Awakenings (1990)
Awakenings (1990)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Robert De Niro
Leonard Lowe
Robin Williams
Malcolm Sayer
John Heard
Dr. Kaufman
Julie Kavner
Eleanor Costello
Penelope Ann Miller
Paula
Ruth Nelson
Mrs. Lowe
Max von Sydow
Peter Ingham
Anne Meara
Miriam
Dexter Gordon
Rolando
George Martin
Frank
Alice Drummond
Lucy Fishman
Richard Libertini
Sidney
Laura Esterman
Lolly
Barton Heyman
Bert
Judith Malina
Rose
Mary Alice
Nurse Margaret
Keith Diamond
Anthony
Bradley Whitford
Dr. Tyler
John Christopher Jones
Dr. Sullivan
Mary Catherine Wright
Nurse Beth
Jayne Haynes
Frances
Le Clanché du Rand
Magda
Yusef Bulos
Joseph
Steven Randazzo
Luis
Gloria Harper
Dottie
Gwyllum Evans
Desmond
Steve Vinovich
Ray
Tiger Haynes
Janitor
Harvey Miller
Hospital Director
Tanya Berezin
Psychiatrist
Peter Stormare
Neurochemist
Shane Fistell
Man in Hall
Waheedah Ahmad
Hysterical Woman
Charles Keating
Mr. Kean
Christina Huertes
Christina
Linda Burns
Fishsticks
Judy Jacksina
Hospital Receptionist
Gary Tacon
George
Rico Elias
Orderly #1
Mel Gorham
Nurse Sara
Chris Carolan
EEG Technician
Debra Kovner-Zaks
Cafeteria Nurse
Max Rabinowitz
Ward #5 Orderly
Gordon Joseph Weiss
Ward #5 Patient
Byron Utley
Ward #5 Patient #2
Anthony McGowen
Ward #5 Patient #3
Paul Montgomery
Ward #5 Patient #4
Leonard Tepper
Ward #5 Patient #5
Vincent Pastore
Ward #5 Patient #6
Howard Feller
Ward #5 Patient #7
Libby Titus
Club Singer
Michael Hyde
Bus Driver / Transportation Captain
Tomislav Novakovic
Bartender
Adam Bryant
Librarian
Anthony J. Nici
Young Leonard
Oliver Block
Leonard's Friend #1
Buck Smith
Leonard's Friend #2
Joan E. MacIntosh
Teacher
Harry L. Seddon
Medical Student
Jack Mulcahy
Psych Ward Intern
Jason W. Fuchs
Pot-Head Hippie
Vin Diesel
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Elliot Abbott
Executive Producer
Anton Furst
Production Design
Lawrence Lasker
Producer
Penny Marshall
Executive Producer / Director
Cynthia Flynt
Costume Design
Gerald B. Greenberg
Editor
Steven Zaillian
Screenplay
Walter F. Parkes
Producer
Arne Schmidt
Executive Producer
Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography
Bonnie Timmermann
Casting
Battle Davis
Editor
Bill Groom
Art Direction
Oliver Sacks
Book
Randy Newman
Music
George Potts
Assistant Costume Designer
Scott W. Farley
Hairstylist
William A. Farley
Hairstylist
Ron Petagna
Construction Coordinator
Alan E. Muraoka
Assistant Art Director
George DeTitta Jr.
Set Decoration
Ilona Herman
Hairstylist / Makeup Artist
Bernadette Mazur
Makeup Artist
Sheila Paige
Script Supervisor
Debbie Goldsmith
Assistant Editor
Lynn Nigro
Art Department Assistant
Hamilton Sterling
Sound Editor
Tony Gittelson
First Assistant Director
Kathryn Camp
First Assistant Editor
Jere Huggins
Additional Editing
Suzanne Pillsbury
Assistant Editor
Amy Lemisch
Associate Producer
Sarah Knowles
Art Department Assistant
Bob Newlan
Sound Editor
Jerry Ross
Supervising Sound Editor
Timothy M. Bourne
Unit Production Manager
Hugo Weng
Sound Editor
Glen Trotiner
Second Assistant Director
Michele Perrone
Assistant Sound Editor
John Morris
Sound Editor
Linda Murphy
Boom Operator
Gerald DeTitta
Leadman
Joe Dorn
ADR Editor
Les Lazarowitz
Production Sound Mixer
Gary C. Bourgeois
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Williams
Foley Editor
Mark Pappas
Foley Editor
Linda Yeaney
Assistant Sound Editor
James Flamberg
Music Editor
Michelle Pleis
Assistant Sound Editor
Tom Priestley Jr.
Camera Operator
Margaret Mitchell
Production Accountant
Robert Griffon Jr.
Property Master
Richard Quinlan
Chief Lighting Technician
Richard Baratta
Location Manager
Beth Bergeron
Supervising ADR Editor
Laura Perlman
Music Editor
Matthew Iadarola
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 4, 1990
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Budget$31,000,000
Box Office$52,096,475
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film directed by Penny Marshall. It is written by Steven Zaillian, who based his screenplay on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir Awakenings. It tells the story of neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams), based on Sacks, who discovers the beneficial effects of the drug L-DOPA in 1969. He administers it to catatonic patients who survived the 1917–1928 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) and the rest of the patients are awakened after decades and have to deal with a new life in a new time. Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Stormare, and Max von Sydow also star.
Awakenings was produced by Walter Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, who first encountered Sacks's book as undergraduates at Yale and optioned it a few years later. The film was a critical and commercial success, earning $108.7 million on a $29 million budget, and was nominated for three Academy Awards.