Awakenings

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.

Category:1990 drama movies
Category:American drama movies
Category:English-language movies
Category:Movies based on books
Category:Movies based on real life events
Category:Movies set in the 1960s
Category:The Bronx
Category:Columbia Pictures movies
Category:Movies directed by Penny Marshall
Category:Movies set in psychiatric hospitals