Analysis Of The Movie The Awakenings

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The movie, “The Awakenings” was released in 1990. The filming of this movie started on October 16, 1989 at the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center in Brooklyn, New York and lasted until February 16, 1990. It is said that the cast as patients of the movie were actual real patients from the center. The movie setting took place in the Julia Richman High School, Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York Botanical Garden, and the Casa Galicia. The book was written in 1973, and was based on true events in Oliver Sack’s life. Basically in the movie, he was Dr. Sayer in the movie. The story was about an epidemic outbreak after the World War One and some of the symptoms are related to the Parkinson’s disease. This inspired the writing of the book and the filming of the …show more content…

Sayer who started to work in a chronic hospital wherein the patients have a severe medical condition that they are no longer being treated. Instead, they are there just to be taken care of. They were being fed, clothed and a lot more. Dr. Sayer is bothered by the idea that the patients stayed in the hospital for decades with no hope of being cured. Dr. Sayer met a lot of patients and tried to let them respond to his actions. He also met Leonard, a patient, and tried to look for a cure. When he found a drug that might be able to help Leonard, he asked permission to use it on him. Leonard drank the drug. Later, he was able to wake up from his catatonic state then the movie showed the new awareness for the patients and the response of the family and relatives to the newly awakened patients. Surprisingly all of the actors are outstanding. The nurses, family members, doctors did a good job. I would like to commend the actors who had the role of the patients and especially Robert de Niro for doing a great job. Their acting is really plausible and I know that it is not easy to act out a sickness. Robert se Niro captured his character impeccably. From the beginning to the end, all of his swift movements, ways of speaking, walking, even when he can't move and is just sitting on a chair was incredible. Yes, the patients barely moved or did anything but sometimes those are the actions that are hard to

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