Actor: Robert De Niro
Actor: Max von Sydow
Actor: Robin Williams
Actor: Julie Kavner
Actor: Ruth Nelson
Actor: John Heard
Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Certificate: 12a/12
Director: Penny Marshall
Genre: Drama
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
Release Date: 2000-01-24
Running Time Units = minutes: 116
E A N: 5035822246034
Film/ T V Title: Awakenings
Format: DVD
Encoding: PAL
Robin Williams and Robert De Niro star in this drama from director Penny Marshall. Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Williams) is a shy neurologist who lands a job at the New York Bainbridge Hospital looking after patients who are in a catatonic state as a result of a rare disease. He discovers, through sheer patience, hard work and experimentation, that the patients may be revivable through a new line of treatment. When he tries the treatment on Leonard Lowe (De Niro), he is delighted to see him responding after being unconscious for 30 years. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor (De Niro) and a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama (Williams).
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