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Awakenings

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Director

Penny Marshall

Year

Genre

biography, drama

Box Office

$52,096,475

Production

Parkes/Lasker productions

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 6 wins & 11 nominations total

Homepage

https://myflixer.plus/

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Leonard Lowe

Dr. Malcolm Sayer

Eleanor Costello

Mrs. Lowe

Dr. Kaufman

Paula

Penelope Ann Miller

Lucy

Rose

Bert

Frank

Miriam

Sidney

Richard Libertini

Lolly

Rolando

Frances

Magda (as Le Clanche Du Rand)

Le ClanchÃ© du Rand

Joseph

Luis (as Steve Randazzo)

Steven Randazzo

Dottie

Desmond

Nurse Beth

Mary Catherine Wright

Nurse Margaret

Anthony

Ray

Janitor

Dr. Sullivan

John Christopher Jones

Dr. Tyler

Bradley Whitford

Dr. Peter Ingham

Hospital Director

Psychiatrist

Neurochemist

Man in Hall

Hysterical Woman

Mr. Kean

Charles Keating

Christina

Christina Huertes

Fishsticks

Hospital Receptionist

George, Security Guard

Orderly #1

Nurse Sara

EEG Technician

Cafeteria Nurse

Debra Kovner-Zaks

Ward #5 Orderly

Ward #5 Patient

Gordon Joseph Weiss

Ward #5 Patient #2

Ward #5 Patient #3

Anthony McGowen

Ward #5 Patient #4

Paul Montgomery

Ward #5 Patient #5

Ward #5 Patient #6

Vincent Pastore

Ward #5 Patient #7

Club Singer

Bus Driver

Bartender

Tomislav Novakovic

Librarian

Young Leonard

Anthony J. Nici

Leonard's Friend #1

Leonard's Friend #2

Teacher

Joan E. MacIntosh

Medical Student

Harry L. Seddon

Hospital Orderly

Neighborhood Girl

Heather Rose Dominic

Patient on Film

Orderly

Secretary in Board Room

Intern on Psych Ward

Mother in Subway

Sherry PagÃ¡n

Man Hit with Ball

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Mrs. Lowe Dr. Peter Ingham

BOY 1: Tag. You're it.
JAMES: You're it. - Awakenings

BOY 1: Tag. You're it. JAMES: You're it.

Hey, Leonard, what are you doing?
What's it look like? - Awakenings

Hey, Leonard, what are you doing? What's it look like?

ALBERT:
What's wrong, Leonard? - Awakenings

ALBERT: What's wrong, Leonard?

So, what are we gonna do today?
I don't know. - Awakenings

So, what are we gonna do today? I don't know.

Gets easier. - Awakenings

[BARKING] - Awakenings

Good morning, doctor. - Awakenings

Good morning, doctor.

Hello. I'm Dr. Sayer. - Awakenings

Hello. I'm Dr. Sayer.

"Medical insurance." Hm. - Awakenings

"Medical insurance." Hm.

Lucy. Um... - Awakenings

Um, could...?
Anthony. - Awakenings

Um, could...? Anthony.

Lucy, you're almost there. - Awakenings

Lucy, you're almost there.

Here's the water, Lucy. - Awakenings

Here's the water, Lucy.

SAYER:
"Encephalitis lethargica." - Awakenings

SAYER: "Encephalitis lethargica."

WOMAN 1: He has a crush on you.
WOMAN 2: Oh, stop. - Awakenings

WOMAN 1: He has a crush on you. WOMAN 2: Oh, stop.

Later that year I took him to Bainbridge - Awakenings

Later that year I took him to Bainbridge

They'll sit like that all day
if I let them. - Awakenings

They'll sit like that all day if I let them.

Just let it glide. - Awakenings

Just let it glide.

I'll begin by moving the pointer to L,
for Leonard. - Awakenings

I'll begin by moving the pointer to L, for Leonard.

No, maybe I didn't
make myself clear. - Awakenings

No, maybe I didn't make myself clear.

