Awakenings
1990 film by Penny Marshall
Awakenings is a 1990 American drama movie set in a psychiatric hospital in 1969 in the Bronx. It is based on Oliver Sacks' 1973 book Awakenings. It tells the true story of British neurologist Oliver Sacks, fictionalized as American Malcolm Sayer and portrayed by Robin Williams. The movie also stars Robert De Niro, Judith Malina, and Max von Sydow.
| Awakenings | |
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| Directed by | Penny Marshall |
| Screenplay by | Steven Zaillian |
| Based on | Awakenings by Oliver Sacks |
| Produced by | Walter F. Parkes Lawrence Lasker |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Miroslav Ondricek |
| Edited by | Battle Davis Jerry Greenberg |
| Music by | Randy Newman |
Production company | Lasker/Parkes Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $31 million |
| Box office | $52,096,475 |
