Awakenings movie trailer (1990) - Plot Synopsis: The story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital. Speculating that their rigidity may be akin to an extreme form of Parkinsonism, he seeks permission from his skeptical superiors to treat them with L-dopa, a drug that was used to treat Parkinson's disease at the time.<br /><br />Director: Penny Marshall<br />Writers: Oliver Sacks, Steven Zaillian<br />Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner
