Awakenings (1991)

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Biography / Drama
Penny Marshall
Oliver Sacks / Steven Zaillian

Dr. Sayer is a pioneering neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from encephalitis a drug used for Parkinson's Disease. He tries it out on one man who miraculously wakes from his perpetual catatonic state.

Robert De Niro
(131 / 1)

Robin Williams
(55)

Julie Kavner
(10 / 7)

Ruth Nelson
(1)

John Heard
(40)

Penelope Ann Miller
(20 / 3)

woman director experiment based on true story hospital coma illness based on novel or book based on a true story miracle frustration hope comatose