Patch Adams(1998)

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Synopsis

Hunter "Patch" Adams was criticized in his official medical school record for "excessive happiness" and was once told by a faculty advisor, "If you want to be a clown, join a circus." Patch did, in fact, want to be a clown. But he also wanted to be a physician. Combining vastly different sides of his personality, he became both. Patch's remarkable story, which includes having been a patient and a doctor at a mental institute, celebrates the triumph of spirited individualism and the unending pursuit of an idealistic dream.
Hunter "Patch" Adams was criticized in his official medical school record for "excessive happiness" and was once told by a faculty advisor, "If you want to be a clown, join a circus." Patch did, in fact, want to be …
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In Theaters

  • December 25, 1998

MPAA Rating

PG 13

Genres

Adaptation, Drama, Biopic, Romance, Comedy

Run Time

1 hour 55 minutes

Distributors

Universal Pictures

Box Office

$135,014,976

Also Known As

  • Patch

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Asheville, North Carolina, USA
  • San Francisco, California, USA
  • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Produced In

United States

Director

Tom Shadyac

Director
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