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Robert De Niro and Robin Williams in Awakenings (1990)

Ruth Nelson: Mrs. Lowe

Awakenings

Ruth Nelson credited as playing...

Mrs. Lowe

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  • Mrs. Lowe: When my son was born healthy, I never asked why. Why was I so lucky? What did I do to deserve this perfect child, this perfect life? But when he got sick, you can bet I asked why! I demanded to know why! Why was this happening?
  • Mrs. Lowe: My son is in pain! Please, stop this!
  • Dr. Sayer: He's fighting, Mrs. Lowe.
  • Mrs. Lowe: He's losing.
  • Mrs. Lowe: Oh, hello boys.
  • Leonard's Friend #1: Hi, Mrs. Lowe. Can I come up to play today?
  • Mrs. Lowe: Uh, no. I am sorry. Better not today.
  • Leonard's Friend #1: Oh, how about tomorrow?
  • Mrs. Lowe: Well, I am afraid, he won't be well by then either.
  • Leonard's Friend #1: Will he be well?
  • Mrs. Lowe: I don't know.
  • Mrs. Lowe: What wiIl this medicine do for him?
  • Dr. Sayer: I don't know what it wilI do for him, if anything at alI.
  • Mrs. Lowe: What do you think it'II do?
  • Dr. Sayer: I'm not sure, because it was designed for a totaIly different disorder.
  • Mrs. Lowe: What do you hope it'lI do?
  • Dr. Sayer: I *hope* it'Il bring him back from wherever he is.
  • Mrs. Lowe: To what?
  • Dr. Sayer: To the world.
  • Mrs. Lowe: What's there here for him after alI these years?
  • Dr. Sayer: You. You're here.
  • Mrs. Lowe: [29:42] Later that year I took him to Bainbridge. It was November 14, 1939. He was 20 years old.

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