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    Awakenings

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    1990     Biography drama    
    USA
    2h 1min
    PG-13
    G
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.

    Something of a klutz and naif, Dr. Sayer (Robin Williams) takes a job at a Bronx psychiatric hospital in 1969. Here he's put in charge of several seemingly catatonic patients who, under Sayer's painstaking guidance, begin responding to certain stimulai. Apprised of the efficacy of a new drug called L-DOPA in treating degenerative-disease victims, Sayer is given permission to test the drug on one of his patients: Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro), who has not communicated with anyone since lapsing into catatonia as a child. Gradually, Lowe comes out of his shell, encouraging Sayers to administer L-DOPA to the other patients under his care.

    Directed byPenny Marshall
    Written byOliver Sacks, Steven Zaillian
    CompanyColumbia PicturesColumbia PicturesColumbia Pictures

    Awards

    Starring

    Robert De Niro
    Robin Williams
    Julie Kavner
    John Heard
    Penelope Ann Miller
    Anne Meara
    Dexter Gordon
    Bradley Whitford
    Max von Sydow
    Peter Stormare
    Vincent Pastore
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