series editor on Instagram: "Such a legend 🎥 awakenings: “Awakenings” is a 1990 film based on the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks and his experiences with patients who suffered from encephalitis lethargica, a condition that left them in a catatonic state for decades. The film stars Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a fictionalized version of Dr. Sacks, and Robert De Niro as Leonard Lowe, a patient who awakens from his long state of paralysis after being treated with the drug L-DOPA. The movie