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.
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| Directing | Penny Marshall | Director |
| Writing | Steven Zaillian | Screenplay |
| Production | Lawrence Lasker | Producer |
| Production | Walter F. Parkes | Producer |
| Camera | Miroslav Ondříček | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Battle Davis | Editor |
| Editing | Gerald B. Greenberg | Editor |
| Production | Bonnie Timmermann | Casting |
| Art | Anton Furst | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cynthia Flynt | Costume Design |
| Production | Elliot Abbott | Executive Producer |
| Production | Penny Marshall | Executive Producer |
| Production | Arne Schmidt | Executive Producer |
| Art | Bill Groom | Art Direction |
| Writing | Oliver Sacks | Book |
| Sound | Randy Newman | Music |
| Art | George DeTitta Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Art | Alan E. Muraoka | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Ron Petagna | Construction Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Potts | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | Sheila Paige | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ilona Herman | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William A. Farley | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Scott W. Farley | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernadette Mazur | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Amy Lemisch | Associate Producer |
| Production | Timothy M. Bourne | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Tony Gittelson | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Glen Trotiner | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Jere Huggins | Additional Editing |
| Art | Sarah Knowles | Art Department Assistant |
| Art | Lynn Nigro | Art Department Assistant |
| Editing | Kathryn Camp | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Debbie Goldsmith | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Suzanne Pillsbury | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jerry Ross | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bob Newlan | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Hamilton Sterling | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Hugo Weng | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Morris | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michele Perrone | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michelle Pleis | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Linda Yeaney | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | James Flamberg | Music Editor |
| Sound | Laura Perlman | Music Editor |
| Sound | Les Lazarowitz | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Gary C. Bourgeois | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Matthew Iadarola | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Linda Murphy | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Tom Priestley Jr. | Camera Operator |
| Art | Gerald DeTitta | Leadman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ilona Herman | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Richard Quinlan | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Production | Margaret Mitchell | Production Accountant |
| Production | Richard Baratta | Location Manager |
| Art | Robert Griffon Jr. | Property Master |
| Crew | Michael Hyde | Transportation Captain |
| Sound | Beth Bergeron | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Joe Dorn | ADR Editor |
| Sound | David Williams | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Mark Pappas | Foley Editor |
| Crew | Larry Kaplan | Unit Publicist |
| Camera | Louis Goldman | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Crew | Patricia Birch | Thanks |
| Crew | Ed. Weinberger | Thanks |
| Crew | Yakov Sklyansky | Thanks |
| Crew | Jack Winter | Thanks |
| Crew | Carrie Fisher | Thanks |
| Crew | Tracy Reiner | Thanks |
| Crew | Mike Bedard | Cableman |
