US (1990): Drama
A new doctor (Robin Williams) finds himself with a ward full of comatose patients. He is disturbed by them and the fact that they have been comatose for decades with no hope of any cure. When he finds a possible chemical cure he gets permission to try it on one of them. When the first patient awakens (Robert De Niro), he is now an adult having gone into a coma in his early teens. The film then delights in the new awareness of the patients and then on the reactions of their relatives to the changes in the newly awakened. (IMDb)
3 nominations
· Best Picture of the Year 1990: Walter F. Parkes & Lawrence Lasker - Producers (Columbia)
· Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1990: Robert De Niro
· Achievement in Writing: Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium 1990: Steven Zaillian