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BALLERDA, CHRISTINE JANE B. OT 1-1
LABRADOR, KATHRYN MAE J. MS. PEGGY ANNE OBRE

Movie Critique of “Awakenings”
The Writer: Dr. Oliver Sacks
The Director: Penny Marshall
The Year the movie was shown. (Any relevant situation that triggers the writing of the script) December 22, 1990
1 The movie is based on a true story. It is from the book of Dr. Oliver Sacks entitled “Awakenings.” The movie focused on the journey of finding cure to Parkinson’s disease-like named Encephalitis which is epidemic during the settings of the movie. Dr. Sacks found a drug to cure this catatonic disease which lead to a surprising outcome.
2 The movie happened in New York in 1969. Dr. Sayer was a new doctor on a local hospital. He handled catatonic patients who survived the epidemic disease known as Encephalitis. At first, he’s finding difficulties on how to treat his patients but one day, he discovered a way to …show more content…

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