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. 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. Both originally produced as motion pictures by Universal in 1998. "Double feature.". What dreams may come: Robin Wiliams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow. Patch Adams: Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Summary:
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. Patch Adams: A doctor emphasizes humor in his care of patients, at risk to his career.
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