The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them. Director: Penny Marshall Writers: Oliver Sacks (book) (as Oliver Sacks M.D.), Steven Zaillian (screenplay) Stars: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner Storyline 1969. Dr. Malcolm Sayer is hired as a clinical physician at a psyc..