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Awakenings

Movie (1990)

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.

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Released:	Dec 12th, 1990
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Awakenings Main Cast

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Robert De Niro
plays Leonard Lowe

Robin Williams
plays Dr. Malcolm Sayer

Julie Kavner
plays Eleanor Costello

Ruth Nelson
plays Mrs. Lowe

John Heard
plays Dr. Kaufman

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Movie Goof (continuity error): The orientation of the eyeglasses when Dr. Sayer attempts to hand them to new patient Lucy.
Movie Goof (continuity error): Dr. Sayers takes the group to a dance hall. He is sitting at a table and eats the cherry that was from his drink. A woman patient pulls him to the dance floor but the cherry that he ate appears on his napkin.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Leonard leaves the rest of the group and ends up eating lunch in the cafeteria, he and his companion change positions at the table between shots.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): When Dr. Sayer takes Leonard out into the city for the first time, they see (among other things) an aircraft landing - a Boeing 747. The movie takes place in 1969 and the first revenue flight of the Boeing 747 was January 21st, 1970. Additionally, the 747 is in El Al livery that was used around 1990.

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