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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   29,024 votes
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Director:

Tom Shadyac

Writers (WGA):

Patch Adams (book) and
Maureen Mylander (book) ...
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Contact:

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Release Date:

25 December 1998 (USA) more

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Drama 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

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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)

User Comments:

Yuri Zhivago he isn't more (336 total)

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 211:00 PMFox   


Cast

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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some strong language and crude humor.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Company:

Blue Wolf more


Fun Stuff

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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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "House M.D.: Ugly (#4.7)" (2007) more

Soundtrack:

The Country's Going To War more


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Yuri Zhivago he isn't, 22 January 2000
8/10
Author: helpless_dancer from Broken Bow, Oklahoma

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.

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