Awakenings, It is a 1990 film where it is based on a true story of a british neurologist Oliver Slacks. It is based on a famous 1972 book written by Oliver Sacks, A british born neurologist, the main character in the film named Malcolm Sayer is based on him. The movie was directed by Penny Marshall and It was written by Oliver Sacks and Steven Zaillan. The main Character was Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer.
According to the Author, Dr. Malcolm Sayer happened to discover effects of the drug L-dopa to the catatonic patients who survived the epidemic lethargic. The perseverance of Dr. Malcolm Sayer is the main reason why the patients that are epidemic are not giving up and because of him, they somehow got hope for their sickness. In the movie awakenings, The families of the patients who has epidemic lethargic almost gave up because it has been very long since they had a response or talked to them. They brought them in to a local hospital in New York city, Bronx mental hospital where Dr .Malcolm Sayer is in.
Leonard, is one of the patients that has Encephalitis lethargica …show more content…
It is one of the greatest movies of all time. According to Clawpack (2005) “Awakenings is the most emotionally moving film I have ever seen. It delves deeply into one of the worst human fears, losing the ability to move and function, but it's never forced or manipulative, and there's no heavy-handed message or moral. It's just a fascinating story that's beautifully told.” After the movie was shown to the people, a line of Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer was an inspirational to all people. According to Dr.Malcolm Sayer (1990) “What we do know is that, as the chemical window closed, another awakening took place; that the human spirit is more powerful than any drug – and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play,friendship, family. These are the things that matter. This is what we’d forgotten – the simplest
According to the Author, Dr. Malcolm Sayer happened to discover effects of the drug L-dopa to the catatonic patients who survived the epidemic lethargic. The perseverance of Dr. Malcolm Sayer is the main reason why the patients that are epidemic are not giving up and because of him, they somehow got hope for their sickness. In the movie awakenings, The families of the patients who has epidemic lethargic almost gave up because it has been very long since they had a response or talked to them. They brought them in to a local hospital in New York city, Bronx mental hospital where Dr .Malcolm Sayer is in.
Leonard, is one of the patients that has Encephalitis lethargica …show more content…
It is one of the greatest movies of all time. According to Clawpack (2005) “Awakenings is the most emotionally moving film I have ever seen. It delves deeply into one of the worst human fears, losing the ability to move and function, but it's never forced or manipulative, and there's no heavy-handed message or moral. It's just a fascinating story that's beautifully told.” After the movie was shown to the people, a line of Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer was an inspirational to all people. According to Dr.Malcolm Sayer (1990) “What we do know is that, as the chemical window closed, another awakening took place; that the human spirit is more powerful than any drug – and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play,friendship, family. These are the things that matter. This is what we’d forgotten – the simplest