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While Ganz and Mandel were working on the script, another script appeared on Penny's desk. It was called ' Awakenings'. Penny began to read it. As she read it, the story began to consume her. The story was about a Bronx neurologist and his work with catatonic survivors. Penny cried as she read the script. The story was adapted from a 1973 memoir written by Dr Oliver Sack. She loved the way screenwriter Steven Zaillian treated chronically ill characters as human beings.

On a personal level, Penny remembered dealing with her own mother and Alzheimers. When she finally put the script down, she knew she had to direct the movie. Penny asked Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro to play the lead roles. Both said yes.

On March 29 1989, Penny watched the 61st Academy Awards at a friends house. Her film ' BIG' had two nominations. Tom Hanks for Best Actor and Gary Ross Anne Spielberg for Best Original Screenplay. Hanks lost the statuette to Dustin Hoffman. It did not matter to Hanks. His star was on the rise. Also on the rise was Geena Davis. She won for Best Supporting Actress for a film called ' The Accidental Tourist'.

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