Awakenings

1991· 120 min★ 7.8· Biography, Drama

Dr. Sayer is a pioneering neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from encephalitis a drug used for Parkinson's Disease. He tries it out on one man who miraculously wakes from his perpetual catatonic ...

Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner

Director: Penny Marshall