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Budget. $50–90 million [1] [2] Box office. $202 million [1] 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. Set in the late 1960s and early 1970s, it is loosely based on the ...
- $50–90 million
- Marc Shaiman
- December 25, 1998
Dec 25, 1998 · Patch Adams: Directed by Tom Shadyac. With Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman. The true story of a heroic man, Hunter "Patch" Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people.
- (120K)
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Tom Shadyac
- 1998-12-25
After struggling with depression in a mental hospital, Hunter "Patch" Adams (Robin Williams) decides he wants to become a doctor. He enrolls at Virginia Medical University but is disillusioned by ...
- (6.5K)
- Tom Shadyac
- PG-13
- Robin Williams
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Fact-based story of Hunter "Patch" Adams, the founder of the Gesundheit Clinic, a clinic which deals with their patients with humor and pathos. The film starts with Hunter admitting himself as a patient in a mental ward. While there, he found he enjoyed helping the other patients and found the staff to be cold and separative from the patients.
Dec 3, 2023 · While Patch Adams is celebrated for its heartwarming and humorous approach, the film is fundamentally rooted in the real-life story of Dr. Hunter Doherty Adams. Known as Patch Adams, he is a medical doctor and a social activist whose unconventional methods in healthcare sparked significant change and discussion.
Dec 25, 1998 · Tom Shadyac. "Patch Adams" made me want to spray the screen with Lysol. This movie is shameless. It's not merely a tearjerker. It extracts tears individually by liposuction, without anesthesia. It is allegedly based on the life of a real man named Patch Adams, who I have seen on television, where he looks like Salvador Dali's seedy kid brother.
Adams with Nechama Rivlin in Award Ceremony of the Danielle Prize Healing with a Heart in April 2017. The 1998 film Patch Adams was based on Adams's life and his views on medicine. Adams has heavily criticized the film, saying it eschewed an accurate representation of his beliefs in favor of commercial viability.
