Awakenings (1990)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Penny Marshall
Starring: Julie Kavner, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Ruth Nelson
Genres: Drama
The drug wears off, and the patients all go back to their comatose state, including Robert DeNiro. Robbin Williams is nonetheless encouraged, since he at least discovered what the illness was. He finally invites the nurse out for coffee.
Arnprior
Continuity mistake: After Dr. Sayer and Leonard get ice cream and go to Dr. Sayer's home, Leonard is sitting on the couch and on the table in front of him is a plate of saltine crackers. The amount of crackers and the way they are lying on the plate change.
Trivia: During the scene where Robin Williams (the doctor) has to restrain Robert DeNiro (the patient), Robin accidentally broke DeNiro's nose. DeNiro insisted that they continue with the filming until the scene was completed because he knew, from prior experience, that he wouldn't be able to film for at least a week, until the swelling and bruising went down. And DeNiro actually was glad it happened because it corrected the bump from the prior broken nose.
MovieFan612Join the mailing list
Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.