Awakenings, 1990. Directed by Penny Marshall. Starring Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann ...

In 1990, iconic actors Robert De Niro and Robin Williams co-starred in an emotional biographical film called Awakenings, which deserves way more attention than it has gotten 35 years after its release ...

Oliver Sacks, the British neurologist who wrote the book that inspired the 1990 Robin Williams-Robert De Niro movie “Awakenings,” died of cancer Sunday at his home in New York City. He was 82. Sacks ...

Oliver Sacks, 82, the brilliant neurologist played in fictionalized form by Robin Williams in 1990’s Awakenings, died of cancer Sunday in New York City. His death, confirmed by an assistant, was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK — An author and neurologist who ...