Patch Adams (film)

Patch Adams
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom Shadyac
Screenplay bySteve Oedekerk
Based onGesundheit: Good Health Is a Laughing Matter
by Patch Adams and Maureen Mylander
Produced byMike Farrell
Barry Kemp
Marvin Minoff
Charles Newirth
Marsha Garces Williams
Starring
CinematographyPhedon Papamichael Jr.
Edited byDon Zimmerman
Music byMarc Shaiman
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 25, 1998 (1998-12-25)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50–90 million[1][2]
Box office$202 million[1]

Patch Adams is a 1998 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Robin Williams in the lead role, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Daniel London, and Peter Coyote. Set in the late 1960s/early 1970s, it is loosely based on the life story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams and the book Gesundheit: Good Health Is a Laughing Matter by Dr. Adams and Maureen Mylander. The film received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, with criticism for the sentimentality and direction, but was a box office success and grossed $202.3 million against a $50–90 million budget.

  1. ^ a b "Patch Adams (1998) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
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