inspiring and touching movie. The Awakenings is an American fiction drama film that was release December 12 in the year 1990’s directed by Penny Marshall. This movie is based on a true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks‚ a British neurologist in America who has the heart of researching/discovering medicine that helped a lot of people to cure their diseases. According to Andrew Clapper (n d)‚ the film is based upon the book with the same name‚ which was written by Dr. Oliver Sacks. Dr. Sacks recommended that
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are the things that we should take a closer look at as we watch the wonderful and touching movie Awakenings. The film is based on Oliver Sacks’ book in 1973. Sacks is a clinical neurologist who in 1969‚ administered a drug called L-Dopa to a group of catatonic patients with whom he diagnosed with post-encephalitis syndrome. The movie adaptation centers at Dr. Sacks‚ who is fictionalized as Dr. Malcolm Sayer‚ and Leonard Lowe‚ a patient who suffers from the said disorder. Robin Williams stars as the
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wakenings Part 1: In the movie Awakenings‚ a man named Dr. Malcolm Sayer applies for a job at a hospital in The Bronx‚ New York. As he’s being interviewed it’s obvious that he’s nervous and not comfortable around people. His resume shows how in the medical field‚ he’s mostly spent his time doing research and experiments but never working with humans or psychological problems. The manager hires him anyways and he gets right to work. They give him a patient named Lucy who has been in a catatonic
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Meagan McGee Psychology 1300 Awakenings The movie Awakenings starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro portrays the true story of a doctor named Dr. Malcolm Sayer‚ and the events of the summer of 1969 at a psychiatric hospital in New York. Dr. Malcolm Sayer‚ who is a research physician‚ is confronted with a number of patients who had each been afflicted with a devastating disease called Encephalitis Lethargica. The illness killed most of the people who contracted it‚ but some were left living
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Awakenings Movie Report · Neurologist- a neurologist is a doctor who has trained in the diagnosis and treatment of nervous system disorders‚ including diseases of the brain‚ spinal cord‚ nerves and muscles. Neurologists perform neurological examinations of the nerves of the head and neck; muscle strength and movement; balance‚ ambulation‚ and reflexes; and sensation‚ memory‚ speech‚ language‚ and other cognitive abilities. o Examples And Why They Are Examples § Dr. Malcolm Sayer · He is an example
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Throughout the movie The Awakening‚ Robin Williams demonstrates his knowledge of the scientific method. The scientific method is a procedure of steps that is used to prove problems. In the movie it is used to show that patients suffering from an un-named disorder do have a slight opportunity to return to their normal state of being. The scientific method is a list of steps to prove something and make into a law or theory based on your final product and findings. It is composed of several
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TREATMENTS Neuropsychology Treatments and Recovery Accuracy on Patience in the movie Awakenings Corey Allen Chubbs Bowie State University Neuropsychology Treatments and Recovery Accuracy in Patience in the movie Awakenings Introduction I choose the movie Awakenings‚ it was not my first choice but because of a prier incident I was forced to watch this movie. The psychological construct portrayed in the movie were neuropsychology treatments. Films that are based on actually events are known
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it goes on and on. The “Nay Sayers” try and get in your mind in order to place doubt‚ uncertainty and try and steal your passion away. I’ve got news for you‚ the Nay Sayers their opinions they don’t count they don’t control your destiny God does. If you hear the negative more than you hear the positive the words can start to sink into your inner beings
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The movie Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film based on Oliver Sacks’ 1973 memoir of the same title. It is one of the best movie that touches the heart of many people. It is the most emotionally stunning and profound moving journey that was based on a true to life story. The movie was great because how they acted their roles were exceptional. Honestly‚ the roles given to them are really hard because they will handle all the emotional and physical challenges of their roles. You really need a
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“Awakenings” The movie “Awakenings” is based on a factual memoir also titled “Awakenings” written by Oliver Sacks‚ MD. The movie tells the story of a neurologist‚ Dr. Sayer hired by a hospital for the chronically ill‚ whom is caring for a group of survivors of an endemic of encephalitis lethargica that broke out in the twenties. These patients have all progressively reduced to a catatonic or vegetative-Parkinsonian state and have been in this semi-conscious state for decades. Dr. Sayer uses
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