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Awakenings

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Calorie Rating: 169
Released: 1990-12-04
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Budget: 31000000
Revenue 52096475
Studios: Parkes/Lasker productions,


Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

Director / Directors

Sheila Paige
Script Supervisor
Tony Gittelson
First Assistant Director

Glen Trotiner
Second Assistant Director


Cast

Robert De Niro
Character: Leonard Lowe
Robin Williams
Character: Malcolm Sayer
John Heard
Character: Dr. Kaufman

Julie Kavner
Character: Eleanor Costello
Penelope Ann Miller
Character: Paula
Ruth Nelson
Character: Mrs. Lowe

Max von Sydow
Character: Peter Ingham
Anne Meara
Character: Miriam
Dexter Gordon
Character: Rolando

George Martin
Character: Frank
Alice Drummond
Character: Lucy Fishman
Richard Libertini
Character: Sidney

Laura Esterman
Character: Lolly
Barton Heyman
Character: Bert
Judith Malina
Character: Rose

Mary Alice
Character: Nurse Margaret
Keith Diamond
Character: Anthony
Bradley Whitford
Character: Dr. Tyler

John Christopher Jones
Character: Dr. Sullivan
Mary Catherine Wright
Character: Nurse Beth
Jayne Haynes
Character: Frances

Le Clanché du Rand
Character: Magda
Yusef Bulos
Character: Joseph
Steven Randazzo
Character: Luis

Gloria Harper
Character: Dottie
Gwyllum Evans
Character: Desmond
Steve Vinovich
Character: Ray

Tiger Haynes
Character: Janitor
Harvey Miller
Character: Hospital Director
Tanya Berezin
Character: Psychiatrist

Peter Stormare
Character: Neurochemist
Shane Fistell
Character: Man in Hall
Waheedah Ahmad
Character: Hysterical Woman

Charles Keating
Character: Mr. Kean
Christina Huertes
Character: Christina
Linda Burns
Character: Fishsticks

Judy Jacksina
Character: Hospital Receptionist
Gary Tacon
Character: George
Rico Elias
Character: Orderly #1

Mel Gorham
Character: Nurse Sara
Chris Carolan
Character: EEG Technician
Debra Kovner-Zaks
Character: Cafeteria Nurse

Max Rabinowitz
Character: Ward #5 Orderly
Gordon Joseph Weiss
Character: Ward #5 Patient
Byron Utley
Character: Ward #5 Patient #2

Anthony McGowen
Character: Ward #5 Patient #3
Paul Montgomery
Character: Ward #5 Patient #4
Leonard Tepper
Character: Ward #5 Patient #5

Vincent Pastore
Character: Ward #5 Patient #6
Howard Feller
Character: Ward #5 Patient #7
Libby Titus
Character: Club Singer

Michael Hyde
Character: Bus Driver
Tomislav Novakovic
Character: Bartender
Adam Bryant
Character: Librarian

Anthony J. Nici
Character: Young Leonard
Oliver Block
Character: Leonard's Friend #1
Buck Smith
Character: Leonard's Friend #2

Joan E. MacIntosh
Character: Teacher
Harry L. Seddon
Character: Medical Student
Jack Mulcahy
Character: Psych Ward Intern

Jason W. Fuchs
Character: Pot-Head Hippie
Vin Diesel
Character: Hospital Orderly (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Elliot Abbott
Executive Producer
Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography


Anton Furst
Production Design
Penny Marshall
Executive Producer
Cynthia Flynt
Costume Design

Arne Schmidt
Executive Producer

Bill Groom
Art Direction
Ilona Herman
Hairstylist

Alan E. Muraoka
Assistant Art Director
George Potts
Assistant Costume Designer
Bernadette Mazur
Makeup Artist

Scott W. Farley
Hairstylist
George DeTitta Jr.
Set Decoration

Ron Petagna
Construction Coordinator
Jere Huggins
Additional Editing
Amy Lemisch
Associate Producer

Lynn Nigro
Art Department Assistant
Michele Perrone
Assistant Sound Editor
John Morris
Sound Editor

Bob Newlan
Sound Editor
Hugo Weng
Sound Editor
Debbie Goldsmith
Assistant Editor

Timothy M. Bourne
Unit Production Manager
Suzanne Pillsbury
Assistant Editor
Jerry Ross
Supervising Sound Editor

Sarah Knowles
Art Department Assistant
Hamilton Sterling
Sound Editor
Kathryn Camp
First Assistant Editor

Linda Murphy
Boom Operator
Robert Griffon Jr.
Property Master
Richard Baratta
Location Manager

Les Lazarowitz
Production Sound Mixer
Linda Yeaney
Assistant Sound Editor
James Flamberg
Music Editor

Gary C. Bourgeois
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michelle Pleis
Assistant Sound Editor
Joe Dorn
ADR Editor

Richard Quinlan
Chief Lighting Technician
David Williams
Foley Editor

Matthew Iadarola
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Hyde
Transportation Captain
Mark Pappas
Foley Editor

Laura Perlman
Music Editor
Tom Priestley Jr.
Camera Operator
Beth Bergeron
Supervising ADR Editor

Ilona Herman
Makeup Artist
Margaret Mitchell
Production Accountant
Larry Kaplan
Unit Publicist

Louis Goldman
Still Photographer
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter


Mike Bedard
Cableman

Randy Newman
Original Music Composer