Director: Penny Marshall

Writer: Steven Zaillian

Based on a book: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

Music by: Randy Newman

Producers: Walter F. Parkes; Lawrence Lasker

Keywords: Drama

Dr. Malcolm Sayer tests an experimental L-DOPA drug on Bronx patients suffering encephalitis lethargica (a rare brain infection), making catatonic subjects once again active. Based on the true memoirs of Dr. Oliver Sacks, though with numerous details changed. Simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking film. Received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Adaptation.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mary Alice	Actor	3-Dec-1941		The Matrix Revolutions
Robert De Niro	Actor	17-Aug-1943		The Godfather: Part II
Dexter Gordon	Jazz Musician	27-Feb-1923	25-Apr-1990	Influential bop saxophonist
John Heard	Actor	7-Mar-1945	21-Jul-2017	The Pelican Brief
Julie Kavner	Actor	7-Sep-1950		Marge on The Simpsons
Richard Libertini	Actor	21-May-1933	7-Jan-2016	The In-Laws
Judith Malina	Actor	4-Jun-1926	10-Apr-2015	Co-Founder, The Living Theatre
Anne Meara	Comic	20-Sep-1929	23-May-2015	Stiller and Meara
Penelope Ann Miller	Actor	13-Jan-1964		Big-Top Pee Wee
Ruth Nelson	Actor	2-Aug-1905	12-Sep-1992	Awakenings
Vincent Pastore	Actor	14-Jul-1946		Big Pussy on The Sopranos
Peter Stormare	Actor	27-Aug-1953		Ran the woodchipper in Fargo
Max von Sydow	Actor	10-Apr-1929		The Exorcist
Bradley Whitford	Actor	10-Oct-1959		The West Wing
Robin Williams	Comic	21-Jul-1951	11-Aug-2014	Mork from Ork

CAST

Robert De Niro	...   Leonard Lowe
Robin Williams	...   Dr. Malcolm Sayer
John Heard	...   Dr. Kaufman
Julie Kavner	...   Eleanor Costello
Penelope Ann Miller	...   Paula
Ruth Nelson	...   Mrs. Lowe
and
Max von Sydow	...   Dr. Peter Ingham
Anne Meara	...   Miriam
Dexter Gordon	...   Rolando
George Martin	...   Frank
Alice Drummond	...   Lucy
Richard Libertini	...   Sidney
Laura Esterman	...   Lolly
Barton Heyman	...   Bert
Judith Malina	...   Rose
Mary Alice	...   Nurse Margaret
Keith Diamond	...   Anthony
Bradley Whitford	...   Dr. Tyler
John Christopher Jones	...   Dr. Sullivan
Mary Catherine Wright	...   Nurse Beth
Jayne Haynes	...   Frances
Le Clanche du Rand	...   Magda
Yusef Bulos	...   Joseph
Steve Randazzo	...   Luis
Gloria Harper	...   Dottie
Gwyllum Evans	...   Desmond
Steve Vinovich	...   Ray
Tiger Haynes	...   Janitor
Harvey Miller	...   Hospital Director
Tanya Berezin	...   Psychiatrist
Peter Stormare	...   Neurochemist
Shane Fistell	...   Man in Hall
Waheedah Ahmad	...   Hysterical Woman
Charles Keating	...   Mr. Kean
Christina Huertes	...   Christina
Linda Burns	...   Fishsticks
Judy Jacksina	...   Hospital Receptionist
Gary Tacon	...   George, Security Guard
Rico Elias	...   Orderly #1
Mel Gorham	...   Nurse Sara
Chris Carolan	...   EEG Technician
Debra Kovner-Zaks	...   Cafeteria Nurse
Max Rabinowitz	...   Ward #5 Orderly
Gordon Joseph Weiss	...   Ward #5 Patient
Byron Utley	...   Ward #5 Patient #2
Anthony McGowen	...   Ward #5 Patient #3
Paul Montgomery	...   Ward #5 Patient #4
Leonard Tepper	...   Ward #5 Patient #5
Vincent Pastore	...   Ward #5 Patient #6
Howard Feller	...   Ward #5 Patient #7
Libby Titus	...   Club Singer
Michael Hyde	...   Bus Driver
Tomislav Novakovic	...   Bartender
Adam Bryant	...   Librarian
Anthony J. Nici	...   Young Leonard
Oliver Block	...   Leonard's Friend #1
Buck Smith	...   Leonard's Friend #2
Joan E. MacIntosh	...   Teacher

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