Awakenings
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In Theaters: December 20, 1990
PG-13 | 2h 1m | Drama
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.
| Director: | Penny Marshall |
| Producer(s): | Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker |
| Cast: | Penelope Miller, John Heard, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, Alice Drummond, Judith Malina |
| Writer(s): | Steven Zaillian |
