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 | | December 25th, 1998  | Tom Shadyac |  | Patch Adams, Maureen Mylander, Steve Oedekerk |  | Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Daniel London, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Peter Coyote |  | Universal Pictures |  | Comedy, Drama |  | patchadams.com |  | PG-13 for some strong language, crude humor |  | $134,900,000 (US total) |
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 |  |  | | | Patch Adams is a comedy based on the true story of a compassionate but outrageous medical student who risks his career by defying the medical profession with his unwavering belief that laughter is contagious.
Inspired to become a doctor while institutionalized for depression as a teenager, Patch Adams attended the Medical College of Virginia in the late '60s and early '70s. After graduation, he formed the Gesundheit Institute, dedicated to a more connected, personalized approach to medicine.
Using unconventional methods and wacky surprises to ease patients' anxiety and enhance their healing, Patch helped pioneer the then-startling idea that doctors should treat people, not just disease. Compassion, involvement and empathy, Patch holds, are as great a value to physicians as breakthrough medicines and technological advancements. |
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