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Dominican Rep. Awakenings
- Original title
- Awakenings
- Year
- 1990
- Running time
- 121 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Steven Zaillian. Book: Oliver Sacks
- Cast
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Robert De Niro
Robin Williams
Julie Kavner
Ruth Nelson
John Heard
Penelope Ann Miller
Alice Drummond
Judith Malina
Barton Heyman
George Martin
Anne Meara- Richard Libertini
- Steve Vinovich
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Melodrama. Medical. Disease/illness. Disability. 1960s. Based on a true story
- Movie Groups
- Oliver Sacks Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a pioneering neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from encephalitis a drug used for Parkinson's Disease. He tries it out on one man who miraculously wakes from his perpetual catatonic state. After his initial success, the hospital staff allows him to "wake" the other patients on the ward, who all make remarkable recoveries. But the "miracle" proves fleeting as, one by one, the patients return to their solitary, trance-like worlds.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1990: 3 Nominations for Oscar: Best Movie, Actor (Robert of Niro), Adapted Screenplay1990: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actor Drama (Robin Williams)1990: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Robert De Niro) (ex aequo)1990: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Film1990: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay1990: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Robert De Niro)
- Critics' reviews
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"De Niro's widely praised performance is like the rest of the film: competent, a product of hard work and borderline mechanical"
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