Awakenings
There is no such thing as a simple miracle.
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.
- 7.8
- 1990
- Released
- 2h 0m
Robert De Niro
Leonard Lowe
Robin Williams
Malcolm Sayer
John Heard
Dr. Kaufman
Julie Kavner
Eleanor Costello
Penelope Ann Miller
Paula
Ruth Nelson
Mrs. Lowe
Max von Sydow
Peter Ingham
Anne Meara
Miriam
Dexter Gordon
Rolando
George Martin
Frank
Alice Drummond
Lucy Fishman
Richard Libertini
Sidney
Laura Esterman
Lolly
Barton Heyman
Bert
Judith Malina
Rose
Mary Alice
Nurse Margaret
Keith Diamond
Anthony
Bradley Whitford
Dr. Tyler
John Christopher Jones
Dr. Sullivan
Mary Catherine Wright
Nurse BethJayne Haynes
Frances
Le Clanché du Rand
Magda
Yusef Bulos
Joseph
Steven Randazzo
LuisGloria Harper
DottieGwyllum Evans
Desmond
Steve Vinovich
Ray
Tiger Haynes
JanitorHarvey Miller
Hospital DirectorTanya Berezin
Psychiatrist
Peter Stormare
NeurochemistShane Fistell
Man in HallWaheedah Ahmad
Hysterical Woman
Charles Keating
Mr. KeanChristina Huertes
ChristinaLinda Burns
FishsticksJudy Jacksina
Hospital ReceptionistRico Elias
Orderly #1
Mel Gorham
Nurse SaraChris Carolan
EEG TechnicianDebra Kovner-Zaks
Cafeteria Nurse
Bret McCormick
Head Ward Orderly
Gordon Joseph Weiss
Ward #5 Patient
Byron Utley
Ward #5 Patient #2Anthony McGowen
Ward #5 Patient #3Paul Montgomery
Ward #5 Patient #4Leonard Tepper
Ward #5 Patient #5
Vincent Pastore
Ward #5 Patient #6Howard Feller
Ward #5 Patient #7Libby Titus
Club SingerTomislav Novakovic
BartenderAdam Bryant
LibrarianAnthony J. Nici
Young LeonardOliver Block
Leonard's Friend #1Buck Smith
Leonard's Friend #2Joan E. MacIntosh
Teacher
Harry L. Seddon
Medical Student
Jack Mulcahy
Psych Ward InternJason W. Fuchs
Pot-Head Hippie
Vin Diesel
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Released
en
$31,000,000.00
$52,096,475.00
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Reviews
***A ‘hospital film’ with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, based on a true story*** A shy doctor (Robin Williams) gets a job at a Bronx hospital in 1969 where he attends to several patients in a catatonic state after the encephalitis epidemic of 1917–28. He experiments with a new drug that offers the hope of reviving them. Robert De Niro plays his key patient, Julie Kavner his nurse and John