients whose lives he changes. Williams plays Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. De Niro co-stars as Leonard, 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: Penelope Miller, John Heard, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, Alice Drummond, Judith Malina
Director: Penny Marshall
Producer(s): Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker
Writer(s): Steven Zaillian