Summary:
A new doctor finds himself with a ward full of comatose patients. He is disturbed by them and the fact that they have been comatose for decades with no hope of any cure. When he finds a possible chemical cure he gets permission to try it on one of them. When the first patient awakes, he is now an adult having gone into a coma in his early teens. The film then delights in the new awareness of the patients and then on the reactions of their relatives to the changes in the newly awakened.
| Runtime: | 121 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Sep 10, 1997 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Penny Marshall | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Oliver Sacks | Book |
| Steven Zaillian | Screenplay |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Robert De Niro | Leonard Lowe |
| Robin Williams | Dr. Malcolm Sayer |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alice Drummond | Lucy |
| Anne Meara | Miriam |
| Barton Heyman | Bert |
| Dexter Gordon | Rolando |
| George Martin | Frank |
| Jayne Haynes | Frances |
| John Heard | Dr. Kaufman |
| Judith Malina | Rose |
| Julie Kavner | Eleanor Costello |
| Laura Esterman | Lolly |
| Penelope Ann Miller | Paula |
| Richard Libertini | Sidney |
| Ruth Nelson | Mrs. Lowe |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Amy Lemisch | Associate Producer |
| Arne Schmidt | Executive Producer |
| Elliot Abbott | Executive Producer |
| Lawrence Lasker | Producer |
| Penny Marshall | Executive Producer |
| Walter F. Parkes | Producer |
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