Oliver Sacks

Most Popular Oliver Sacks Trailers

Total trailers found: 12

Awakenings Trailer (1990)

04 December 1990

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease.

Alive Inside Trailer (2014)

18 January 2014

Five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease and dementia—many of them alone in nursing homes.

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Trailer (1987)

05 June 1987

Opera singer and professor Dr P is examined both in a clinic and in his home, as he suffers from a degeneration of the occipital lobe that allows him to see details but not wholes.

At First Sight Trailer (1999)

15 January 1999

A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.

When Björk Met Attenborough Trailer (2013)

26 July 2013

Award-winning musician Björk and legendary broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough have admired each other's work for years but this is the first time they have discussed their mutual love of music and the natural world on screen.

Janela da Alma Trailer (2001)

20 October 2001

Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total blindness – discuss how they see themselves, how they see others and how they perceive the world.

Geniet och pojkarna Trailer (2009)

20 November 2009

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life Trailer (2021)

26 August 2021

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller, as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact.

The Genius and the Boys Trailer (2009)

20 November 2009

D Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Prions - the particles that would emerge as the cause of Mad Cow disease - while working with a cannibal tribe on New Guinea.

The Animated Mind of Oliver Sacks Trailer (2026)

01 January 2026

An exploration of the life and work of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the world-renowned neurologist and author who transformed our understanding of the human mind.

John's Not Mad Trailer (1989)

14 March 1989

John's Not Mad is a QED documentary made by the BBC in 1989. It was ranked, in a British public poll, as one of the 50 Greatest Documentaries.

Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain Trailer (2008)

03 June 2008

Alan Yentob talks to Dr. Oliver Sacks about his latest book 'Musicophila: Tales of Music and the Brain' which deals with the power of music and how it helps those with extreme neurological conditions, and meets some extraordinary people overcame their conditions with music.