Zeit des Erwachens

Originaltitel: Awakenings

1990
12
2 Std. 1 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,8/10

163.705

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.788

107

Robert De Niro and Robin Williams in Zeit des Erwachens (1990)

trailer wiedergeben2:44

4 Videos

99+ Fotos

Medical Drama Biography Drama

Die Opfer einer Enzephalitis-Epidemie vor vielen Jahren sind seither katatonisch, aber jetzt bietet ein neues Medikament die Chance, sie wiederzubeleben.Die Opfer einer Enzephalitis-Epidemie vor vielen Jahren sind seither katatonisch, aber jetzt bietet ein neues Medikament die Chance, sie wiederzubeleben.Die Opfer einer Enzephalitis-Epidemie vor vielen Jahren sind seither katatonisch, aber jetzt bietet ein neues Medikament die Chance, sie wiederzubeleben.

Regie
- Penny Marshall
Drehbuch
- Oliver Sacks
- Steven Zaillian
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,8/10

163.705

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.788

107

Regie
- Penny Marshall
Drehbuch
- Oliver Sacks
- Steven Zaillian
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 3 Oscars nominiert
- 6 Gewinne & 11 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Robert De Niro wanted Shelley Winters to play his mother. However, the studio insisted that she read for the part first. Winters refused to do so and when she met the casting director, she reportedly put both her Oscars on his desk and said, "Some people think I can act".

Patzer
When Leonard gets the correct dose of medicine and 'awakens', he walks with almost no difficulty. If he had been catatonic for years, and even if he had been exercised regularly, he would not have been able to just get up and walk around so easily. His muscles would have atrophied. His voice would also have been raspy from disuse.

Zitate
Leonard Lowe: We've got to tell everybody. We've got to remind them. We've got to remind them how good it is.
Dr. Sayer: How good what is, Leonard?
Leonard Lowe: Read the newspaper. What does it say? All bad. It's all bad. People have forgotten what life is all about. They've forgotten what it is to be alive. They need to be reminded. They need to be reminded of what they have and what they can lose. What I feel is the joy of life, the gift of life, the freedom of life, the wonderment of life!

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Rookie/Berkeley in the Sixties/Edward Scissorhands/The Grifters (1990)

Soundtracks
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
Written by Harry Carroll and Joseph McCarthy

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8/10

Oliver Sacks... Fictionalized

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.

Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man in "Rain Man"? You have nothing on Robert DeNiro as a post-encephalitic Parkinson's patient in this film! The tics, the walk, the antics... obviously I was not there when this actually happened, but I was impressed. Robin Williams did alright, too, playing it straight in one of his many turns as a doctor on film.

I love Oliver Sacks and his writing, and I am glad they were able to make such a great adaptation that was both educational and entertaining (like his books are). Was the transformation so sudden and dramatic in real life? I have my doubts. But you have to cut corners to fit within two hours, so if this was one way, it is forgivable.

Ebert gives this four of four stars. I think he was spot on with this one, and his longer-than-average review (stuffed with praise) is excellent.