Awakenings

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Awakenings is a 1990 drama film, based on Oliver Sacks' memoir and starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, about catatonic patients temporarily revived by a new drug.

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Awakenings canonical 13
Awakenings (1990 film) 1
Awakenings (book) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
authorOfSourceWork Oliver Sacks
basedOn Awakenings self-linksurface differs
surface form: Awakenings (book)
basedOnRealEvents true
character Dr. Malcolm Sayer
Leonard Lowe
cinematographyBy Miroslav Ondříček
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Penny Marshall
distributedBy Columbia Pictures
distributorRegion United States of America
surface form: United States
editedBy Battle Davis
Jerry Greenberg
featuresDrug levodopa
surface form: L-DOPA
filmingLocation New York City
genre drama
hasTheme ethics of medical experimentation
human resilience
language English
mpaaRating PG-13
musicBy Randy Newman
narrativeFocus catatonic patients temporarily revived by a new drug
nominatedPerformer Robert De Niro
oscarNomination Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Picture
portrayedBy Robert De Niro
Robin Williams
producer Lawrence Lasker
Walter F. Parkes NERFINISHED
productionCompany Parkes/Lasker Productions
releaseDate 1990-12-20
releaseYear 1990
runtimeMinutes 121
screenwriter Steven Zaillian
setInLocation New York City
setInTimePeriod 1960s
starredActor John Heard
Julie Kavner
Max von Sydow
Penelope Ann Miller
Robert De Niro
Robin Williams
subject catatonia
encephalitis lethargica
experimental drug treatment
neurology

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Penny Marshall notableWork Awakenings
Penny Marshall directed Awakenings
Robin Williams notableWork Awakenings
Steven Zaillian nominatedForWork Awakenings
Robert De Niro notableWork Awakenings
Awakenings basedOn Awakenings self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Awakenings (book)
Max von Sydow notableWork Awakenings
Laws of Illusion hasTrack Awakenings
John Heard notableWork Awakenings
John Heard role Awakenings
this entity surface form: Dr. Kaufman in Awakenings
Anton Furst workedOn Awakenings
Penelope Ann Miller notableWork Awakenings
Richard Libertini notableWork Awakenings
this entity surface form: Awakenings (1990 film)
Anne Meara notableWork Awakenings
Ruth Nelson notableWork Awakenings