Awakenings

E218585
American film drama film film

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

Statements (49)

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 → wroteScreenplayFor → 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 ⓘ