Leonard lowe autobiography meaning

Penny Marshall’s drama Awakenings (1990) centres on Dr Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) and his patient Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro).

Leonard lowe autobiography meaning

In the film, Sayer uses a drug designed to treat Parkinson’s Disease to awaken catatonic patients in a Bronx hospital. The most dramatic and excellent results are found in Leonard. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, also proves a rebirth for Sayer, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

While the new medication allows Leonard and the other patients a second chance at experiencing life, it also brings some unexpected challenges. Leonard must now cope with his romantic feelings for a visitor at the hospital, the restrictions on his freedom as a patient, and a gradual decline in the effectiveness of the treatment by opening one man's eyes to the world.

He opened his own...Based on the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, 

See the review by Bruce Dobkin from Los Angeles Time