Review of Awakenings (1990) by Gary T — 13 Aug 2014

Wow.....amazing.....brilliant....touching....very very very sad movie......i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is such a great movie 2 watch.......its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie......i think that robin williams (.R.I.P.), robert de niro, julie kavner (from the brilliant tv series The Simpsons), ruth nelson, john heard, play good roles/parts throughout this movie......i think that the director of this drama movie had done a great job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie......its got a good soundtrack throughout this movie......i think that this is 1 of the very serious robin williams (.R.I.P.), movies that I have actually enjoyed, I think that both robin williams/robert de niro were absolutley fantastic throughout this movie......i think that this is such a really touching movie 2 watch, its got a good soundtrack throughout this movie......i think that both robin williams (.R.I.P.), robert de niro both steal this movie as they were both absolutley brilliant throughout this movie......

Principal photography for Awakenings began on October 16, 1989 at the functioning Kingsboro Psychiatric Center in Brooklyn, New York and lasted until February 16, 1990. According to Williams, actual patients were used in the filming of the movie. In addition to Kingsboro, sequences were also filmed at the New York Botanical Garden, Julia Richman High School, the Casa Galicia, and Park Slope, Brooklyn.

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The film features a non-speaking cameo from jazz legend Dexter Gordon (who died before the film's release) who appears as a patient and then-unknowns Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, and Vincent Pastore play a doctor, neurochemist, and psych-ward patient, respectively. Also, a then-unknown Vin Diesel was in the film playing a psych-ward orderly, but he was uncredited.

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