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Awakenings
Description
The film tells the story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital. Under his painstaking guidance, they begin responding to certain stimuli. He is then given permission to test a new drug on one of his patients.
The film tells the story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital. Under his painstaking guidance, they begin responding to certain stimuli. He is then given permission to test a new drug on one of his patients.
Actors:
Linda Burns,
Anne Meara,
Gary Tacon,
Steven Randazzo,
Robin Williams,
Mary Catherine Wright,
Le Clanché du Rand,
Vin Diesel,
Harvey Miller,
Michael Hurley,
Libby Titus,
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Linda Burns
Anne Meara
20 September 1929, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gary Tacon
Steven Randazzo
Robin Williams
21 July 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Mary Catherine Wright
19 March 1948, San Francisco, California, USA
Le Clanché du Rand
12 August 1942, South Africa
Vin Diesel
18 July 1967, Alameda County, California, USA
Harvey Miller
15 June 1935, New York, New York, USA
Michael Hurley
Libby Titus
6 July 1946, Woodstock, New York, USA
Director:
Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall
15 October 1943, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Country:
United States
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
August 14, 2003
Utter goo.
August 17, 2014
a curiously-underloved film... Awakenings will get a re-evaluation in the wake of Williams' passing, and that's great. It's just a tragedy it took a tragedy to precipitate it.
Needcoffee.com
May 20, 2003
Moving and well-acted.
February 01, 2007
A potentially intriguing story, based on the actual experiences of Dr. Sacks, gets a characteristically middling, sentimental and uplifting from director Penny Marshall.
Nitrate Online
May 23, 2004
Solid medical drama. Williams is terrific in a straight role.
Moviehole
March 10, 2005
Tour-de-force performances and one memorable storyline
August 15, 2014
Williams gives his best "straight" performance, shorn of all his marvelous manic vaudeville. The man he plays here is not a performer, which he was even in Dead Poets Society, but simply a man.
Common Sense Media
December 22, 2010
Nonfunny Robin Williams role in moving story.
Shadows on the Wall
June 05, 2004
Moving and over-sentimental - but Marshall's best film.
January 15, 2012
Maybe life affirming, but hardly life-changing.
Nick's Flick Picks
November 02, 2004
I remember this film, which I saw 13 years ago, as a squishy article redeemed by two strong performances; I am not inclined to go back for a second opinion.
FulvueDrive-in.com
July 05, 2007
A beautifully moving, life-affirming true story.