Awakenings


Aspect

1.85:1

Audio

English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

Runtime

120

Discs

1

Studio

Sony Pictures

Release Date

December 20, 1990

DVD Release

September 10, 1997

16:9

THX

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Rating

PG-13

Director

Penny Marshall

 

A new doctor finds himself with a ward full of comatose patients. He is disturbed by them and the fact that they have been comatose for decades with no hope of any cure. When he finds a possible chemical cure he gets permission to try it on one of them. When the first patient awakes, he is now an adult having gone into a coma in his early teens. The film then delights in the new awareness of the patients and then on the reactions of their relatives to the changes in the newly awakened.


Edition Details Cast
  • Available Subtitles: Spanish
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Robert De NiroLeonard Lowe
    Robin WilliamsDr. Malcolm Sayer
    Penelope Ann MillerPaula
    Judith MalinaRose
    Julie KavnerEleanor Costello
    John HeardDr. Kaufman
    Barton HeymanBert
    Anne MearaMiriam
    Laura EstermanLolly
    Jayne HaynesFrances
    Yusef BulosJoseph
    Gloria HarperDottie
    Mary Catherine WrightNurse Beth
    Keith DiamondAnthony
    Tiger HaynesJanitor
    Bradley WhitfordDr. Tyler
    Harvey MillerHospital Director
    Peter StormareNeurochemist
    Waheedah AhmadHysterical Woman
    Christina HuertesChristina
    Judy JacksinaHospital Receptionist
    Rico EliasOrderly #1
    Chris CarolanEEG Technician
    Max RabinowitzWard #5 Orderly
    Byron UtleyWard #5 Patient #2
    Paul MontgomeryWard #5 Patient #4
    Vincent PastoreWard #5 Patient #6
    Libby TitusClub Singer
    Tomislav NovakovicBartender
    Anthony J. NiciYoung Leonard
    Buck SmithLeonard's Friend #2
    Vin DieselHospital Orderly
    Jan SaintMan hit with ball
    Ruth NelsonMrs. Lowe
    Alice DrummondLucy
    George MartinFrank
    Richard LibertiniSidney
    Dexter GordonRolando
    Le Clanch?? du RandMagda
    Steven RandazzoLuis
    Gwyllum EvansDesmond
    Mary AliceNurse Margaret
    Steve VinovichRay
    John Christopher JonesDr. Sullivan
    Max von SydowDr. Peter Ingham
    Tanya BerezinPsychiatrist
    Shane FistellMan in Hall
    Charles KeatingMr. Kean
    Linda BurnsFishsticks
    Gary TaconGeorge, Security Guard
    Mel GorhamNurse Sara
    Debra Kovner-ZaksCafeteria Nurse
    Gordon Joseph WeissWard #5 Patient
    Anthony McGowenWard #5 Patient #3
    Leonard TepperWard #5 Patient #5
    Howard FellerWard #5 Patient #7
    Michael HydeBus Driver
    Adam BryantLibrarian
    Oliver BlockLeonard's Friend #1
    Joan E. MacIntoshTeacher