When DeNiro dances with the girl and then watches her through the fenced window as she leaves to get on her bus....this scene makes me cry and cry again--it is so well done. It happens while everyone quietly watches and then they all look away when he leaves the window and makes his way back out of the room....POWERFUL scene....wow.
shareThere are a bunch of gut-rending scenes in this movie -
1) when Robin Williams comes home after his first day at the hospital. (Its the soundtrack in that scene that does it to me)
2) when DiNiro dances with Penelope Ann Miller
3) when DiNiro met his mom after he's awaken
4) at the end after all the patients relapse Robin Williams watches the old films and wonders if he's done any good
For a straight-ahead drama the casting for this film is very odd - they're all comedians and comics: Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Anne Mera, Richard Libertini
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I also wept when they put the diaper on Leonard, when they've stopped giving him the L-Dopa.
"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."
When an awakened Lucy says to the nurse- I know it's not 1933 (or whatever year it was)- I just need it to be.
shareThis film has so many emotional and heart-breaking moments and it is frankly one of the best movies I've seen.
I had tears in my eyes all the way through it. Not once was I 'dry-eyed.'
The moment when Leonard greets his mother after the experiment was one of those moments when you are grinning but crying at the same time.
Just thinking about the film makes me tear up.
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Last seen films:
Awakenings: 10/10
Elysium: 9/10
Secret Window: 9.5/10
Similar to Leonard waking after 30 years, here we are fast-forwarding to 2014, almost 7 1/2 years after this comment was first posted, and sadly Robin Williams has passed on in the last week and several cables channels have been airing his many films over the weekend. This film is one of my favorites, and especially the scene where Mrs. Lowe sees Leonard awake for the first time in 30 years - his greeting, "Ma, ma!" reminds me of my way of calling my own Mother - she left home on a trip almost 34 years ago and I never did see her alive again, and to see this scene for the first time did bring a lot of tears, because perhaps one day we will met again...
I remember when the mass Parkinsonian awakening event was first reported in the news one morning in 1969 - it was said that what happened was nothing short of miraculous for seeing patients who were catatonic for decades suddenly awake and active - as the epilogue of the film mentioned, nothing equalled the initial awakenings that were witnessed...
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Similar to Leonard waking after 30 years, here we are fast-forwarding to 2014, almost 7 1/2 years after this comment thread was first started, and sadly Robin Williams has passed on in the last week and several cables channels have been airing his many films in tribute. This film is one of my favorites, and especially the scene where Mrs. Lowe sees Leonard awake for the first time in 30 years - his greeting, "Ma, ma!" reminds me of my way of calling my own Mother - she left home on a trip almost 34 years ago and I never did see her alive again, and to see this scene for the first time did bring a lot of tears, because perhaps one day we will met again...
I remember when the mass Parkinsonian awakening event was first reported in the news one morning in 1969 - it was said that what happened was nothing short of miraculous for seeing patients who were catatonic for decades suddenly awake and active - as the epilogue of the film mentioned, nothing equalled the initial awakenings that were witnessed...
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Similar to Leonard waking after 30 years, here we are fast-forwarding to 2014, almost 7 1/2 years after this comment thread was first started, and sadly Robin Williams has passed on in the last week and several cables channels have been airing his many films over the weekend. This film is one of my favorites, and especially the scene where Mrs. Lowe sees Leonard awake for the first time in 30 years - his greeting, "Ma, ma!" reminds me of my way of calling my own Mother - she left home on a trip almost 34 years ago and I never did see her alive again, and to see this scene for the first time did bring a lot of tears, because perhaps one day I will get the same opportunity as did Leonard...
I remember when the mass Parkinsonian awakening event was first reported in the news one morning in 1969 - it was said that what happened was nothing short of miraculous for seeing patients who were catatonic for decades suddenly awake and active - as the epilogue of the film mentioned, nothing equalled the initial awakenings that were witnessed...
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The power of human touch. It's a simple idea that transforms the lives of lonely people...
The dance scene was the one that got me the most in this wonderful movie. There were many others as well. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the scene at the end where Penelope's character is reading to De Niro after he relapsed into catatonia. Earlier she had told him that she read to her father(sports scores I believe)but wasn't sure he knew she was doing it and De Niro told her that he did know, so seeing her doing the same for him knowing what he told her was so very touching. As humans we all have chances to do the same thing for those around us. Someone did so for me once and I try to do my best to repay that kindness whenever I can. Robin Williams held a world of emotions in his eyes. For me he was the most versatile and talented actor I've ever had the pleasure of watching on the big screen. So many of his movies spoke to me on so many levels. What Dreams May Come, Good Will Hunting, Awakenings, Bicentennial Man, Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King, Mrs. Doubtfire, August Rush, The Birdcage, Aladdin and Patch Adams to name a few of his many great movies will always hold a special place in my heart. RIP Robin and thanks for so many great memories from a person who truly appreciates the care and dedication you put into your craft.
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