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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.
Awakenings
PG-13 ˇ 1990 ‧ Drama/Melodrama ‧ 2h 1m
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...
Release date: December 20, 1990 (USA)
Director: Penny Marshall
Adapted from: Awakenings
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Box office: $108.7 million
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