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Description: 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.

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

Written by: Oliver Sacks, Steven Zaillian

Director: Penny Marshall

Production: Parkes/Lasker productions

Release date: 11 Jan 1991

Box Office: $52,096,475