Awakening
Genre: Drama
Reviewed in Issue 21 of Widescreen Review
Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Max Von Sydnow
| Studio/Distributor | Columbia/TriStar Home Video |
| Catalog Number | 81526 |
| MPAA Rating | PG13 |
| Retail Price | $39.95 |
| Running Time | 120 |
| Color Type | Color |
| Chaptered/Scene Access | Yes |
| Closed Captioned | Yes |
| Theatrical Release | 1990 |
| LD Release Date | 5/96 |
| THX Digitally Mastered | No |
| Director | Penny Marshall |
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| Stars | Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Max Von Sydnow |
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| Soundtrack | Dolby Surround |
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Subscribe FreeBased on the book by Oliver Sacks, M.D. Awakenings tells the story about a neurologist who uses an experimental drug to awaken a patient who has been “asleep” for 30 years. Inspired by the true story, it stars Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer, who, in 1969 created the drug L-DOPA, which lifts the surviving victims of the encephalitis lethargica pandemic from their zombie-like trances. A strong bond forms between the doctor and Leonard Lowe (De Niro), one of his primary patients.
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