"Double feature." Patch Adams: Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman. What dreams may come: Robin Wiliams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow. Both originally produced as motion pictures by Universal in 1998. Patch Adams based on book: Gesundheit : good health is a laughing matter / by Hunter Doherty Adams, with Maureen Mylander. What dreams may come based on novel by Richard Matheson. Special features: Patch Adams: "The medicinal value of laughter" (making-of featurette, 12 min.); commentary by director; outtakes. What dreams may come: commentary by director; about the visual effects; "making of" featurette; alternate ending.
Summary:
Patch Adams: A doctor emphasizes humor in his care of patients, at risk to his career. What dreams may come: Chris Nielsen dies and is united with his children, who died before him, in a beautiful afterlife, but must risk his own future to rescue his wife from her fate.
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