Who is Leonard Lowe in Awakenings?

Robert De Niro plays Leonard Lowe in the film.

What is Awakenings about?

The story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital. Speculating that their rigidity may be akin to an extreme form of Parkinsonism, he seeks permission from his skeptical superiors to treat them with L-dopa, a drug that was used to treat Parkinson's disease at the time.

Awakenings

Name: Awakenings
Duration: 121
Rating: 89

NR 2 hr 1 min

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How long is Awakenings?: Awakenings is 2 hr 1 min long.

Who directed Awakenings?: Penny Marshall

Who is Leonard Lowe in Awakenings?: Robert De Niro plays Leonard Lowe in the film.

What is Awakenings about?: The story of a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital. Speculating that their rigidity may be akin to an extreme form of Parkinsonism, he seeks permission from his skeptical superiors to treat them with L-dopa, a drug that was used to treat Parkinson's disease at the time.