Patch Adams / a Blue Wolf-Farrell/Minoff-Bungalow 78 production ; produced by Barry Kemp [and three others] ; screenplay by Steve Dedekerk ; directed by Tom Shadyac.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 61178211 | UniversalLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures, [2016]Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; film editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, Marc Shaiman.
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Adult DVD
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Main Library | DVD | COMEDY Patch Ad | Checked out | 06/19/2024 | 33111009125804 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The fact-based story of an unconventional physician who attempted to heal patients with laughter, based on his own book and mixing equal doses of scatological humor and pathos. Robin Williams stars as Hunter Adams, a troubled young man who commits himself to a mental institution in the late 1960s. His experiences there convince Adams to become a doctor, and he enrolls in medical school, where he is appalled at the cold, clinical professionalism that alienates patients from their caregivers. Determined to provide emotional and spiritual relief as well as medicine, Adams clowns around for his patients, getting to know them personally. Although his efforts seem to work wonders and the hospital nursing staff is grateful for the levity Adams provides, his methods alienate his uptight roommate Mitch (Philip Seymour Hoffman) as well as the staff and faculty of his school. Adams perseveres, however, even starting his own low-cost rural clinic called the Gesundheit Institute, and wooing a pretty fellow student, Carin (Monica Potter). Tragedy strikes, and Adams' career is put in jeopardy, forcing him to defend his style and philosophy before a board of jurists determined to bar him from practicing medicine. Patch Adams (1998) was produced by former M*A*S*H (1972-83) star Mike Farrell, who met the real-life Adams when the offbeat doctor served as an advisor to the actor's popular TV series. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
DVD; dual layer.
English or French dialogue; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Hunton, Daniel London.
Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; film editor, Don Zimmerman ; music, Marc Shaiman.
Based on the book Gesundheit : good health is a laughing matter by Hunter Doherty Adams with Maureen Mylander.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
Anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1).
Rating: PG-13; for some strong language and crude humor.
Based on the true story of a compassionate but outrageous med student who risks his career by defying the medical profession with his unwavering belief that laughter is the best medicine.
Bonus features: The medicinal value of laughter--an original documentary looking at the genesis of and the joy behind "Patch Adams"; Outtakes; Feature commentary with director Tom Shadyac; Theatrical trailer.