Awakenings

Dexter Gordon as Rolando George Martin as Frank Charles Keating as Mr. Kean Bradley Whitford as Dr. Tyler Yusef Bulos as Joseph Max von Sydow as Peter Ingham John Christopher Jones as Dr. Sullivan Peter Stormare as Neurochemist Byron Utley as Ward #5 Patient #2 Ruth Nelson as Mrs. Lowe Le Clanché du Rand as Magda Jack Mulcahy as Psych Ward Intern Barton Heyman as Bert Robert De Niro as Leonard Lowe Alice Drummond as Lucy Fishman Keith Diamond as Anthony Laura Esterman as Lolly Tiger Haynes as Janitor Richard Libertini as Sidney Mary Alice as Nurse Margaret Robin Williams as Malcolm Sayer John Heard as Dr. Kaufman Vin Diesel as Hospital Orderly (uncredited) Gordon Joseph Weiss as Ward #5 Patient Harry L. Seddon as Medical Student Julie Kavner as Eleanor Costello Judith Malina as Rose Mel Gorham as Nurse Sara Steve Vinovich as Ray Bret McCormick as Head Ward Orderly Anne Meara as Miriam Vincent Pastore as Ward #5 Patient #6 Penelope Ann Miller as Paula Steven Randazzo as Luis

Carrie Fisher Thanks Penny Marshall Director, Executive Producer Bonnie Timmermann Casting Tracy Reiner Thanks Alan E. Muraoka Assistant Art Director Glen Trotiner Second Assistant Director Oliver Sacks Book Randy Newman Original Music Composer Lawrence Lasker Producer Patricia Birch Thanks Miroslav Ondříček Director of Photography Steven Zaillian Screenplay Walter F. Parkes Producer