Patch Adams

Patch Adams (1998)

Timing: 1:55 (115 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1998-12-25

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Bungalow 78 Productions, Blue Wolf, Farrell/Minoff

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$90 000 000

Revenue

$202 292 902

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Director

Tom Shadyac

Actors

Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daniel London, Bob Gunton, Harve Presnell, Peter Coyote, Michael Jeter, Josef Sommer, Irma P. Hall
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Scenario

Producer

Barry Kemp, Charles Newirth, Mike Farrell, Marvin Minoff, Marsha Garces Williams

Operator

Phedon Papamichael

Composer

Marc Shaiman

Artist

Audition

Debra Zane, Beau Bonneau, Kim Petrosky

Editing

Don Zimmerman
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• The film is based on the biography of a real person – Hunter Patch Adams.
• In the film, Hunter "Patch" Adams is depicted as a man who decided to study medicine quite late in life. In reality, Adams received his medical degree at the age of 26.
• During filming, Robin Williams (1951-2014) and the other actors involved collaborated closely with the international charity Make-A-Wish Foundation (which helps fulfill the wishes of terminally ill children) and communicated with children undergoing cancer treatment. These children appeared on screen with Williams in a scene in the hospital room.
• The character of Karen Fisher is fictional, however her story is partially based on a real person – a male friend of Dr. Adams who died in similar circumstances.
• In the film, Hunter “Patch” Adams is portrayed as a man who decided to study medicine relatively late in life. In reality, Adams received his medical degree at the age of 26.