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.
Drama
Director
Penny Marshall
Producers
Penny Marshall
Walter F. Parkes
Lawrence Lasker
Elliot Abbott
Arne Schmidt
Cast
Robert De Niro
Robin Williams
Julie Kavner
Ruth Nelson
John Heard
Penelope Ann Miller
Alice Drummond
Judith Malina
Writers
Penny Marshall
Steven Zaillian
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Awakenings
Awakenings
The story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital...
