Awakenings (1990)

Regisseur:

Penny Marshall

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Oliver Sacks (book)
Steven Zaillian (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

20. Dezember 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Werbezeile:

There is no such thing as a simple miracle.

Plot:

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

Plot Keywords:

Influenza | Diaper Change | Catatonic | Catatonia | Coma

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

My Favorite Movie - period.

Besetzung

Robert De Niro	...	Leonard Lowe
Robin Williams	...	Dr. Malcolm Sayer
Julie Kavner	...	Eleanor Costello
Ruth Nelson	...	Mrs. Lowe
John Heard	...	Dr. Kaufman
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Paula
Alice Drummond	...	Lucy
Judith Malina	...	Rose
Barton Heyman	...	Bert
George Martin	...	Frank
Anne Meara	...	Miriam
Richard Libertini	...	Sidney
Laura Esterman	...	Lolly
Dexter Gordon	...	Rolando
Jayne Haynes	...	Frances

Alternativ:

Zeit des Erwachens (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

121 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby SR

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #30341) | South Korea:All | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Iceland:L | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:12

Drehorte:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

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 1973 documentary about the patients, also called "Awakenings".

Pannen:

Anachronismus: The film is set in 1969, but the rear end of a 1973 Chevrolet Impala is seen in a parking lot.

Dialogzitate:

Dr. Sayer: His gaze is from the passing of bars so exhausted, that it doesn't hold a thing anymore. For him, it's as if there were thousands of bars and behind the thousands of bars no world. The sure stride of lithe, powerful steps, that around the smallest of circles turns...

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "House M.D.: Son of Coma Guy (#3.7)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

You Made Me Love You

My Favorite Movie - period.

I think of Flowers for Algernon. We have so much to be thankful for. Our carnal place in history on this lovely, lonely little planet ... simply to be alert, to have our senses, to be awake. Drink it up, embrace, be thankful, every breathing moment.