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

Director	Penny Marshall
Producer	Penny Marshall Walter F. Parkes
Writer	Steven Zaillian Oliver Sacks
Cinematography	Miroslav Ondricek
Musician	Randy Newman

Dr. Malcom Sayer (Robin Williams) is a new neurologist in charge of a ward of catatonic patients who have been nearly comatose for thirty years after an encephalitis epidemic. He gets permission to try a new drug, L-dopa, which initially has remarkable results. The first patient he tries the new treatment on, Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro), suddenly becomes alert and aware. Leonard must now come to terms not only with what has happened to him, but to life in the new world in which he has awakened. Buoyed by his initial success, Dr. Sayer starts treating the other patients who also emerge from their catatonic states. Dr. Sayer then notices new symptoms in Leonard, and fears that the L-dopa effects will not last.

Edition Details Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance) Country USA Language English Distributor Sony Pictures Edition Deluxe Presentation Barcode 043396505698 Region Region 1 Release Date 8/28/2001 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1) Subtitles Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [Spanish] Dolby Surround [English] Dolby Digital Surround [English] Dolby Digital Surround [French] Dolby Digital Surround [Spanish] Layers Single Side, Single Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features Behind the scenes featurette. Theatrical trailer. Filmographies.

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