Movie |
Based On Novel Or Book | Coma
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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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.
Worst Foreign Film | 1992 | Penny
Best Picture | 1991 | Walter F.
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1991 | Robert De
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 1991 | Steven
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 1991 | Robin
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | 1992 | Randy
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2011 | Steven
Best Foreign Film | 1992
Best Picture | 1991
Best Actor | 1991 | Robert De
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 1991 | Steven
Budget 31,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 52,096,475 USD
Dr. Sayer treats the catatonic patient, Leonard, with a drug called Levodopa (L-DOPA). This was the same drug used to treat Robin Williams' own Parkinson-like symptoms shortly before his death in August 2014.
Robert De Niro wanted Shelley Winters to play his mother. However, the studio insisted that she read for the part first. Winters refused to do so and when she met the casting director, she reportedly put both her Oscars on his desk and said, "Some people think I can act".
For the movie, Robert De Niro filmed a scene with "Lillian T.", the only surviving patient from Oliver Sacks' book, "Awakenings". She was also said to have been the most outspoken patient in the 1974 Yorkshire Television (UK) documentary about the patients, also called "Awakenings".
One of Robin Williams' favorite films of his own.
Based on a nonfiction book by Oliver Sacks, with the character of Sayer based closely on Sacks.
"Leonard Lowe: We've got to tell everybody. We've got to remind them. We've got to remind them how good it is. Dr. Sayer: How good what is, Leonard? Leonard Lowe: Read the newspaper. What does it say? All bad. It's all bad. People have forgotten what life is all about. They've forgotten what it is to be alive. They need to be reminded. They need to be reminded of what they have and what they can lose. What I feel is the joy of life, the gift of life, the freedom of life, the wonderment of life!"
"Dr. Sayer: I'm sorry, if you were right, I would agree with you."
