Meet 'Patch Adams' (Academy Award? winner Robin Williams), a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story, 'Patch Adams' combines side-splitting humor with an inspiring story that transcends the traditional comedy.
Synopsis: When a young doctor witnesses the bedside manner of established physicians, he doesn't like what he sees and decides to treat patients with the one thing that seems to be lacking in their care: humor?and lots of it. Sick people adore his approach, but the powers that be are theatened by it and try to stop him from carrying out his unorthodox practices.
Production Year:
1998
Released:
Tue, 06/22/1999
Run Time Minutes:
115
Genres:
Comedy
Genres:
Drama
Trailer:
No
Format Aspect Ratio:
2.35-Super Wide Screen
Resolution:
480x720 LowRez
More Information:
HD-1
Audio Language:
English
Audio Format:
Dolby Digital
Audio Channels:
5.1
Actors:
Robin Williams - Patch Adams
Actors:
Daniel London - Truman
Actors:
Monica Potter - Carin
Actors:
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Mitch
Actors:
Bob Gunton - Dean Walcott
Actors:
Josef Sommer - Dr. Eaton
Actors:
Irma P. Hall - Joletta
Actors:
Frances Lee McCain - Judy
Actors:
Harve Presnell - Dean Anderson
Actors:
Daniella Kuhn - Adelane
Actors:
Peter Coyote - Bill Davis
Actors:
James Greene - Bile
Actors:
Michael Jeter - Rudy
Actors:
Harold Gould - Arthur Mendelson
Actors:
Bruce Bohne - Trevor Beene
Actors:
Harry Groener - Dr. Prack
Actors:
Barry "Shabaka" Henley - Emmet
Actors:
Steven Anthony Jones - Charlie
Actors:
Richard Kiley - Dr. Titan
Actors:
Douglas Roberts - Larry
Actors:
Ellen Albertini Dow - Aggie
Actors:
Alan Tudyk - Everton
Actors:
Ryan Hurst - Neil
Actors:
Peter Siiteri - Chessman
Actors:
Don West - Instructor
Actors:
Domenique Lozano - Passerby
Actors:
Ralph Peduto - Organizer
Actors:
Ken Hoffman - Big Texan
Actors:
Roy Conrad - E.R. Doctor
Actors:
Jay Jacobus - Jack Walton
Actors:
Dot Marie Jones - Miss Meat
Actors:
Geoff Fiorito - 3rd Year Student
Actors:
Samuel Sheng - 3rd Year Student
Actors:
Kathleen Stefano - Margery
Actors:
Piers Mackenzie - Dr. Hashman
Actors:
Alex Gonzalez - Hispanic Boy
Actors:
Ismael 'East' Carlo - Hispanic Father
Actors:
Jake Bowen - Bryan
Actors:
Cameron Brooke Stanley - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Jamieson G. Downes - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Jena Marie Thomas - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Wesley G. Haines - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Aaron Alexander - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Amadeius Cheadle - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
David Cooper - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Peter Idiart - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Tim Johnson - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Kate Keith - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Alberto Rocha - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Domonique Tate - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Joseph Trefry - Children's Ward Patient
Actors:
Richard J. Silberg - Psych Patient
Actors:
William Joseph Scharff - Psych Patient
Actors:
James Anthony Cotton - Psych Patient
Actors:
Michael Rae Sommers - Psych Patient
Actors:
Howard Allison Williams - Psych Patient
Actors:
David Fine - Psych Patient
Actors:
James Carraway - Psych Patient
Actors:
J. Stephen Coyle - Psych Patient
Actors:
Wanda McCaddon - Woman in Lobby
Actors:
WandaChristine - Nurse Klegg
Actors:
Lorri Holt - Pediatric Nurse
Actors:
Stephanie Smith - Laughing Nurse
Actors:
Mary DeLorenzo - Nurse
Actors:
Vivis - Hysterical Woman
Actors:
Donna Kimball - Waitress
Actors:
Norman Alden - Truck Driver
Actors:
Lydell M. Cheshier - Younger Man
Actors:
Diane Amos - Older Waitress
Actors:
Sonya Eddy - Older Waitress
Actors:
Kelvin Yee - Orderly
Actors:
Doreen Chou Croft - Asian Woman
Actors:
Bill Roberson - Fred Jarvis
Actors:
Randy Oglesby - Fairfield Man
Actors:
Vilma Vitanva - Maria
Actors:
Bonnie Johnson - Walcott's Secretary
Actors:
Helen Tourtillott - Feeble Woman
Actors:
Christine Pineda - Hippie Girl
Actors:
Karen Michel - Mrs. Davis
Actors:
James Allen - Ed
Actors:
Katherine A. Fitzhugh - Mrs. O'Bannon
Actors:
Kyle Timothy Smith - Davis' Son
Actors:
Jonathan Holder - Davis' Son
Actors:
Renee Rogers - Receptionist
Actors:
Shan?n Orrock - Receptionist
Actors:
Don Rizzo - Minister at Funeral
Actors:
George Lee Masters - Boardroom Doctor
Actors:
Daniel P. Hannafin - Boardroom Doctor
Actors:
Roger W. Durrett - Boardroom Doctor
Actors:
Richard C. Adkins - Gynecologist
Actors:
Ralph David Westfall - Gynecologist
Actors:
Bob Feaster - Gynecologist
Actors:
Thom McIntyre - Gynecologist
Actors:
Alfred Salley - Gynecologist
Actors:
Michael Kennedy - Gynecologist
Actors:
Andy Arness - Orderly
Actors:
Jason Aaron Baca - Patch Private
Actors:
Galen Black - Student
Actors:
Patricia M. Fairchild - Patient
Actors:
Alan Home - Main Wiener
Actors:
Antonio LaBell - Orderly
Actors:
Brian Rice - Dr. Wilson S. Anders
Actors:
Charles Ritter - Convention Guest
Actors:
Jonathan Schancupp - Man
Actors:
Greg Sisero - Jaime (Monica Potter's brother) (uncredi
Actors:
James Marshall Wolchok - Gynecologist