Patch Adams / [videorecording] Universal Pictures presents a Blue Wolf-Farrell/Minoff-Bungalow 78 production ; screenplay by Steve Odekerk ; produced by Barry Kemp, Mike Farrell, Marvin Minoff, Charles Newirth ; directed by Tom Shadyac.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Includes French dubbed version. Based on the novel Gesundheit! : bringing good health to you, the medical system, and society through physician service, complementary therapies, humor, and joy by Hunter Doherty Adams. Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Daniel London, Peter Coyote.
Summary:
Meet Patch Adams, a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh-- even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story.
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