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Author: aniamos
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 10:27


Production and year: USA 1990
Genre: Drama
Directed by: Penny Marshall
Screenplay, Music: Steven Zaillian, Miroslav Ondříček
Medical Theme: catatonia

Description: Based facts, Awakenings is a heartwarming story about a doctor who changed the lives of his patients. It's a movie about Dr Oliver Sacks, fictionalized as American Dr Malcolm Sayer and played by Robin Williams. Dr Sayer tries an experimental drug to bring his catatonic patients back to consciousness. One of his patient is Leonard, played by Robert de Niro. Leonard undergoes the controversial therapy as a first patient. Encouraged by the success of his experiment Dr Sayer decides to administer this medicine to other patients. "Awakenings" is a story about strength of friendship, determination and power to work miracles.

 

 

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0 #1 Vera 2011-01-15 03:50
This movie it´s great! It surely encourage us to go further not just settling for the obvious. I mean, to others the guy was just loosing his time with this "gone" patients.
I really liked it. Definitely a Must See. :-)
 
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