Awakenings

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

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