Amazon.co.uk: Awakenings [1990]: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Alice Drummond, Judith Malina, Barton Heyman, George Martin (II), Anne Meara, Richard Libertini, Laura Esterman, Dexter Gordon, Jayne Haynes, Penny Marshall: Video

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Awakenings [1990]
VHS ~ Robert De Niro

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Product details

Actors: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard
Directors: Penny Marshall
Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
Language English
Classification:
Studio: 4 Front Video
VHS Release Date: 1 Jul 2002
Run Time: 115 minutes

Average Customer Review:

(6 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004CLGO
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,566 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Based on the acclaimed book by neurologist Oliver Sacks, director Penny Marshall's hit 1990 drama Awakenings stars Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer. Sayer is a neurologist who discovers that the drug L-Dopa can be used to "unlock" patients in a mental hospital from the mysterious sleeping sickness that has left them utterly immobilized. Leonard (Robert De Niro) is one such patient who awakens after being in a comatose state for 30 years, leaving Sayer to guide Leonard in adjusting to the world around him. Penelope Ann Miller costars as the daughter of another patient, with whom Leonard falls tenuously in love. Earning Oscar nominations for best picture, actor and screenplay, this moving fact-based drama was a hit with critics and audiences alike. --Jeff Shannon

Synopsis
Drama based on the true story of a doctor who provides an experimental drug to a group of people suffering from a sleeping sickness. The first patient to receive treatment is cured for one brief summer.