Overview
Plot
This is the true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s discovered that humor is the best medicine and went to any lengths to make his patients laugh, even at the risk of his own career.
- Directors
- Tom Shadyac
- Cast
- Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Josef Sommer, Irma P. Hall, Frances Lee McCain, Harve Presnell, Daniella Kuhn, Peter Coyote, James Greene, Michael Jeter, Harold Gould, Bruce Bohne, Harry Groener, Barry Shabaka Henley, Steven Anthony Jones, Richard Kiley, Douglas Roberts
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Release date
- 1998-12-25
- Studios
- Universal Pictures, Bungalow 78 Productions, Blue Wolf, Farrell/Minoff
Plot
Warning: spoilers
Patch Adams Plot and Cast
Set in the 1970s, the film follows the true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, a physician who came to believe that humor is the best medicine. He was determined to do whatever it took to make his patients laugh, even when those methods put his own career on the line.
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