Post by ♥april on Aug 5, 2006 16:49:03 GMT
Genre: Drama
Tagline: There is no such thing as a simple miracle.
Plot Outline: 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 Overview:
Robert De Niro .... Leonard Lowe
Robin Williams .... Dr. Malcolm Sayer
Julie Kavner .... Eleanor Costello
Ruth Nelson .... Mrs. Lowe
John Heard .... Dr. Kaufman
Penelope Ann Miller .... Paula
Alice Drummond .... Lucy
Judith Malina .... Rose
Barton Heyman .... Bert
George Martin .... Frank
Anne Meara .... Miriam
Detailed Description:
A new doctor finds himself with a ward full of comatose patients. He is disturbed by them and the fact that they have been comatose for decades with no hope of any cure. When he finds a possible chemical cure he gets permission to try it on one of them. When the first patient awakes, he is now an adult having gone into a coma in his early teens. The film then delights in the new awareness of the patients and then on the reactions of their relatives to the changes in the newly awakened.
*above information courtesy of Internet Movie Database.
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This is just about the most amazing and inspiring movie I have watched. I loved every minute of it. And the fact that it's based on a true story just makes it even more touching. It made me laugh, cry, feel happy and sad all at the same time...I think those are the best kind of movies. Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro are so great together, and they really play off each others' talent very well.
Tagline: There is no such thing as a simple miracle.
Plot Outline: 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 Overview:
Robert De Niro .... Leonard Lowe
Robin Williams .... Dr. Malcolm Sayer
Julie Kavner .... Eleanor Costello
Ruth Nelson .... Mrs. Lowe
John Heard .... Dr. Kaufman
Penelope Ann Miller .... Paula
Alice Drummond .... Lucy
Judith Malina .... Rose
Barton Heyman .... Bert
George Martin .... Frank
Anne Meara .... Miriam
Detailed Description:
A new doctor finds himself with a ward full of comatose patients. He is disturbed by them and the fact that they have been comatose for decades with no hope of any cure. When he finds a possible chemical cure he gets permission to try it on one of them. When the first patient awakes, he is now an adult having gone into a coma in his early teens. The film then delights in the new awareness of the patients and then on the reactions of their relatives to the changes in the newly awakened.
*above information courtesy of Internet Movie Database.
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This is just about the most amazing and inspiring movie I have watched. I loved every minute of it. And the fact that it's based on a true story just makes it even more touching. It made me laugh, cry, feel happy and sad all at the same time...I think those are the best kind of movies. Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro are so great together, and they really play off each others' talent very well.