Patch Adams [videorecording] / Universal Pictures presents ; a Blue Wolf, Farrell/Minoff, Bungalow 78 production ; produced by Barry Kemp ... [et al.] ; screenplay by Steve Oedekerk ; directed by Tom Shadyac.
Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Daniel London, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Irma P. Hall, Josef Sommer, Peter Coyote, Michael Jeter, Harve Presnell, Richard Kiley. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Based on the book: Gesundheit : good health is a laughing matter / by Hunter Doherty Adams, with Maureen Mylander. Special feature: "The medicinal value of laughter" (making-of featurette, 12 min.).
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."--Container.
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