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Overview
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Writers (WGA):
Patch Adams (book) and
Maureen Mylander (book) ...
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Release Date:
25 December 1998 (USA) more
Tagline:
Based On A True Story. more
Plot:
A medical student in the 70's that treated patients, illegally, using humor. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(42 articles)
'Nixon Interviews' Producer Marvin Minoff Dies
(From The Wrap. 13 November 2009, 2:41 PM, PST)
Patch Adams Still Nursing Bitter Post-Hollywood Hangover
(From Movieline. 31 July 2009, 8:40 AM, PDT)
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Yuri Zhivago he isn't more (336 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robin Williams | ... | Patch Adams |
 | Daniel London | ... | Truman |
 | Monica Potter | ... | Carin |
 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | ... | Mitch |
 | Bob Gunton | ... | Dean Walcott |
 | Josef Sommer | ... | Dr. Eaton |
 | Irma P. Hall | ... | Joletta |
 | Frances Lee McCain | ... | Judy |
| Harve Presnell | ... | Dean Anderson |
 | Daniella Kuhn | ... | Adelane |
 | Peter Coyote | ... | Bill Davis |
| James Greene | ... | Bile |
 | Michael Jeter | ... | Rudy |
 | Harold Gould | ... | Arthur Mendelson |
 | Bruce Bohne | ... | Trevor Beene |
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some strong language and crude humor.
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Runtime:
115 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:12 | Philippines:G | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13
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Trivia:
Richard Kiley's final film. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the Gesundheit Institute, one of the patients is watching the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup (1933). But the audio track doesn't match the portion of the film shown on the television screen. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Hunter Patch Adams:
All of life is a coming home. Salesmen, secretaries, coal miners, beekeepers, sword swallowers, all of us. All the restless hearts of the world, all trying to find a way home. It's hard to describe what I felt like then. Picture yourself walking for days in the driving snow; you don't even know you're walking in circles. The heaviness of your legs in the drifts, your shouts disappearing into the wind. How small you can feel, and how far away home can be.
Hunter Patch Adams:
Home. The dictionary defines it as both a place of origin and a goal or destination. And the storm? The storm was all in my mind. Or as the poet Dante put it: In the middle of the journey of my life, I found myself in a dark wood, for I had lost the right path. Eventually I would find the right path, but in the most unlikely place.
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Referenced in "House M.D.: Ugly (#4.7)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
The Country's Going To War more
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Perhaps Williams finest effort to date. I laughed till my sides ached, and maybe even shed a tear or 2, but I won't admit to actually doing so. Liked that big shock the film produced a little over half way through - totally unexpected. If I had a problem at all with this picture, it would be that it is a tad pat, but I still thought it was excellent. Highly recommended.