L. Oh, good, good. - Awakenings

L. Oh, good, good.

KAUFMAN:
You know, Freud believed in miracles,
prescribing cocaine like candy. - Awakenings

KAUFMAN: You know, Freud believed in miracles, prescribing c...

At 200 milligrams,
he showed no response. - Awakenings

At 200 milligrams, he showed no response.

RAY:
Five hundred milligrams. - Awakenings

RAY: Five hundred milligrams.

It's quiet. - Awakenings

I'm not asleep. - Awakenings

I'm not asleep.

[CAR HORN HONKING] - Awakenings

[CAR HORN HONKING]

Ma. Ma. - Awakenings

You have to
at least lay down. - Awakenings

You have to at least lay down.

I'm afraid to close my eyes. - Awakenings

I'm afraid to close my eyes.

[MRS. LOWE SINGING LULLABY] - Awakenings

[MRS. LOWE SINGING LULLABY]

[MRS. LOWE CONTINUES
SINGING LULLABY] - Awakenings

[MRS. LOWE CONTINUES SINGING LULLABY]

[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING
ON RADIO] - Awakenings

[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

Is that classical?
You pick any type of music you want. - Awakenings

Is that classical? You pick any type of music you want.

Come on.
Go get it, boy. Go get it. - Awakenings

Come on. Go get it, boy. Go get it.

[ENGINE ROARING] - Awakenings

[ENGINE ROARING]

SAYER:
There was an extreme rigidity
of the axial musculature. - Awakenings

SAYER: There was an extreme rigidity of the axial musculatur...

Now?
SAYER... Whenever you're ready. - Awakenings

Now? SAYER... Whenever you're ready.

MAN [ON TV]:
In the United States,
antiwar protestors organized - Awakenings

MAN [ON TV]: In the United States, antiwar protestors organi...

Where are my glasses?
On your face. - Awakenings

Where are my glasses? On your face.

WOMAN 1:
I just feel so... - Awakenings

WOMAN 1: I just feel so...

WOMAN 3: Where is this?
MAN 1: Don't worry. - Awakenings

WOMAN 3: Where is this? MAN 1: Don't worry.

RECEPTIONIST:
Bainbridge Hospital. - Awakenings

RECEPTIONIST: Bainbridge Hospital.

[THUNDER CRACKING] - Awakenings

[THUNDER CRACKING]

This is Dr. Sayer. - Awakenings

This is Dr. Sayer.

SAYER:
It will help if you wait for me
out there. - Awakenings

SAYER: It will help if you wait for me out there.

I'm all right. Thank you. - Awakenings

I'm all right. Thank you.

How are you, Leonard? - Awakenings

How are you, Leonard?

Just a little more. Just...
Okay, all right. - Awakenings

Just a little more. Just... Okay, all right.

[STAMMERING]
I won't see you anymore. - Awakenings

[STAMMERING] I won't see you anymore.

I just wanted to say goodbye. - Awakenings

I just wanted to say goodbye.

Look. - Awakenings

You told him I was a kind man. - Awakenings

You told him I was a kind man.

Because he's your friend. - Awakenings

Because he's your friend.

Well, ahem, good night. - Awakenings

Well, ahem, good night.

Eleanor!
Yes? - Awakenings

COSTELLO:
My car is over here. - Awakenings

COSTELLO: My car is over here.

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The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Penny Marshall

Writer: Oliver Sacks, Steven Zaillian

Production: Parkes/Lasker productions

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 1990

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: $52,096,475

Released: 11 Jan 1991

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 6 wins & 11 nominations total

Homepage: https://myflixer.plus/

Also watch: The Wolf of Wall Street, Dead Poets Society, Toys, Backdraft, Patch Adams, Look Who's Talking, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The Godfather: Part III, Rise of the Footsoldier, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Good Morning, Vietnam, Midnight Express, Righteous Kill, A Beautiful Mind, Big, 48 Hrs, Men of Honor, The Bonfire of the Vanities