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The Awakening Movie Review Essay

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Movie: “Awakening” Writers: Oliver Sacks (book) (as Oliver Sacks M.D.), Steven Zaillian (screenplay) Directed by: Penny Marshall . . . . . . . . . . The film was shown in the year 1990. The story of the Awakenings is all about the patients at the Bronx hospital who severely suffering from encephalitis disease that can freeze their childhood memories. Dr. Sayer, a neurologist act as their savior due to giving his full attention and love to his patients with encephalitis disease. The story happened in Bronx Hospital. When Dr. Malcolm Sayer applied in that hospital as neurologist researcher, he immediately accepted for the job. He works there with a group of comatose patients that has encephalitis disease in New York City in the year 1969. One of his patients is Leonard Lowe, who has the ability to communicate with Sayer using an Ouija board. Meanwhile, after Sayer discovers the success of the L-Dopa drug which was used to aid those suffering with Parkinson 's disease, he attempts to use it on his patients to see if it will alter their comatose state. All of the characters in the movie did a great job. The actors that caught our attention are the two main characters in the movie Robert De Niro as Leonard Lowe and Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer. We admire Robert De Niro as an actor because it is hard to portray that kind of …show more content…

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