Elevated by some of Robin Williams' finest non-comedic work and a strong performance from Robert De Niro, Awakenings skirts the edges of melodrama, then soars above it.
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Director -
Penny Marshall -
Producer -
Walter F. Parkes , Lawrence Lasker -
Screenwriter -
Steven Zaillian -
Distributor -
Columbia Pictures -
Production Co -
Columbia Pictures Corporation -
Rating -
PG-13 -
Genre -
Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 20, 1990, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Sep 15, 2008 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$49.4M -
Runtime -
2h 1m -
Sound Mix -
Surround