Tomislav Novakovic Movies
- 1993
Boja (Anthony Alessandro) copes with his worries about his brother, who is fighting the Serbian army in Croatia while Boja enjoys the relative peace and comfort of New York city by writing long letter to him which are never answered. His brother's girlfriend (Isabelle Townsend) has also escaped to New York and they meet and become involved in smuggling arms to Croatia. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anthony Alessandro, Isabelle Townsend, (more)
Based on a true story as related by neurologist Oliver Sacks, Awakenings stars Robin Williams as the Sacks counterpart, here named Dr. Malcolm Sayer. Something of a klutz and naif, Dr. Sayer takes a job at a Bronx psychiatric hospital in 1969. Here he's put in charge of several seemingly catatonic patients who, under Sayer's painstaking guidance, begin responding to certain stimulati. Apprised of the efficacy of a new drug called L-DOPA in treating degenerative-disease victims, Sayer is given permission to test the drug on one of his patients: Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro), who has not communicated with anyone since lapsing into catatonia as a child. Gradually, Lowe comes out of his shell, encouraging Sayers to administer L-DOPA to the other patients under his care. Julie Kavner and John Heard also star. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robin Williams, Robert De Niro, (more)
