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Awakenings
Awakenings
is a 1990 American
drama film
based on
Oliver Sacks
' 1973
memoir of the same title
. It tells the true story of British
neurologist
Oliver Sacks
, fictionalized as American Malcolm Sayer (portrayed by
Robin Williams
), who, in 1969, discovered beneficial effects of the drug
L-Dopa
. He administered it to
catatonic
patients who survived the 1917–28
epidemic
of
encephalitis lethargica
. Leonard Lowe (played by
Robert De Niro
) and the rest of the patients were awakened after decades of catatonia and have to deal with a new life in a new time. The film was nominated for three
Academy Awards
.
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