Awakenings is a 1990 drama film based on Oliver Sacks' memoir of the same name. It tells the true story of a doctor (Sacks, who is fictionalized as Malcolm Sayer, played by Robin Williams) who, in 1969, discovers beneficial effects of the then-new drug L-Dopa. He administered it to catatonic patients who survived the 1917-1928 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. Leonard Lowe (played by Robert De Niro) and the rest of the patients were awakened after decades of catatonic state and have to deal with a new life in a new time.
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Condition: |
Fair |
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Description: |
Rolled; Double Sided; Some Edge Fray and Tears; Some Faded Spots; Some Creases |
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Dimensions: |
27 x 40 |
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Year: |
1990 |