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Awakenings • The Next Reel
“You want there to be a connection. That doesn’t mean there is one.”
Penny Marshall came on to Awakenings after Steven Spielberg stepped off the project apparently. Perhaps that’s why it feels a bit different for a Marshall film. But how well does this pseudo-true story work as it recounts Dr. Oliver Sacks’ experiments on patients with encephalitis lethargica in 1969? Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we continue our John Heard series with Marshall’s 1990 film Awakenings.
Is Awakenings more than just Marshall’s bid at an Oscar?
We think it’s more, but it sure feels like Oscar bait…
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