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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

HUNTER: All of life is a coming home. - Patch Adams

HUNTER: All of life is a coming home.

All of usAll the restless hearts of the worldall trying to find a way homeIt's hard to describe what I felt like thenPicture yourself walking for days in a driving snowYou don't even know you're walking in circlesthe heaviness of your legs in the - Patch Adams

All of usAll the restless hearts of the worldall trying to...

It's hard to describe what I felt like then. - Patch Adams

It's hard to describe what I felt like then.

Home. The dictionary defines it as both "a place of origin" and "a goal or destination." And the sto - Patch Adams

Home. The dictionary defines it as both "a place of...

How many fingers do you see? - Patch Adams

How many fingers do you see?

Hey, Rudy. - Patch Adams

You're... - Patch Adams

What's wrong? - Patch Adams

HUNTER: My father died when I was nine. - Patch Adams

HUNTER: My father died when I was nine.

And when your father died, how did that make you feel? - Patch Adams

And when your father died, how did that make you feel?

Four. Four? Four! Four! Oh! You are all insane! Insane! Four! EMMET: Arthur Mendelson. The Arthur Me - Patch Adams

Four. Four? Four! Four! Oh! You are all insane! Insane!...

Excuse me Beany Which way is heaven - Patch Adams

Excuse me Beany Which way is heaven

Who likes to masturbate - Patch Adams

Who likes to masturbate

May I come in? - Patch Adams

How many do you see? - Patch Adams

How many do you see?

You're focusing on the problemIf you focus on the problem you can't see the solutionNever focus on the problem Look at me - Patch Adams

You're focusing on the problemIf you focus on the...

How many do you seeNo look beyond the fingersHow many do you see - Patch Adams

How many do you seeNo look beyond the fingersHow many do you...

Eight. Eight. Eight. Yes! Yes! Eight's a good answer. Yes. See what no one else sees. See what every - Patch Adams

Eight. Eight. Eight. Yes! Yes! Eight's a good answer....

You fixed my cup. - Patch Adams

You fixed my cup.

What could they possibly want Your nuts - Patch Adams

What could they possibly want Your nuts

There's one, at the end of the bed! - Patch Adams

There's one, at the end of the bed!

We need more cover! - Patch Adams

We need more cover!

They're gone. - Patch Adams

I'd like to leave. - Patch Adams

I'd like to leave.

Last night with Rudy I connected to another human beingI want more of that I want to learn about peoplehelp them with their troublesThat's what I doBut you suck at it - Patch Adams

Last night with Rudy I connected to another human beingI...

¶ One morning I woke up ¶ And I knew you were really gone ¶ A new day ¶ A new way ¶ And new eyes would see the dawn ¶ Go your way ¶ I'll go mine ¶ And carry on ¶ - Patch Adams

¶ One morning I woke up ¶ And I knew you were really gone ¶...

Hello. How you doing? MAN: How do you do? Hey, this is a nice room. May I help you? I could really u - Patch Adams

Hello. How you doing? MAN: How do you do? Hey, this is a...

WALCOTT First do no harmWhat is implicit in this simple precept of medicineAn awesome powerThe power to do harmWho gives you this powerThe patientA patient will come to you at his moment of greatest dreadhand you a knife and say Doctor cut me - Patch Adams

WALCOTT First do no harmWhat is implicit in this simple...

To rigorously and ruthlessly train the humanity out of youand make you into something betterWe're gonna make doctors out of you - Patch Adams

To rigorously and ruthlessly train the humanity out of...

Lesbian Ball buster Airhead LeechWhichever one of these disgusts you the most take your pickPlease pass the word WellI am not here to date I am not here to flirt I'm here to study - Patch Adams

Lesbian Ball buster Airhead LeechWhichever one of these...

I thought only I could repel women with that kind of raw efficiency - Patch Adams

I thought only I could repel women with that kind of raw...

The point is we have to treat the patient as well as the disease - Patch Adams

The point is we have to treat the patient as well as the...

You know, in New Zealand they found a whole new use for sheep. - Patch Adams

You know, in New Zealand they found a whole new use for...

MAN: On your meat! - Patch Adams

MAN: On your meat!

Yeah! I won! - Patch Adams

WOMAN ON PA: Doctor Vukov, please dial line 1242. - Patch Adams

WOMAN ON PA: Doctor Vukov, please dial line 1242.

I was just wondering the patient's name. - Patch Adams

I was just wondering the patient's name.

Look it here Judy Another future bossOh I wouldn't look at it like thatYou may think I'm exaggeratingbut in another five years you'll be so full of yourselfyou'll have to hang a cup out your ass just to catch the excess - Patch Adams

Look it here Judy Another future bossOh I wouldn't look...

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. - Patch Adams

WOMAN ON PA: Dr.

Hi. Hi. What's your name? Cameron. Hi, Cameron. I'm Patch. - Patch Adams

Hi. Hi. What's your name? Cameron. Hi, Cameron....

I have a cold. - Patch Adams

What's that? - Patch Adams

Hi. Hi. You mind if I sit down? - Patch Adams

Hi. Hi. You mind if I sit down?

Well, then, hello, hello. - Patch Adams

Well, then, hello, hello.

