Awakenings Plot
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
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Budget :
$31 mn
Box Office :
$52.1 mn
Awakenings Cast
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as Leonard Lowe -
as Dr. Malcolm Sayer -
as Dr. Kaufman -
as Eleanor Costello -
as Paula -
as Mrs. Lowe -
as Dr. Peter Ingham -
as Miriam -
as Rolando -
as Frank
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The story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital. Speculating that their rigidity may be akin to an extreme form of Parkinsonism, he seeks permission from his skeptical superiors to treat them with L-dopa, a drug that was used to treat Parkinson's disease at the time.
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