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Awakenings
Why this pick
Another compassionate Oliver Sacks-inspired drama, finding profound family-like connection and renewed personhood through neurological illness rather than melodrama.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2011 1h 45m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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The Music Never Stopped
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Based on Oliver Sacks' essay ''An Anthropologist on Mars'', the film tells the father-son relationship between Henry Sawyer (J.K. Simmons) and his son, Gabriel (Lou Taylor Pucci), who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. Henry, with his son unable to shed light on their strained relationship, must connect with him through music.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Lou Taylor Pucci
Gabriel Sawyer
James Urbaniak
Mike Tappin
Josh Segarra
Mark Ferris
Rashad Edwards
Police Officer
Wade Mylius
Activist
Rich Campbell
Bob Weir
Buzz Roddy
Bill Kreutzmann
Martin Moran
Minister