Awakenings

Awakenings

  • Director: Penny Marshall
  • Writer: Oliver Sacks,Steven Zaillian
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: January 11, 1991
  • Runtime: 2h 1min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Пробудження
  • "Awakenings" is a feature film directed by Penny Marshall and starring Robert De Niro and Robin McLaurim Williams  . It premiered on December 12, 1990 in Century City, California .
    The film is adapted from the memoirs of the same name by Oliver Sacks . It tells the story of the biological research scholar Sacks who came to a New York hospital to treat patients with ankylosing fainting syndrome in the hospital   .

    Details

    • Release date January 11, 1991
    • Filming locations Gun Hill Road, Norwood section, Bronx, New York, USA
    • Production companies Columbia Pictures, Parkes/Lasker productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $31,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $52,096,475

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $417,076

    Gross worldwide

    $52,096,475

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jennings 2022-03-25 09:01:07

      doctor and patient

      "For him, it was like there were a thousand fences, and behind a thousand fences there was no world. He paced in tight circles, going round and round, where the great will became numb." Such rigidity Sexual syncope patients, day after day in such a state of numbness, are throwing away their youth without knowing it. The world outside the window changes, but the space inside the window remains the same.

      "When you refer to 'people', do you mean 'living'?" Dr. Searle asked such a...

    • By Ford 2022-03-25 09:01:07

      A good and serious life --- "Essay on Watching Movies"

      This is not a film review, just some trivial self-questioning and self-answering generated during watching the film, read and write as you go, and keep a backup. There are professional film critics out there.


      A film by Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. The first time I saw Robert De Niro in such a weak role, he used to be a mob boss.

      First of all, I have to say that this movie is based on a true story, and I feel empowered every time I say that....

    • By Fernando 2022-03-25 09:01:07

      summer of life

      I once had a repeated dream: In the dream, my grandfather was resurrected, and I cried and told him, this time, when I come back, don’t walk again, okay? But when I woke up from the dream, I realized that there was only one result waiting for me forever, that is, separation forever and ever.

      In the movie, a patient with encephalitis who was in a coma for 30 years, briefly regained consciousness due to drug treatment, is like a picture in a dream, like the summer of life, but...

    • By Maudie 2022-03-24 09:01:37

      Why wake us up and try to put us to sleep again?

      As many comments have said, if it's only the first half of the content, it's just a film that falls into the rut. But the "based on a true story" of the title shows the depth of the second half. Although I have heard other people say this, I can only understand it, but it is true when I think about it.

      In the second half, about the treatment of leonard, the doctor sayer and leo's mother gradually had a disagreement. Leo gradually began to twitch and manic, sayer thinks Leo is...

    • By Laurianne 2022-03-24 09:01:37

      Awakenings

      The film is based on the memoir of the same name by New York City-based British neurologist Oliver Sacks. In 1969, the shy and introverted but enthusiastic brain doctor Malcolm Searle (Robin Williams) came to a hospital in the Bronx, New York City, to treat patients with catalepsy syndrome. Get treatment. With the help and encouragement of nurse Eleanor (Julie Kavner), Dr. Searle boldly administered drugs to a group of patients who had fainted for decades, especially Leonard Lowe. (Robert De...

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    • By Eloy 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Life would be cruel if happiness was only given to take it away...

    • By Saul 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      It's a good idea, looking forward to boldly raising social issues, that is, the hospital does not live to treat patients, but to retain patients, but unfortunately, the film finally falls on the issue of the value of human life. The earlier Leap to the Madhouse, the gap is too big and lacks depth, it is more like a so-called healing...

    • By Uriah 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      The sequelae of viral encephalitis, completely rigid, terrible... wake up and fall asleep again, such a desperate...

    • By Garnet 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Extra points for the acting, the story is fantastic, but the meaning is mediocre. In addition to Robert De Niro's never-missing acting skills, Robin Williams is a surprise. The communication channels other than drugs are family affection and interpersonal relationships, and the manifestation of a person's awakening is to think...

    • By Antonetta 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      His staring eyes from inside the cage have long been exhausted and empty... For him, there are countless iron fences in front of him... And behind the countless iron fences, there is still no, no world... He walked towards him Powerful steps, pacing along the narrow circle, as if completing some kind of religious ceremony... And in the middle of that circle, his once firm will has become stiff and paralyzed... Sometimes, his eyes raised...

    Movie plot

    Leonard was originally a clever and happy teenager, but his body appeared to be ill, and his condition was getting worse, and finally he became a demented person. Decades have passed and the United States has entered the turbulent 1960s. Sachs, a biological research scholar, was hired by a mental hospital as a clinical therapist. Sachs, who could not adapt to his new job, accidentally discovered the characteristics of patients with...
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    Evaluation action

    Although the patient Leonard played by Robert De Niro robbed a lot of the limelight in "Silent Asking the Sky", Robin Williams’ comedy skills have made such an ethical tragedy-rich affair film many. It is relaxed and calm, and it also adds to the helplessness of the characters unfortunately  (Phoenix Entertainment Review) .
    "Speaking to the Heavens" is an entertainment film that touches the heartstrings of the audience. Most of the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Leonard Lowe: "I'm all right, and then everything stops, There's no warning, It's like a light switch going off. It happens that fast. Something has to happen to bring me back. A sound or a touch. And then I can move again, I'm okay again. It's not that it feels bad, It's just that it's nothing. I feel nothing, like I'm dead. Nothing. Gets to be like I'm no a person anymore. Just a collection of tics. Not that I mind them necessarily. Sometimes they make life kind of interesting. Though I'm not sure who's in control, me or them. What I do mind is knowing that they shouldn't be there".

    • Dr. Sayer: I would like to put the rest of the group on the drug. I realize this might be somewhat expensive.

      Dr. Kaufman: When you say "expensive" do you have any idea how much money you're talking about?

      Dr. Sayer: Yes, I talked to Ray. I have an estimate, um... The pharmacist says to put all others on the same dosage as Mr. Lowe would be, um, 12,000.

      Dr. Kaufman: How much?

      Dr. Sayer: $12,000.

      Dr. Kaufman: A month?

      Dr. Sayer: Yes.

      Dr. Kaufman: I can't go before the board with that, doctor.

      Dr. Sayer: I was thinking of speaking directly to the patrons.

      Dr. Kaufman: The few patrons this hospital has already given what they can.

      Dr. Sayer: We'll have to convince them to give more than they're accustomed to giving. Perhaps if they see Mr. Lowe.

      Dr. Kaufman: I think you overestimate the effect that Mr. Lowe has on people, doctor. We're talking about money.

    • Dr. Sayer: I'm not very good with people. I like them. I wish I could say I had more than a rudimentary understanding of them. Maybe if they were less unpredictable...