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| Awakenings | |
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| Directed by | Penny Marshall |
| Produced by | Walter F. Parkes Lawrence Lasker |
| Screenplay by | Steven Zaillian |
| Based on | Awakenings by Oliver Sacks |
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| Music by | Randy Newman |
| Cinematography | Miroslav Ondricek |
| Edited by | Battle Davis Jerry Greenberg |
Production company | Lasker/Parkes Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $31 million |
| Box office | $52,096,475 |
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.
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