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Awakenings
2h 0m|PG-13|Drama|1990
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.
Director:
Penny MarshallCast:
Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Miller, Alice Drummond, Judith Malina
