Patch Adams /

Meet Patch Adams (Academy Award winner, Robin Williams), 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. Ba...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Patch Adams (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Oedekerk, Steve (Screenwriter), Williams, Robin, 1951-2014 (Actor), Potter, Monica (Actor), London, Daniel, 1973- (Actor), Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 1967-2014 (Actor), Gunton, Bob (Actor), Coyote, Peter (Actor), Adams, Patch, 1945-, Mylander, Maureen
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned (Swank Motion Pictures).
Published: [Universal City, California] : Universal Pictures, [1998]
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
Description
Summary:Meet Patch Adams (Academy Award winner, Robin Williams), 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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
Based on the book "Gesundheit: good health is a laughing matter" by Hunter Doherty Adams with Maureen Mylander.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 115 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:MPAA rating: Rated PG-13.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Don Zimmerman ; music by Marc Shaiman.