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  2. Awakenings - Wikipedia

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    Awakenings is a 1990 American biographical drama film directed by Penny Marshall and written by Steven Zaillian, based on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir.It tells the story of neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer, based on Sacks, who discovers the beneficial effects of the drug L-DOPA in 1969.

  3. Oliver Sacks - Wikipedia

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    Oliver Wolf Sacks was born in Cricklewood, London, England, the youngest of four children born to Jewish parents: Samuel Sacks, a Lithuanian Jewish [6] [7] doctor (died June 1990), [8] and Muriel Elsie Landau, one of the first female surgeons in England (died 1972), [9] who was one of 18 siblings. [10]

  4. Awakenings (book) - Wikipedia

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    Awakenings is a 1973 non-fiction book by Oliver Sacks.It recounts the life histories of those who had been victims of the 1920s encephalitis lethargica epidemic. [1] Sacks chronicles his efforts in the late 1960s to help these patients at the Beth Abraham Hospital (now Beth Abraham Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing) in the Bronx, New York. [2]

  5. 12 Best Robin Williams Movies of All Time - AOL

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    Based on Sacks’s 1973 memoir of the same name, Awakenings follows Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a dedicated doctor who makes the extraordinary discovery that L-dopa, a drug typically used to treat ...

  6. EXCLUSIVE: Zachary Quinto plays eccentric doctor who ... - AOL

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    The series is inspired by the work of neurologist Oliver Sacks, who was the basis of the 1990 Robin Williams movie “Awakenings,” which was inspired by Sacks' 1973 book of the same name. Sacks ...

  7. Zachary Quinto knows how to play the villain. Now, he gets to ...

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    Sacks’ 1973 book, “Awakenings,” about his experience of treating patients whose encephalitis left them in a statue-like condition, was adapted into a 1990 movie in which Robin Williams ...

  8. 'Awakenings' author, neurologist Oliver Sacks dies at 82

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    Dr. Oliver Sacks died Sunday at his home in New York City, his assistant, Kate Edgar, said.

  9. Robin Williams - Wikipedia

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    Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills [1] [2] and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedies alike, [3] [4] Williams is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time.