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Awakenings (1990) [PG-13]

Release Date:
December 4, 1990

Original Title:
Awakenings

Alternate Titles:
Awakenings
Despertares
L'Éveil
Przebudzenia
Пробуждение
ตื่นเถิดเพื่อนถ้าใจยังมีฝัน

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Parkes/Lasker productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BR: 10  CH: 12  DE: 12  FR: U|12  GB: 12  HU: 16  IE: 12  KR: All  NL: 6  NO: A  PL: 16  PT: M/12  SK: 15  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 120

There is no such thing as a simple miracle.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

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Production

ADR Editor:
Joe Dorn

Additional Editing:
Jere Huggins

Art Department Assistant:
Lynn Nigro
Sarah Knowles

Art Direction:
Bill Groom

Assistant Art Director:
Alan E. Muraoka

Assistant Costume Designer:
George Potts

Assistant Editor:
Debbie Goldsmith
Suzanne Pillsbury

Assistant Sound Editor:
Michele Perrone
Linda Yeaney
Michelle Pleis

Associate Producer:
Amy Lemisch

Book:
Oliver Sacks

Boom Operator:
Linda Murphy

Cableman:
Mike Bedard

Camera Operator:
Tom Priestley Jr.

Casting:
Bonnie Timmermann

Chief Lighting Technician:
Richard Quinlan

Construction Coordinator:
Ron Petagna

Costume Design:
Cynthia Flynt

Director:
Penny Marshall

Director of Photography:
Miroslav Ondříček

Editor:
Gerald B. Greenberg
Battle Davis

Executive Producer:
Elliot Abbott
Penny Marshall
Arne Schmidt

First Assistant Director:
Tony Gittelson

First Assistant Editor:
Kathryn Camp

Foley Editor:
David Williams
Mark Pappas

Hairstylist:
Ilona Herman
Scott W. Farley
William A. Farley

Leadman:
Gerald DeTitta

Location Manager:
Richard Baratta

Makeup Artist:
Bernadette Mazur
Ilona Herman

Music Editor:
James Flamberg
Laura Perlman

Negative Cutter:
Donah Bassett

Original Music Composer:
Randy Newman

Producer:
Lawrence Lasker
Walter F. Parkes

Production Accountant:
Margaret Mitchell

Production Design:
Anton Furst

Production Sound Mixer:
Les Lazarowitz

Property Master:
Robert Griffon Jr.

Screenplay:
Steven Zaillian

Script Supervisor:
Sheila Paige

Second Assistant Director:
Glen Trotiner

Set Decoration:
George DeTitta Jr.

Sound Editor:
John Morris
Bob Newlan
Hugo Weng
Hamilton Sterling

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Gary C. Bourgeois
Matthew Iadarola

Still Photographer:
Louis Goldman

Supervising ADR Editor:
Beth Bergeron

Supervising Sound Editor:
Jerry Ross

Thanks:
Carrie Fisher
Patricia Birch
Tracy Reiner
Ed. Weinberger
Jack Winter
Yakov Sklyansky

Transportation Captain:
Michael Hyde

Unit Production Manager:
Timothy M. Bourne

Unit Publicist:
Larry Kaplan

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