Awakenings movie (1990) - Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner

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.

Director: Penny Marshall
Writers: Oliver Sacks, Steven Zaillian
Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner