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Patch Adams

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

Director

Tom Shadyac

Year

Genre

Box Office

$135,026,902

Production

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

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 8 nominations total

Patch Adams

Truman

Carin

Mitch

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Dean Walcott

Dr. Eaton

Joletta

Judy

Frances Lee McCain

Dean Anderson

Adelane

Bill Davis

Bile

Rudy

Arthur Mendelson

Trevor Beene

Dr. Prack

Emmet (as Barry 'Shabaka' Henley)

Barry Shabaka Henley

Charlie

Steven Anthony Jones

Dr. Titan

Larry

Douglas Roberts

Aggie

Ellen Albertini Dow

Everton

Neil

Chess Man (as Peter Siiteri)

Instructor

Passerby

Domenique Lozano

Organizer

Big Texan

E.R. Doctor

Jack Walton

Miss Meat (as Dot Marie Jones)

Dot-Marie Jones

3rd Year Student

3rd Year Student

Margery

Kathleen Stefano

Dr. Hashman

Piers Mackenzie

Hispanic Boy

Hispanic Father

Ismael 'East' Carlo

Bryan

Children's Ward Patient

Cameron Brooke Stanley

Children's Ward Patient (as Jamieson G. Downes)

Jamieson Downes

Children's Ward Patient

Jena Marie Thomas

Children's Ward Patient

Wesley G. Haines

Children's Ward Patient

Aaron Alexander

Children's Ward Patient

Amadeius Cheadle

Children's Ward Patient

Children's Ward Patient

Children's Ward Patient

Children's Ward Patient

Children's Ward Patient

Children's Ward Patient

Children's Ward Patient

Psych Patient (as Richard J. Silberg)

Richard Silberg

Psych Patient

William Joseph Scharff

Psych Patient

James Anthony Cotton

Psych Patient (as Michael Rae Sommers)

Michael X. Sommers

Psych Patient

Howard Allison Williams

Psych Patient

Psych Patient

Psych Patient

J. Stephen Coyle

Woman in Lobby

Nurse Klegg (as Wandachristine)

Wanda Christine

Pediatric Nurse

Laughing Nurse

Stephanie Smith

Nurse

Hysterical Woman (as Vivis)

Vivis Colombetti

Waitress

Truck Driver

Younger Man

Lydell M. Cheshier

Older Waitress

Older Waitress

Orderly (as Kelvin Yee)

Asian Woman (as Doreen Chou Croft)

Doreen Foo Croft

Fred Jarvis

Pinstriped Man

Maria (as Vilma Vitanza)

Walcott's Secretary

Feeble Woman

Helen Tourtillott

Hispanic Girl

Christine Pineda

Mrs. Davis (as Karen Michel)

Karen Ann Pavlick

Ed

Mrs. O'Bannon (as Katherine A. Fitzhugh)

Katherine Fitzhugh

Davis Son

Kyle Timothy Smith

Davis Son

Jonathan Holder

Receptionist

Receptionist (as ShanÃ³n Orrock)

Minister

Boardroom Doctor (as George Lee Masters)

Boardroom Doctor (as Daniel P. Hannafin)

Boardroom Doctor

Roger W. Durrett

Gynecologist

Richard C. Adkins

Gynecologist

Ralph David Westfall

Gynecologist

Gynecologist

Gynecologist

Gynecologist (as Michael Kennedy)

Michael Stanton Kennedy

Dr. Anderson

Orderly

Medical Student

Patch Pirate

Jason Aaron Baca

Funeral Mourner

Orderly

Man in Arm Cast

College Student

Patient

Patricia M. Fairchild

Hispanic Girl

Jessica Hilbrect

Hotdog Mascot

Hospital Patient

Medical Intern

Alexander Kanellakos

Student

Girl in car

Meg Marshall

Brianna Meighan

College Student

Katherine Mitchell

Meatpacker

Student

Gynecologist

Med student

Steve C. Porter

College Student

Dr. Wilson S. Anders

Man

Jonathan Schancupp

Hospital Visitor

Jaime (Carin's Brother)

Student in Boardroom

Meat Packer

Darrin Vanderpan

Hospital Patient

Meat Packer

Gynecologist

James Marshall Wolchok

Medical Student

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Hunter Patch Adams Patch Adams Arthur Mendelson Mitch Roman Mitch Charlie Dr. Prack Bill Davis Corinne Fisher Trevor Beene Dean Walcott Joletta Truman Bryan Fred Jarvis Dr. Titan

I'm really starting to love the back of your head - Patch Adams

I'm really starting to love the back of your head

Get this cleaned out, and get him down to the suture room. - Patch Adams

Get this cleaned out, and get him down to the suture room.

What is it? - Patch Adams

You learn anything about proctology yet PatchGood A little bitTake care of this asshole for me will ya - Patch Adams

You learn anything about proctology yet PatchGood A little...

Think potential. - Patch Adams

Think potential.

All trying to find a way home - Patch Adams

All trying to find a way home

How you feeling Frank You feel betterYeah feel betterWell keep on your medication You can never go wrong if you're a Marxist - Patch Adams

How you feeling Frank You feel betterYeah feel betterWell...

I've seen Larry in the E.R. - Patch Adams

I've seen Larry in the E.R.

¶ We were born before the wind ¶ Also younger than the sun ¶ Hi. - Patch Adams

¶ We were born before the wind ¶ Also younger than the sun ¶...

Yeah. Everyone asleep? But it ain't me. - Patch Adams

Yeah. Everyone asleep? But it ain't me.

God, Patch, it's amazing. - Patch Adams

God, Patch, it's amazing.

These people that we're helping, they would have had nowhere to go. - Patch Adams

These people that we're helping, they would have had...

What are we? - Patch Adams

I mean, are we just... - Patch Adams

I mean, are we just...

Patch, my entire life, men have been attracted to me. - Patch Adams

Patch, my entire life, men have been attracted to me.

When I was a little girlI would look out my bedroom window at the caterpillarsI envied them so muchNo matter what they were beforeno matter what happened to themthey could just hide away you knowand turn into these beautiful creatures that could fly - Patch Adams

When I was a little girlI would look out my bedroom window...

No matter what they were before, no matter what happened to them, they could just hide away, you know, and turn into these beautiful creatures that could fly away, completely untouched. - Patch Adams

No matter what they were before, no matter what happened to...

I hated men so much. - Patch Adams

I hated men so much.

The way that you help people, Patch. - Patch Adams

The way that you help people, Patch.

I love you. - Patch Adams

You scared me. - Patch Adams

"I love you without knowing how "or when or from where. - Patch Adams

"I love you without knowing how "or when or from...

I've been trying to warn you guys about this, and now we have absolutely zero supplies. - Patch Adams

I've been trying to warn you guys about this, and now...

Yeah, this is Larry. - Patch Adams

Yeah, this is Larry.

Larry? Are you okay? - Patch Adams

Larry? Are you okay?

I didn't know you could play. - Patch Adams

I didn't know you could play.

You okay? - Patch Adams

Patch. You just got a telephone call. Dean Anderson wants to see you in his office immediately. Oh, - Patch Adams

Patch. You just got a telephone call. Dean Anderson wants to...

Ye of little faith - Patch Adams

Ye of little faith

Dean Anderson, I know what this is all about, and I assure you, sir... - Patch Adams

Dean Anderson, I know what this is all about, and I assure...

Something happened last night. - Patch Adams

Something happened last night.

PRIEST: "Into Your hands, O Merciful Savior, "we commend Your servant Carin. - Patch Adams

PRIEST: "Into Your hands, O Merciful Savior, "we...

Told you I'd finish it some other time. - Patch Adams

Told you I'd finish it some other time.

"I love you without knowing how or when "or from where. - Patch Adams

"I love you without knowing how or when "or from...

I'm sorry, honey! - Patch Adams

I'm sorry, honey!

You can't leaveIf what you say is truelooks like I'm defying the laws of possibilityWhat are you doingOh I can't leave until you beat me is that itOkay I surrender You're number oneYou're the top student in the class You're smarter than meIs that what you - Patch Adams

You can't leaveIf what you say is truelooks like...

You know Mrs. - Patch Adams

You have a gift. - Patch Adams

You have a gift.

So what now huhWhat do You want from meYeah I could do itWe both know You wouldn't stop meSo answer me pleaseTell me what You're doingOkay let's look at the logicYou create manMan suffers enormous amounts of painMan diesSCOFFSMaybe You should have had - Patch Adams

So what now huhWhat do You want from meYeah I could do itWe...

Yeah, I could do it. - Patch Adams

Yeah, I could do it.

So answer me, please. - Patch Adams

So answer me, please.

Hey, Aggie. - Patch Adams

ALL: Surprise! - Patch Adams

Grab a hold, Aggie! - Patch Adams

Grab a hold, Aggie!

HUNTER: Pasta angels, Aggie! - Patch Adams

HUNTER: Pasta angels, Aggie!

Patch? Hey. I'm supposed to give you this. - Patch Adams

Patch? Hey. I'm supposed to give you this.

You turn around and walk right out of here. - Patch Adams

You turn around and walk right out of here.

But the reality is you are not cut out to be a physicianAnd it is my responsibilityResponsibilityYou have one responsibility to be a dick head How hard can that beAll you have to do is make sure your headis a dick and it's attached to your neck - Patch Adams

But the reality is you are not cut out to be a physicianAnd...

You've been accused of practicing medicine without a license. - Patch Adams

You've been accused of practicing medicine without a...

What's wrong with death sirWhat are we so mortally afraid ofWhy can't we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and dignityand decency and God forbid maybe even humorDeath is not the enemy gentlemenIf we're gonna fight a disease let's fightone of - Patch Adams

What's wrong with death sirWhat are we so mortally...

That's why you treat a disease you win you loseYou treat a person I guarantee youyou win no matter what the outcome - Patch Adams

That's why you treat a disease you win you loseYou...

Sir I want to be a doctor with all my heart - Patch Adams

Sir I want to be a doctor with all my heart

I wanted to become a doctor so I could serve othersand because of that I've lost everythingbut I've also gained everything - Patch Adams

I wanted to become a doctor so I could serve othersand...

Now you have the ability to prevent me from graduatingYou can keep me from getting the title and the white coatBut you can't control my spirit gentlemenYou can't keep me from learningYou can't keep me from studyingSo you have a choice you could have meas - Patch Adams

Now you have the ability to prevent me from graduatingYou...

Hunter AdamsWe find your methods less than appealingYour appearance and your demeanor do not reflectwhat we believe is necessaryto earn a patient's trust and respectYou openly accuse us of adhering to time honored practices thatfor years have been the - Patch Adams

Hunter AdamsWe find your methods less than appealingYour...

We find your methods less than appealing. - Patch Adams

We find your methods less than appealing.

Now, along with your crass and disdainful behavior, you carry with you a flame, which one could only hope would spread through the medical profession like a brushfire. - Patch Adams

Now, along with your crass and disdainful behavior, you...

Well, today you go from being students in a class to being members of a class, a very select class. - Patch Adams

Well, today you go from being students in a class to being...

Well, I'm happy to see you've finally decided to conform. - Patch Adams

Well, I'm happy to see you've finally decided to...

¶ It's been a long road ¶ - Patch Adams

¶ It's been a long road ¶

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The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Tom Shadyac

Writer: Patch Adams, Maureen Mylander, Steve Oedekerk

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

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 1998

MetaScore: 25/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: $135,026,902

Released: 25 Dec 1998

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 8 nominations total

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