Come on, buddy! - Patch Adams

Come on, buddy!

It's my hospital. - Patch Adams

It's my hospital.

I got a bonerI am a boner - Patch Adams

I got a bonerI am a boner

Grazie! - Patch Adams

Don't believe everything you read. - Patch Adams

Don't believe everything you read.

Hmm. Ta-da. You didn't say anything about a mirror. Who do you think you look like? Karl Malden? - Patch Adams

Hmm. Ta-da. You didn't say anything about a mirror. Who...

You cheated. - Patch Adams

Psst. HUNTER: Ready? - Patch Adams

Psst. HUNTER: Ready?

HUNTER: Dumbo incoming! - Patch Adams

HUNTER: Dumbo incoming!

Bag 'im, bwana! - Patch Adams

Bag 'im, bwana!

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. - Patch Adams

WOMAN ON PA: Dr.

¶ Blue skies ¶ Shining on me ¶ Nothin' but blue skies ¶ Do I see ¶ Bluebirds ¶ Singin' a song ¶ Are you a doctor? - Patch Adams

¶ Blue skies ¶ Shining on me ¶ Nothin' but blue skies ¶...

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. - Patch Adams

WOMAN ON PA: Dr.

Just getting a few laughs, sir. - Patch Adams

Just getting a few laughs, sir.

Mr. Adams. When I told you I knew Dr. Prack, did I mislead you in some way to think I'm a pushover, - Patch Adams

Mr. Adams. When I told you I knew Dr. Prack, did I mislead...

You told Walcott I cheatedI know you did it Just tell me whyLook cut the crap HunterI live with you I know how much you study or don't studyAnd you do better than me Give me a breakYou arrogant pompous prickWho appointed you custodian of the medical - Patch Adams

You told Walcott I cheatedI know you did it Just tell me...

I don't like youWhy don't you like me You're a prick and I like you - Patch Adams

I don't like youWhy don't you like me You're...

I want to be a doctor This isn't a game to meThis isn't playtimeThis is serious business - Patch Adams

I want to be a doctor This isn't a game to meThis...

You know, I forget how young you are, Mitch, that you think you have to be a prick to get things done and that you actually think that that's a new idea. - Patch Adams

You know, I forget how young you are, Mitch, that you think...

You know what I oughta do? - Patch Adams

You know what I oughta do?

Why don't you say anything? - Patch Adams

Why don't you say anything?

That means improving the quality of life not just delaying death - Patch Adams

That means improving the quality of life not just delaying...

Preview of coming attractionsNurseDeath To die To expire To pass on To perishTo peg out To push up daisies To push up posiesTo become extinctCurtains deceased demised departed and defunctDead as a doornail Dead as a herringDead as a mutton Dead as nitsThe - Patch Adams

Preview of coming attractionsNurseDeath To die To expire To...

Preview of coming attractions - Patch Adams

Preview of coming attractions

And if we bury you ass up we have a place to park my bike - Patch Adams

And if we bury you ass up we have a place to park my bike

Let's check out the maternity ward You know those chicks put out - Patch Adams

Let's check out the maternity ward You know those...

Did you hear him? - Patch Adams

Did you hear him?

Oh. All right. Wow! Yes! Okay. - Patch Adams

Oh. All right. Wow! Yes! Okay.

They're right on time. - Patch Adams

They're right on time.

Welcome, cold-handed ones. - Patch Adams

Welcome, cold-handed ones.

You wanted to see me sirYou are dismissedSirFrom this schoolKindly remove your thingsand vacate the school premises as soon as possibleWhat forFor asking a group of doctors to have a sense of humor about themselvesOh I have a sense of humor HunterI find - Patch Adams

You wanted to see me sirYou are dismissedSirFrom this...

And vacate the school premises as soon as possible - Patch Adams

And vacate the school premises as soon as possible

What you have done here today is inexcusable. - Patch Adams

What you have done here today is inexcusable.

HUNTER: Come in. - Patch Adams

HUNTER: Come in.

It's just that somebody, you know, could do for me what you did for me tonight after the way I've treated you. - Patch Adams

It's just that somebody, you know, could do for me what...

Thank you. - Patch Adams

Hi, I'm John the Baptist. - Patch Adams

Hi, I'm John the Baptist.

Hey, Bill. - Patch Adams

You don't have to say anything. - Patch Adams

You don't have to say anything.

You don't have to say anything I know I look good - Patch Adams

You don't have to say anything I know I look good

¶ Blue skies smilin' at me ¶ Nothin' but blue skies ¶ Do I see ¶ Bluebirds singin' a song ¶ Nothin' but bluebirds ¶ All day long - Patch Adams

¶ Blue skies smilin' at me ¶ Nothin' but blue...

¶ Blue days ¶ All of them gone ¶ Nothin' but blue skies ¶ From now on ¶ - Patch Adams

¶ Blue days ¶ All of them gone ¶ Nothin' but blue skies...

Mmm-hmm. - Patch Adams

That's it. - Patch Adams

You know, you sit here and you talk about life without limits, you know, and breaking the rules. - Patch Adams

You know, you sit here and you talk about life without...

I have to go. - Patch Adams

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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.

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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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