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Patch Adams is a 1998 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Robin Williams (in the title role), Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Daniel London and Peter Coyote.
- $50–90 million
- Marc Shaiman
- December 25, 1998
Shadyac was born in Falls Church, Virginia to Julie and Richard Shadyac, a lawyer. His mother was of Lebanese descent, while his father was of half-Irish and half-Lebanese ancestry. His mother, who died of cancer in 1998, had become semi-quadriplegic and spent much of Shadyac's adult life in a wheelchair.
- American
- 1984–present
- Screenwriter, director, producer, author
- University of Virginia
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Dec 25, 1998 · In addition, Mr. Shadyac's mother, Julie, who died during the filming, had been wheelchair-bound for years; she was a semi-quadriplegic as a result of a misdiagnosis resulting from a slipped...
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Hunter "Patch" Adams was criticized in his official medical school record for "excessive happiness" and was once told by a faculty advisor, "If you want to be a clown, join a circus." Patch did, in fact, want to be a clown. But he also wanted to be a physician. Combining vastly different sides of his personality, he became both.
