Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
- coma
- experiment
- based on novel or book
- hope
- miracle
- based on true story
- hospital
- illness
- woman director
- comatose
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Robert De Niro
Leonard Lowe
Robin Williams
Malcolm Sayer
John Heard
Dr. Kaufman
Julie Kavner
Eleanor Costello
- Penelope Ann Miller — Paula
- Ruth Nelson — Mrs. Lowe
- Max von Sydow — Peter Ingham
- Anne Meara — Miriam
- Dexter Gordon — Rolando
- George Martin — Frank
- Alice Drummond — Lucy Fishman
- Richard Libertini — Sidney
- Laura Esterman — Lolly
- Barton Heyman — Bert
- Judith Malina — Rose
- Directed
- Penny Marshall
- Written
- Steven Zaillian
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 2,944 ratings
- Studio
- Parkes/Lasker productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
