Dr. Sayer is a pioneering neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from encephalitis a drug used for Parkinson's Disease. He tries it out on one man who miraculously wakes from his perpetual catatonic state.
Nominated for 3 Oscars
6 wins & 11 nominations total
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Awakenings (1990)
Director Penny Marshall director (directed by) Writers (WGA) Oliver Sacks book (as Oliver Sacks M.D.) Steven Zaillian screenplay
1990
1990
1990
Appears in episode
Scott Geiter
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