Name: Awakenings
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: 1990
Duration: 2 h 1 min

Awakenings (1990)

Directed by Penny Marshall

Genres - Biography, Drama | Release Date - Dec 19, 1990 | Run Time - 121 min. | Countries - United States of America | MPAA Rating - PG-13

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Awakenings is a 1990 American biographical drama film directed by Penny Marshall and written by Steven Zaillian, based on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir. It tells the story of neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer, based on Sacks, who discovers the beneficial effects of the drug L-DOPA in 1969. He administers it to catatonic patients who survived the 1919–1930 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. Leonard Lowe and the rest of the patients are awakened after decades, and have to deal with a new life in a new time. The film stars Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Stormare and Max von Sydow.

Movie Info

Official Site

https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/awakenings

Budget

$31,000,000

Box Office

$52,096,475

Themes

Literary | Redemption | True Stories

Attributes

Based On: Awakenings, based on non-fiction books, Drama based on actual events
Filming Location: New York City
Narrative Location: New York City
Subject: von Economo's disease