Awakenings / Columbia Pictures presents a Lasker/Parkes production ; a Penny Marshall film ; screenplay by Steven Zaillian ; produced by Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker ; directed by Penny Marshall.

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Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. The awakening of the first patient proves a rebirth for the doctor, too, as the patient reveals life's simple but sweet pleasures to the introverted docto...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Awakenings (Motion picture)
Main Author: Newman, Randy (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm), Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Zaillian, Steven (Screenwriter), Parkes, Walter F. (Producer), Lasker, Lawrence (Producer), Marshall, Penny (Director), De Niro, Robert (Actor), Williams, Robin, 1951-2014 (Actor), Heard, John, 1946-2017 (Actor), Kavner, Julie (Actor), Miller, Penelope Ann (Actor), Nelson, Ruth, 1905-1992 (Actor), Sydow, Max von, 1929-2020 (Actor), Meara, Anne (Actor), Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990 (Actor), Martin, George, 1929-2010 (Actor), Drummond, Alice, 1928-2016 (Actor), Ondříček, Miroslav, 1934-2015 (Cinematographer), Greenberg, Gerald B. (Editor), Davis, Battle, 1952-1994 (Editor), Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Dialogue in English with optional soundtracks in French and Spanish and optional subtitles in Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Chatsworth, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Video Distributed by Image Entertainment, ©1997, 1990.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease > Case studies > Drama.
Epidemic encephalitis > Complications > Case studies > Drama.
Dopa > Therapeutic use > Case studies > Drama.
Physician and patient > United States > Drama.
Fathers and daughters > United States > Drama.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Medical films (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Case studies
Drama.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Medical films (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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