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Awakenings

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Poster for the movie "Awakenings"

Awakenings (1990)

120 min - Drama - 4 December 1990
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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.

Director:  Penny Marshall
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Big

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Big (1988)

104 min - Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Family - 3 June 1988
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When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

Director:  Penny Marshall
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In the Line of Fire

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In the Line of Fire (1993)

128 min - Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery - 8 July 1993
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Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.

Director:  Wolfgang Petersen
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Cat People

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Cat People (1982)

118 min - Horror - 2 April 1982
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After years of separation, Irena and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans in this erotic tale of the supernatural. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat -- and the zoo curator is drawn to her. Soon, Irena's brother will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they turn into predatory jungle cats.

Director:  Paul Schrader
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